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FG Releases Buhari’s  3-year factsheet

FG Releases Buhari’s  3-year factsheet Nigeria’s Presidency has released a Factsheet outlining the policy and programme achievements of the Buhari Administration since it assumed office three years ago, on May 29, 2015. The 41-page document highlights successes in the Economy, Security and the fight against Corruption...

Senate Drops One Of Buhari’s CBN Board Nominees, Confirms Four

Senate Drops One Of Buhari’s CBN Board Nominees, Confirms Four The Senate has confirmed four of the five members of the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions had screened the...

National Assembly Re-works Bill, PIGB Suffers Setback

National Assembly Re-works Bill, PIGB Suffers Setback The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill has suffered a setback two months after it was passed by the National Assembly. At the plenary on Wednesday, the Senate referred the bill back to the Conference Committee on the Petroleum Industry and...

Solid Mineral Exploration cost Huge For Only Govt Says Bwari

Solid Mineral Exploration cost Huge For Only Govt Says Bwari   The new Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, has said the cost of solid mineral exploration is too prohibitive for government to bear alone. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of...

Dangote Donates 150 Patrol Vehicles To Police

Dangote Donates 150 Patrol Vehicles To Police   The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday in Abuja donated 150 operational cars to the Nigeria Police Force. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, described the donation as the single biggest gift ever by a private sector operator to...

Minimum wage: Workers Worried over change in Deadline

Minimum wage: Workers Worried over change in Deadline Civil servants across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have expressed concern over sudden change in September deadline for the implementation of new minimum wage given by the Federal Government. Some of the Civil servants, who spoke with newsmen...