FORFIETED VEHICLES AUCTIONED TO PRESIDENCY VILLA, MINISTRIES

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says some of the vehicles recovered by the EFCC were auctioned to the Presidential Villa, the Ministry…

774000 JOBS: FINALLY SENATE GIVES RECRUITMENT RIGHTS TO NDE

The Senate on Tuesday ordered the National Directorate of Employment to take over the recruitment process of the 774, 000 temporary federal jobs from the Minister of State for Labour,…

REPS ARE BULLYING ME, SAYS AKPABIO

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, accused the House of Representatives Committee investigating financial mismanagement in the Niger Delta Development Commission, of bullying him. The…

NNPC suffers 47% drop in petrol sales revenue

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation saw its revenue from petrol sales plunge by 47.38 per cent to N107.61bn in April as supply dropped amid the coronavirus lockdown and the reduction…

GOKADA CEO’S EX-PA ARRESTED

Tyrese Haspil, a former personal assistant to Gokada founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fahim Saleh, has been arrested. Saleh was gruesomely murdered by a faceless assassin on Tuesday who left…

COURT ORDERS THE REMOVAL OF UDOM’S NAME FROM THE FRAUD SUIT

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has ordered that the name of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, be removed from the money laundering charges filed against the…

Foreign reserves drop to $36.12bn— CBN

The country’s foreign reserves fell by $454.05m from $36.57bn on June 1 to $36.12bn on July 15, the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed on Thursday. https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js…

British Airways scrapping entire 747 fleet amid coronavirus downturn

UK flag carrier British Airways is retiring its entire Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” fleet, it said Friday, following the huge hit to international air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.…

FG inaugurates WTO campaign team for Okonjo-Iweala

The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated a campaign strategy team for Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she contests for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js The Minister…

I bring a bundle of qualities, Okonjo-Iweala pitches at WTO

Nigeria’s former Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, shared her vision with the World Trade Organisation members for the post of director-general. Following the nomination stage which…