• USA Nigeria

    Southwest governors restate commitment to regional integration

    Governors of Southwest states have agreed to collaborate on regional development. To actualise this, they set up a Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) on Integrated Infrastructural Development to incorporate multimodal transportation system. The governors also approved the report of the workshop on security, law and order in the Southwest hosted ...

  • Nigeria

    Fed Govt eyes $16.4b from assets sale

    The Federal Government plans to generate as much as $16.4 billion through assets sale in the next four years to reduce the burden on the public budget, a Budget Ministry document, has  shown. The sales will help to tackle inefficiencies and stem “corruption in public enterprises,” according to the document ...

  • Nigeria

    NNPC to convert $144m petrol forex to diesel

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said it would convert the  $144 million Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol foreign exchange (forex) intervention to Automative Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel. This decision was part of its measures to sustain products supply stability across the country. The NNPC, a statement ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria’s Economy: Public And Private Sector Convergence Of Ideas

    Last week, the public and private sector dialogued frankly, at the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan Consultative forum in Abuja.  The event, which was opened by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, demonstrated the commitment government attaches to the nation’s economic recovery and growth. Dialogue and consultation with captains ...

  • Nigeria

    Arik: Too Costly To Be Allowed To Fail

    It was Jawaharlal Nehru who once said: “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.” 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of Arik Airline. The airline rose from the ashes of the defunct national carrier, Nigeria Airways and efforts to create another one in partnership with Richard ...

  • Nigeria

    Recession: Benue Students In Law School Send SOS To Gov. Ortom For Rescue

    … I will contact scholarship, attorney general – Ortom’s spokesman About 200 Benue State indigenes studying in the six Nigeria Law school campuses have sent Save Our Soul(SOS) to Governor Samuel Ortom,for rescue as the economic recession hit hard on them. Although, Governor Ortom’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, told ...

  • Nigeria

    Abuja Lawyer Exonerates Govs, DG Over Alleged Diversion Of Paris Refund

    An Abuja based lawyer, and consultant to Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Dr. Kayode Ajulo of Kayode Ajulo & Co. Castle of Law, Abuja has exonerated members of the Forum, the State Governor’s and the D. G., Mr. Asishana Okaru, from the allegations of pocketing part of the Paris loan refund. ...

  • Nigeria

    Kogi Businessmen Parnter With Gov. Bello On Development

    In a bid towards addressing the challenges confronting Kogi State, businessmen and women under the auspices of Kogi Business Community Abuja (KBCA), has concluded plans to engage the Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello on how his administration will address some of these developmental issues. The forum also stated that ...

  • Romania

    Via libera del parlamento romeno al referendum sulla legge anticorruzione.

    Via libera del parlamento romeno al referendum sulla legge anticorruzione. Il parlamento romeno ha dato parere favorevole al referendum che propone una legge per combattere la corruzione nel paese. Il referendum è stato proposto dal presidente Klaus Iohannis in risposta al decreto che prevedeva la depenalizzazione dell’abuso d’ufficio. Il presidente ...

  • Colombia

    Panamá pide a OMC autorización para sancionar a Colombia por $210 millones