The House of Representatives yesterday said that it had no issues with Mr Femi Otedola who on Tuesday appeared before its Ethics and Privileges Committee but refused to testify on bribery allegations he levelled against the former chairman of the Adhoc...
From all indications, Justice Alooma Mariam Mukhtar, is a woman of history. She has recorded many firsts in her lifetime. The most recent of all is her nomination, yesterday, by President Goodluck Jonathan, to head the judicial arm of the government as...
Full List Of Beneficiaries Of FG’s Oil Lifting Contract A- Nigerian Companies 1. O & O 2. Sahara 3. Taleveras 4. AZenith 5. Masters 6. Mezcor 7. Crudex 8. Voyage oil & Gas 9. Ontario 10. Tocomo 11. Tempo 12. Avidor 13. Lengard 14. ...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately prosecute all those who were indicted by the House of Representatives report on fuel subsi...
Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Professor Mike U. Iloeje, is currently the Rector, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. He speaks to MIKE UBANI on his vision for IMT, and the need for adeq...
A female customer of Unity Bank Plc Bikudaimai Joura, has emerged the first winner of the star prize, a Hyundai Verna sedan car, in the bank’s Aim, Save and Win Promo. The first national draw of the ongoing promo which held in Abuja last Saturday...
The numerous power stations being constructed nationwide may fail to meet the yearnings of the economy if immediate and strategic succession planning was not put in place to ensure smooth transition from the retiring engineers who have sustained the se...
Dr. Jim Yong Kim resumed duties on Monday as the new World Bank President, stressing the role of the 188-member organisation in helping to address global growth risks and providing development assistance. “The World Bank has an economic and moral...
As part of measures to improve electricity supply in the country, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company has said that over N2 billion has been committed to reinforce and maintain its network in the last six months. The Chief Executive Officer ...
Connected telephone lines in the country has reached 136,038,021 in the month of April, up from 134,913,614 in March this year. New figures released yesterday by the telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) indicated that...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday denied operative right over the United States-based bank, JP Morgan. However, the Executive Director of Finance, Benard Okechukwu who was summoned yesterday by the Senate joint committe...
The Solomon Adeola-led House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) yesterday ordered the management board of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) to refund N27,051,618,579 to the Federation Account within three months - the monies being 80...
The Final Investment Decision (FID) on the two-train Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project would be taken in the first quarter of 2013 the Board has said. Board of the Brass LNG Limited disclosed that the 10 million metric tonne per year (mmt/y) pr...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have summoned the construction giant, Julius Berger and Federal Controller of Works to appear before it over the postponement of repair work on the Third Mainland Bridge. The Chief Whip of the House, Razaq B...
An operative of State Security Service (SSS), Mr Abdulfaruk Dauda, told a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday that former spokesman of Boko Haram, Kudunga Abdul, allegedly named Sen. Ali Ndume as a financier of the group. Abdul was summarily se...