The Nigerian government has said that a total of N.3.09 billion was generated from train services across the country in 2019. The Managing Director , Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Fidet Okhiria, who made the disclosure, added that within the period under review, the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor raked in N1.5 billion. In...
A case has been made for the Federal Government to deploy new strategy to unlock the potentials and maximize the use of the available vast natural gas resources to improve the nation’s economy. Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Mr. Devakumar Edwin said...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,  has presented a draft 2021 to 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework(MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper to the National Economic Council (NEC). She disclosed on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents after the virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr Alfred Adewale Martins has instructed Nigerians to ignore any temptation of going into the new year with fear, urging citizens not to allow fear to rob them of the joy that comes with the New Year 2021. The Archbishop stated this in...
The Chairman, Oilserv Ltd and founder of Emeka Okwuosa Foundation, Engr. Sir Emeka Okwuosa has been honoured by the All Saints Cathedral, Anglican Church, Onitsha Diocese. At the dedication of its new Secretariat at All Saints Cathedral in Onitsha, the Diocese on the Niger named key roads in the expansive...
As part of events to mark the 8th Anniversary of the Church, Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dagbana has rendered free Medical services ranging from , high Blood pressure check, weight check, temperature check and counseling to the community members. Over one hundred and twenty eight people benefited from the medical...
The United Kingdom has committed to returning looted assets worth £4.2 million linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta state. According to Bashir Ahmad, the aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, on his Twitter handle, Catriona Laing, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, signed a memorandum to that...
The 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Obinze, near Owerri, has begun the demolition of unserviceable ammunition and explosives. This was made known in a statement issued on Friday in Owerri by the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, Lt. Babatunde Zubairu. Zubairu said the exercise would be...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of backing the position of a popular Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, by keeping mum on comments credited to him. CAN in a statement on Wednesday by it's General Secretary, Joseph Daramola said the prolonged silence of president Buhari...
The Vatican has announced that the Catholic Church would not bless same sex marriage saying, God does not and can not bless sin. The statement which was approved by Pope Francis, on Monday, came as a formal response to a question regarding the church's power to bless same- sex marriage. The...