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Day: April 23, 2018

Sanusi exposes Buhari ministers’ in failed US investors’ meeting at Nigerian Embassy

Nigeria weekend messed up a golden opportunity to harvest deep pocket investors from the United States of America (USA) during a failed but scheduled meeting with a number of ministers at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC. Troubled started on…

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Nigeria’s bank-led mobile money scheme can’t grow beyond single digit—BHIU

Fresh revelations have opened up on why after about five years of operation in Nigeria; mobile money has only been able to attract just one per cent penetration as against the targeted 20 per cent growth on a yearly basis….

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Nigeria Int’l TV summit in Paris to open new apertures, investment windows—NBC

The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the regulatory institution for broadcasting in Nigeria, Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu has disclosed that the just concluded first Nigerian International Television Summit, held in city of Paris, the capital of France will…

NIMC DG explaining issue during a press conference in Lagos
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Aziz, NIMC boss visits FCT minister, gets NIN as precondition for land allocation

The Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr Aliyu Aziz and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello have sealed an understanding that will grow serve a dual purpose. Whereas the FCT Administration will henceforth make…

Sights and sounds of Nigeria economy last week ending April 21

The week started last week with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) releasing its Consumer Expectations Survey Report for Q1-2018 which indicated that consumers’ overall outlook worsened in Q1-2018 with the index decreasing to -6.4 points (vs. 1.0 points in…

Kenyan President, Kenyatta hails Elumelu’s TEF for committing $100m on youths’ dev

Just as his entrepreneurial mentorship tour of East African region rounds up in Kenya, the Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has commended Nigeria’s entrepreneur and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, for committing $100 million using his Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to identify, fund,…

APC chairmanship aspirant, Timi Frank asks Buhari to apologize to Nigerian youths

Beyond the weekend’s excitements at the Presidential Villa over the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London after the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting, the current Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank,…

2019: The fact is Igbos have been in a difficult place since the civil war—Momoh

Prince Tony Momoh is a known politician with vociferous voice on critical issues bordering on national development and leadership. The former Minister of Information and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) in an interview, traced…

Buhari Support Group to inaugurate re-election campaign structure today in S’South

Ahead of possible national apology to Nigerian youths by President Muhammadu Buhari who returned weekend from London after attending to CHOGM 2018 Heads of Government meeting, the senator representing Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim, weekend gave an indication that the President…

‘Ambode to unveil preferred bidder for Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge in June’

Bidding process for the fourth Mainland Bridge that will link parts of Lekki in Epe axis and suburbs of Ikorodu in Lagos State has reached advanced stage, suggesting that a preferred bidder will be named in June. The State Commissioner…