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The statement that roads in the country are not as bad as they are portrayed, attributed to Babatunde Fashola, Minister for Works and Housing, has earned him a response from a member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam. Mr Salam (PDP–Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo federal constituency) challenged Mr. Fashola and other relevant stakeholders to boycott air travels for road ones …

Former Malaysian Minister for Performance Management and Delivery and President, PEMANDU Associates, Idris Jala and the Dean, Lagos Business School, Enase Okonedo, join the list of guests, including policy experts and scholars expected at the 2019 Alaghodaro summit. In a statement on Wednesday, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the summit themed ‘Delivering …

Nigeria is well into the process of diversifying its economy, with emphasis on sectors such as agriculture, mining, solid minerals and manufacturing, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denis Moncada Colindres, and the Nicaraguan Minister for Special Delegation of …

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Capital Market and Institutions to investigate unclaimed share dividends in the capital market, valued at over N126.03 billion. This followed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Babangida Ibrahim at the plenary, on Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The motion was tagged “Need to Investigate the Rising …

Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said that the country lost 41.9 billion dollars to stolen and refined crude oil products in ten years. NEITI disclosed this in its policy brief titled, “Stemming the Increasing Cost of Oil Theft to Nigeria” released in Abuja on Wednesday. A breakdown shows that the nation lost 38.5 billion dollars on crude theft alone, …

A Russian court in Tomsk, Siberia sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness on Tuesday to six years in prison for practising his faith, which is banned in the country, the organisation and local media reported. Sergei Klimov was the second adherent of the faith to be jailed in Russia. The Christian faith, which does not observe many traditional doctrines including Christmas and …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday ordered the Nigerian Army and its Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to suspend the ongoing Operation Positive Identification. The presiding Judge, Rilwanu Aikawa ordered both parties to maintain status quo pending the determination of substantive suit filed by Human right activist Femi Falana, SAN, according to the News Agency …

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation saved more than three billion dollars from arbitrations. Kyari made this known in a statement signed by Mr Samson Makoji, the acting spokesman for the corporation in Abuja on Tuesday. The GMD spoke during  a Town Hall meeting that also involved the participation of the corporation’s …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has felicitated with Dr. Osahon Enabulele, who is to assume office as the new President of the Commonwealth Medical Association. Dr. Enabulele is a Chief Consultant Family Physician at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and Member, Executive Committee of the World Medical Association (WMA). He is the first Nigerian to chair the …

As the Nigerian Senate confirmed new members for the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has stressed that the intervention Agency must executive quality projects in Edo State. Governor Obaseki said this when he addressed a plenary of the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the Bishop Kelly …