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Femi Fani-Kayode and his beautiful wife Precious Chikwendu have dedicated their Son Aragorn on Easter Sunday at the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Abuja. The former Aviation Minister disclosed this through his twitter page with a lovely photo of his wife and the baby boy. He said; “My wife Precious and I dedicated our beautiful son Aragorn to the Lord Jesus Christ at COZA Church in Abuja yesterday. Congrats son!”. We wish the beautiful Aragorn good health as he progresses in life.
By Gift Samuel The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika,has on Tuesday reopened the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport(NAIA) Abuja a day earlier than scheduled,after successful completion of the airport’s runway rehabilitation. The Airport which was initially shut down for maintenance on March 8, was scheduled to be reopened on April 19 and flights were moved to the Kaduna International Airport while the rehabilitation works lasted. Sirika while addressing newsmen on Tuesday during the opening, said he decided to reopen the airport earlier since the runway rehabilitation had been completed on schedule, saying that it was not…
By Daniels Nwokike. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has deployed Special X-Squad Teams of the Force across the country to commence, with immediate effect, the removal of all forms of illegal blockage of Highways and roads by unlawful Revenue/Tax collectors, Road Transport Unions, Labour and Trade related unions inhibiting vehicular movement and smooth passage of passengers and goods, and other road users across the country. The IGP deployed the teams with strict instructions to arrest, investigate and prosecute any person or group of persons found committing this illegal act. Idris is livid with the way…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced the use of FORM X for the Small and Medium Enterprises that requires just basic documentation. The Apex bank said the move is part of its determination to increase foreign exchange liquidity and improve access by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and retail businesses. Confirming the new development, the Apex Bank spokesman, Mr Isaac Okorafor, disclosed that the innovative measure is intended to ease documentation challenges usually encountered by this category of businesses. According to him; “The objective of the new guideline, is to remove obstacles usually encountered by…
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has disclosed that billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote may become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021. Adesina while speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco over the weekend,said Africa must focus on agriculture to drive growth and create jobs on the continent. According to him; “I remember when I was minister of Agriculture in Nigeria. Aliko Dangote was there, and he was our biggest importer at the time, and he and I used to have all the time to dialogue. “One day, I was…
The efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aimed at ensuring stability in the foreign exchange market may have started yielding results as the market are now awashed with liquidity surfeit. Indications of excessive liquidity in the market emerged on Thursday last week when operators could only pick a little over $39 million out of the $100 million offered for bid by the apex bank. According to market analysts, With this development, the Naira is set to firm up against major currencies like the Dollar and pound sterling during the week. It will be recalled that the…
Abuja- In a bid to encourage excellence in secondary schools in Nigeria, the Africa Brands Review(ABR) is set to award top 1000 schools in Africa and top 100 schools in Nigeria at the 2017 Africa Top School Awards. Disclosing these on Friday, the ABR Award Coordinator and Executive Secretary, Joseph Ayodele declared that beyond performance at external examinations that are prone to malpractices, awarding schools must have excellent performance in matriculation examinations to higher institutions and excellent performance of their old students in higher institutions. According to him; “We are proud to recognize these outstanding High Schools for…
By Daniels Nwokike Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE on patrol around Iyalama Adama axis of Rivers State Wednesday, discovered and destroyed 13 illegal refineries. However, two soldiers were killed while three others sustained gun shot injuries while responding to a distress call of sea robbers attack. Stating this in a statement, the Media Coordinator, Major Abubakar Abdullahi disclosed that the operation which is in continuation of its drive to accomplish its mandate,however recorded no arrests. According to him; “Sadly, our troops deployed at Creek 6 Houseboat Cawthorne Channel while responding to a distress call of sea robbers…
The Federal Government has declared Friday 14th and Monday 17th April, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations. The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian faithfuls and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of Easter, which are love, peace, justice, sacrifice and kindness to their daily living, and through this contribute to unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. It is worthy of note that Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s…
By Abdulaziz M. Salisu With a month to the two anniversary of his administration President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, which seeks to restore the nation’s economic status following the high rate of inflation and recession. Launching the programme, President Buhari said his administration inherited numerous challenges at inception. He also said his campaign was based on the difficult situation that Nigeria was in and the need for enduring positive change. The president said his administration is committed to delivering on the three key areas that he promised during the campaigns;…