PIGB: How NASS plans to pressure Buhari for assent — Saraki

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki says the National Assembly will continue to mount necessary pressure to get presidential assent on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). Saraki spoke at a dinner as part of…

Sultan warns religious leaders over inciting utterances

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III, has warned religious leaders to stop making utterances that incites insecurity in the country. He spoke on Tuesday at the One day Dialogue on Democratic Stability and National…

$8.1bn row: MTN in discussion with Nigerian officials

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

Telecoms firm MTN says it is holding talks with Nigerian officials to find a “mutually acceptable solution” to a dispute over the alleged transfer of 8.1 billion dollars. MTN made this known in a statement…

Zainab Ahmed: MTN sanctions were very damaging for Nigeria

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

THE minister of finance,Zainab Ahmed, says the federal government sanctions on MTN, was damaging for Nigeria. Speaking at the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Tuesday, the minister said the Central Bank of Nigeria…

GandujeGate: NANS shelves mass action, await Kano assembly report

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Tuesday said it has suspended its planned mass action scheduled for Thursday, pending the outcome of the Kano State House of Assembly Investigative panel on Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s…

Stakeholders want family planning, others in info platforms

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

Stakeholders in health sector have urged the Federal Government to include Family Planning (FP) and other primary healthcare services provided by Community Pharmacists (CPs) and Patent and Proprietary Medicines Vendors (PPMVs), in information platforms. The…

Investment summit: World CEOs abandon Saudi over Khashoggi

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

Saudi Arabia is in “crisis” in the face of international outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said Tuesday at an investment summit boycotted by a host of global CEOs…

Plateau govt. revives 4 abandoned water treatment plants

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

The Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy in Plateau, Mr David Wuyep, on Tuesday, said the state government had resuscitated the four abandoned water treatment plants in the state. Wuyep, in an interview with the…

Buhari: Those who feel they have another country may choose to go

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians who feel they have another country may choose to go. According to Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari said this when he received Kwara state All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for…

Osinbajo: Religious leaders intervene whenever I want to sack some corrupt people

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 23rd October 2018

NIGERIA’S Vice-President,Professor Yemi Osinbajo says whenever he wants to sack a public official who has been found to be corrupt, he gets many calls from religious and political leaders not to do so. Speaking on…