President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a renewal of the appointment of Alexander Ayoola Okoh as Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) for the second term of four years. STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT @MBuhari APPROVES RENEWAL OF @BPENigeria DG, ALEX OKOH, FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS …
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Two Nigerian-Americans, Oyekunle Olukotun and Oluwole Soboyejo, have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering of the United States America. Olukotun and Soboyejo were among the 104 US members and 24 international members elected into the academy this month, according to a statement by the NAE. The new …
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The recent poor rating of Nigeria in its anti-corruption campaign by the Transparency International (TI) received the attention of the federal government yesterday as it punctured the assessment, saying it was full of discrepancies, inaccurate data and indices. The National Contact to TI in Nigeria, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy …
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The Chairmen of the seventeen (17) Local Government Areas of Enugu State, under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), said they paid over N6.7 million hospital bills of discharged indigent patients and donated food items as well as toiletries to orphanages and correctional centres in …
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A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has berated the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for donating money to victims of the fire disaster which engulfed Katsina Central Market. Tinubu had on Wednesday donated the sum of N50m to victims of the …
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President Buhari appoints ex-minister as NHRC chairman A former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Salamatu Suleiman, has been named chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. A former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Salamatu Suleiman, has been named chairman of the …
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The Lagos State Govt @followlasg IJEDE/ITAMAGA ROAD READY IN MAY, SAYS SANWO-OLU •Governor Commissions Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Secretariat
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Twenty countries contain areas that could soon experience famine in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, a report has said. The places prone to imminent and famine are Yemen, South Sudan and Northern Nigeria, UN food agencies have said. According to the joint report by the Food and …
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the gas sector holds key potential for the Nigerian economy as the world looks outside the box from dependence on crude oil. Gbajabiamila said, for this reason, experts in the gas sector should partner with those in …
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Nigerian Industrialist and Philanthropist, Abdul Samad Rabiu, today announced the launch of the ABDUL SAMAD RABIU AFRICA INITIATIVE (ASR AFRICA) as well as a yearly Africa Fund endowment of USD100million starting from 2021 that will cater to various interventions in Education Health and Social Development. According to a statement by …
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