Adrian Wood’s Teleology Emerges Preferred Bidder for 9mobile
The interim board of 9mobile may have finally settled for Teleology Holdings Limited as the preferred bidder for 9mobile, the country’s fourth-largest mobile network, according to an insider source. Teleology Holdings Limited, promoted by Adrian Wood, the pioneer Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, was one of the shortlisted five investors bidding for 9mobile. According […]
Buhari: It’s Disgraceful, None of Our Refineries is Working Optimally
Pledges to spend excess accruals from oil to boost infrastructure Eni submits proposal to NNPC to fix Port Harcourt refinery President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja lamented the sorry state of the country’s four refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna, saying it was disgraceful that not even one of them was working […]
Adeosun: We Don’t Care If Oil Prices Rise Or Fall
Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says Nigeria has got to a point where it does not care if oil prices rise or fall. In an interview with Bloomberg, the minister said the country had learnt to live with oil prices at $45-$46 a barrel. As of 2pm on Friday, Brent crude, the international benchmark of […]
EFCC Releases ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF). Lawal, who has been in EFCC custody since Wednesday, was released on bail on Friday evening. His detention happened barely 24 hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a strongly-worded letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
Philippe Coutinho made his debut for Barcelona as they beat Espanyol
Philippe Coutinho made his debut for Barcelona as they beat Espanyol to reach the Spanish Cup semi-finals. The £142m signing from Liverpool came on with 22 minutes to play, by which time Barca were already 2-0 up in reply to last week’s 1-0 first-leg defeat. Coutinho might have had an assist were it not for […]
EFCC freezes Babachir Lawal’s accounts
As part of investigations into the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen some bank accounts belonging to companies linked to him. A detective at the EFCC told our correspondent that the account of Rholavision Engineering Limited, at Ecobank with number 182001809 […]
FG Approves Integrated Maritime Security
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the Federal Government has approved an Integrated National Security Strategy (INSS) for the Nigerian maritime sector. The strategy which will be implemented in collaboration with other countries in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) is aimed to stem the tide of insecurity on the region’s territorial waterways. […]
Kaduna government to review teachers’ salaries
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in Kaduna State, Alhaji Ja’afaru Sani, has said that plans are underway for an upward review of teachers’ salaries and other welfare packages that would make the profession more attractive in the state. Sani, who gave an update on the ongoing recruitment of teachers for public primary schools […]
yoruba elders berates minister for campaigning for Buhari
The Yoruba Council of Elders has described as sad and unfortunate the distribution of President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 re-election campaign materials by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, during the Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. It was reported that shortly before the commencement of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
Defence Minister Blames Anti-Grazing Law, Not Herdsmen for Killings
Concerned about US terms for Tucano aircraft sale Comments by prominent Nigerians on social media to be monitored Policeman, farmer killed in fresh Benue attack Omololu Ogunmade, Paul Obi in Abuja and George Okoh in Makurdi The Minister of Defence, Col. Mohammed Dan-Alli (rtd.), Thursday stoked the embers of fire, when he claimed that the […]
