President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Board of National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB). A statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said the approval was with immediate effect. Echono said the President had also directed the Minister of […]
Nigeria is set to partner foreign consultants, comprising legal practitioners and other experts in Switzerland on a voluntary offshore asset repatriation scheme. This is coming barely one week to the expiration of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) which was extended to June 30 by President Muhammadu Buhari after the initial grace period […]
The total volume of electricity generated for transmission and distribution to homes and offices across Nigeria has remained at 3,278 megawatts (MW) despite the completion of repairs of gas pipelines ruptured last week, a daily report of the sector’s operation from the office of the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has shown. Obtained from the Advisory Power […]
WhatsApp, which is testing its payments services in India, today said it is updating its terms of service and privacy policy to “reflect the addition of payment interoperability features” ahead of the full-fledged launch of the service. Almost one million people are “testing” WhatsApp’s payments service in India, which is the largest base for the […]
Barely a week in office, Italy’s populist interior minister lost no time in bringing home his message: His government will make good on a campaign pledge to swiftly deport 100,000 migrants from the Mediterranean nation. Standing next to two bus drivers who were allegedly assaulted by four migrants — one driver was still wearing a […]
An expert on hearing loss, Dr Bolajoko Olusanya, on Friday identified generators, some prescription drugs, and exposure to loud noise as major causes of hearing loss in the country. Olusanya, a Medical Director at a Lagos clinic, Phonics Hearing Centre, made remarks in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in […]
Nigeria’s military says it is offering a reward for information on a suspected bomb-making factory in the northern city that is the birthplace of the Boko Haram extremist group. Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas says such a factory “likely” exists in Maiduguri. He says the military will give 5 million naira ($13,850) for information that leads […]
President Muhammadu Buhari told a shocked nation today how the National Assembly mutilated and rewrote the budget proposals for 2018 as proposed by the Executive last November. In a brazen usurpation of executive powers, the National Assembly slashed 347 billion Naira in the allocations to 4,700 projects submitted to it for consideration and introduced 6,403 […]
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on a Kansas judge tossing out the state’s voter ID law and how the state helped consumers who were taken advantage of by the ‘Nigerian prince’ scam. After 10 years, a Kansas resident who took part in a Nigerian prince scam is getting $110,000 back, thanks to the Kansas Attorney […]
Staff of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at its headquarters over poor condition of service and redundancy. Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, the Chairman of Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN), NEMA Unit, who spoke on behalf of the staff in Abuja, appealed to the Federal Government to investigate […]