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EMCOAN lauds NBC’s move for digitization of broadcast

The Electronic Media Content Owners Association of Nigeria, EMCOAN, has expressed satisfaction over the willingness of the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to collaborate with it for a successful digitization of the broadcast. Its President, Debbie Odutayo, said though the regulatory…

Petroleum products recovered from hoodlums in Lagos

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has handed over sixty-seven thousand, four hundred litres of petroleum products to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, after they were tested by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Its Lagos State Command which…

New investigation to be launched on Abacha stolen funds

A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari to thoroughly investigate the role and involvement of the World Bank in the management and spending of repatriated Abacha stolen funds, with a…

Buhari sets deadline on FG revenue payments

President Muhammadu Buhari has set a deadline of Tuesday, next week for full compliance with his directive that all revenue due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies be paid into the Treasury Single Account, TSA, or designated…

APC’s Shehu Sani declares his assets

A member of the Senate, and All Progressives Congress party chieftain, Shehu Sani, has said he is worth twenty-two million naira and has several houses and cars. Sani who represents the central Kaduna constituency in the Senate, became the first…

LASG will uphold traffic rules – Whenu

The Lagos State government will ensure transport operators are carried along as regards the traffic rules and regulations. It said the law restricting motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada was still in force, warning truck owners against contravening existing state…

NAMB urges MFBs to stop giving out huge loans

The National Association of Microfinance Banks,NAMB, has advised operators of microfinance banks to stop giving out huge loans to individuals, to avoid the depletion of their shareholders’ funds. Its Edo State Chapter Chairman, Isaac Akowe, said in Auchi, near Benin,…

Jim Iyke welcomes first child

Nigeria actor, Jim Iyke has welcomed first child with his twenty-three year old Lithuanian girlfriend Dana Kinduryte. Kinduryte gave birth to a baby boy this month at Grady Hospital, Atlanta, USA. Iyke, who had been linked to different actresses and…