Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says corruption discourages investment and growth of the country.
Peterside told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that corruption impacted negatively on the society and should not be encouraged.
“Now the other dimension of corruption which our people keep ignoring is...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the newly elected chairmen and councillors of the 16 local government councils, following official announcement of Saturday’s council election results by the State Independent Electoral Commission.
Governor Fayemi also commiserated with the family of Dotun Kosedake, who was killed in...
• Hails KAM Holding's chief
Kwara State has dedicated a whole ministry to enterprise as part of its larger strategies to grow businesses, encourage creativity, create more jobs and widen revenue generation base of the state, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said.
The Governor said a culture of waiting for monthly allocation...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned one Malik Wakili for allegedly impersonating the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and defrauding the minister to the tune of N3,106, 216.
Wakili, who was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos, was said to have allegedly committed...
The Lagos State Government will on Wednesday unfold the firms jostling to develop the Fourth Mainland Bridge, Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso said on Sunday.
He spoke while presenting Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s scorecard in the last 200 days in office. It was during an interactive session with...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday congratulated Kwarans on the successful completion of year 2019 which he said heralded a new dawn for the people of the state with the outcome of the general election.
“We spent substantial part of the outgoing year trying to stabilise a state that...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has dismissed a bribery suit against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, for lack of evidence.
The suit was filed by a Kano-based lawyer Bulama Bukarti.
Bulama had approached the court seeking for an order compelling the EFCC to provide report of its forensic investigation analysis...
Card maintenance fees scrapped
ATM cost reduced
Bank charges will go down in January as the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend announced a new regime of rates.
The Card Maintenance Fee (CAMF), which many customers described as unnecessary, has been scrapped.
The Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) charge has...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Mela Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the agenda of the meeting was unknown as of the time of filing this report.
NAN reports...
Ibanga Isine, a journalist with the Next Edition newspaper, has won the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year Award given by the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).
Isine also emerged winner for the online category, with his report published in April 2019 on “How bribe-taking security operatives...
