Senate Adjourns Over Fire Scare The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly following a fire scare in the chamber, Economic Confidential can report. Huge smoke had engulfed the chamber and the suspected cause forced the air-conditioning system to cease functioning. The source of the smoke, which had...

NSCDC Arrests Station Manager, As Petrol Queues Persists Many states in the North are still suffering untold hardship caused by the severe scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol. Kaduna, Nasarawa and Niger states as well as the Federal Capital Territory have been experiencing...

Govt Won’t Divert Capital Budget Into Elections Says Adeosun The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the Federal Government’s 2018 capital budget of N2.4tn will be strictly used for infrastructural projects across the country, particularly the completion of ongoing projects. According to a statement...

PTAD Shuns SGF, NASS Resolutions to Recall Disengaged Directors There are palpable fears and disquiet at the just established Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) as the Agency led by the Executive Secretary, Sharon O. Ikeazor has shunned all entreaties and directives from both the Secretary...

NDIC, ICPC Collaborate to Tackle Corruption The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has zero tolerance for all forms of malpractices within the Corporation and in all the initiatives it has taken to fully implement its mandate. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Corporation, Umaru Ibrahim,...

Customs Intercepts Goods Worth N1.7bn In January The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has generated into the federation account N1.7 billion as Duty Paid Value, DPV from seized contraband goods, under declaration and concealment by smugglers and importers...