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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said everyone must play by the rules when it comes to trade and business activities that are central to Nigeria’s economic development. President Buhari spoke at State House when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Association for Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) and representatives of the Organised Private Sector (OPS).   The President, who reiterated the commitment of his administration in ensuring that the trade and business sector continues to flourish in job creation, noted that a critical success factor…

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Governor has assured pensioners in the state of  100% payment of pension allowance and as at when due. The Governor gave the assurance  yesterday when he received the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners,  Nasarawa State Chapter at the Government House Lafia According to the governor, “these are people who have served the state and local governments, they deserve to rest as they retire hence the need for the retirees to be given their allowances fully for them to begin a new phase in their lives with ease. We have been talking to…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory at Apo, on Friday, remanded a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga, in prison custody over alleged role she played in the controversial $9.6billion judgment debt. Trial Justice Olukayode Adeniyi ordered that the defendant should be taken to Suleja Prison in Niger State after she pleaded not guilty to an eight-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against her. EFCC had among other things, alleged that the erstwhile Director received bribe through her offshore bank account for signing the alleged fraudulent Gas…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Acting Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yemi-Esan took over from Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, who was asked to proceed on indefinite leave to allow the conclusion of investigation being carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. READ: EU opens free sexual abuse referral centre in Anambra NAN reports that the agenda of the meeting between the president and the new acting HoS was unknown as at the time of filing…

The European Union’s Rule of Law And Anti-Corruption  (ROLAC) project, has opened a free Sexual Abuse Referral Centre at Enugwu-Ukwu General Hospital, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. Dr Bernadette Uchendu, Director of the centre, said it was opened to offer a proper psychological cushion to rape victims in the state. Uchendu, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugwu-Ukwu, advised rape victims to shun stigmatisation, speak up and patronize the centre for support. “The centre was nicked named Ntasi (meaning comfort), in order for rape victims in the state to feel free to visit…

The Tunisian government on Friday said it would allow the country’s late autocrat Zine-Abidine Ben-Ali to be buried in his homeland after his death in exile in Saudi Arabia. Ben Ali died on Thursday at a Saudi hospital at the age of 83, according to his lawyer. A 2011 popular revolt had forced Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia. “The government will respond to a request for burying the ex-president in Tunisia in case his family asks for this,” an unnamed source in the government told Tunisia’s state news agency TAP late Thursday. “The government will work to ensure…

Nigerians spent over 1, 294, 602, 827 billion naira watching movies in the cinemas for July and August. The figures are according to data provided by the cinemas and compiled by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN). Following its lead in June, ‘Bling Lagosians’ led the first week of July by raking in 37, 409, 372 million naira. However, it was one of only two Nigerian films in the top 20 movies. The other was Kunle Afoloyan’s ‘Mokalik’ starting the month at number nine while ‘Avengers: Endgame’ sank to 18th position, earning 151, 966 Naira that week. By the second…

The Federal Government is fully aware of he importance of preserving the history of the Nigerian Railway heritage, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Amaechi said this when he received the Managing Director, International Railway Heritage Consultancy Ltd., Mr Steve Davies, in Abuja on Thursday. Amaechi said retaining the country’s railway heritage had been a major challenge and he would do everything possible to ensure it was preserved for the sake of the future generation. He however called on International Railway Heritage Consultancy Ltd to come up with a concept paper on how to secure the country’s investment…

Former president of El Salvador, Antonio Saca has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribery, the attorney general’s office said. The 54-year-old was found guilty of attempting to bribe a court employee with 10,000 dollars in a bid to obtain information about a case against him, newspaper La Prensa Grafica reported. Saca, who served as president from 2004 to 2009, “confessed to having committed the crimes attributed to him,” the attorney general’s office tweeted. READ: IPOB takes independence agitation to UN The former president is already serving a 10-year sentence for misuse of some 300 million dollars of…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has taken what it called the grievances of the Igbo to the United Nations (UN). It said on Thursday that its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, vowed before the UN that Biafra’s case would no longer be ignored. He led a delegation to a series of meetings with various UN agencies and officials in Geneva. IPOB’s spokesman Emma Powerful said in a statement that Kanu demanded urgent action against alleged rights abuses. READ: Nigeria, South Africa to hold Bi-National conference next month He also spoke on the need to support “Biafrans’” self-determination as enshrined…