President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja approved the appointment of Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) with immediate effect. In a statement signed by Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yemi-Esan, who was the Permanent Secretary, […]
In a rubble-strewn storage lot in the sprawling Nigerian port city of Lagos, customs agents crack open a shipping container crammed with scales from pangolins, a shy mammal prized in Asia for its use in medicines. The scales being stored with elephant tusks in the fetid container are part of a growing haul of pangolin […]
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, dropped sharply on Tuesday, following Monday’s surge that sent shock waves around the world. Brent, against which Nigeria’s crude oil is price, surged by nearly 20 per cent on Monday after attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure cut more than half of the country’s production. It rose as much […]
The Organised Labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council has announced that it will give no further notice to the Federal Government before millions of its members at the federal and 36 states public services commence strike over the non-implementation of the new National Minimum […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said all the agencies he supervises always follow due process in the award of contracts and other critical matters contrary to a recent press report. The Office of the Vice President was reacting to a report that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed Mr Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under […]
ECOWAS Parliament has faulted the recent closure of Nigeria’s borders and demands reversal as the closure of the borders with West African neighbours might hamper the implementation of the free trade movement within the sub-region of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), officials said. ECOWAS Moustapha Lo, the regional bloc’s parliament speaker, said […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday, in Abuja, ordered the Lagos State Government to as a matter of urgency hands off the waterways in the state, noting that it is the responsibilities of the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to oversee the sector. Minister for Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who gave this order while featuring […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday said that the nationwide implementation of the cashless policy will begin by March 2020. The apex bank said this in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks in the country. It said that implementation of the policy would signal the imposition of charges on deposits in addition to […]
Nigeria’s central bank has rescheduled its monetary policy committee meeting, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The bank moved the meeting forward to Sept. 19 and 20 after having previously been scheduled to take place on Sept. 23-24. The statement gave no reason for the change and a central bank spokesman told Reuters he […]
Emerging from her ordeal, Gloria considers herself “privileged”. Last year, the 26-year-old left Nigeria with four other women, dreaming of a better life in Europe. On a tortuous journey, three of the five friends died before reaching Libya, where the two survivors were stranded for almost a year. Now only Gloria is back home in […]