KWARA State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday, said the criminal diversion of funds meant for development of basic education amounted to reckless looting of the future of Kwara child. Speaking at the official signing of a memorandum of understanding for the KwaraLEARN…
BOEING Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. According to SaharaReporters, the amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges…
TANZANIA’S energy minister January Makamba said on Monday he had started negotiations on the country’s $30bn liquefied natural gas project with the exploration companies involved. Equinor, one of the companies that has a stake in the project, said last week…
DOCUMENTS obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown that Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has spent the sum of N2.5 billion on land clearing as part of its COVID-19 intervention programme. The Agric Ministry says N2.5…
TO support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, IFC has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre capacity and the rollout of fibre-optic cable on the continent. The partnership with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Africa’s leading independent fibre…
THE row between governors and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) over the $418 million Paris Club refund debt deepened yesterday. The governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) accused Malami…
THE trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Dr. Ngozi Olejeme continued today, November 8, 2021 before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja with the Economic and Financial Crimes…
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering. In a judgement delivered by…
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) which has been caught in the act for refusing to allow student applicants make payment directly through the Federal Government designated remittal accounts has suddenly requests that other agencies under its watch returned…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, sitting allowance, welfare package and office building was bigger than what’s allocated to 14 teaching hospitals, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, said. This is contained in…
