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IMMIGRATION JOBS TRAGEDY: PRESIDENT WARNS MINISTERS, CANCELS NIS RECRUITMENT
20/03/2014 07:01
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday read the Riot Act to ministers and heads of government departments and agencies to desist from organising fatal exercises similar to the one conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service on Saturday, under the guise of recruiting staff.
The...
TERROR: NIGERIA, FRANCE, 4 OTHERS JOIN FORCES
19/03/2014 14:15
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (R) hugs French President Francois Hollande after they opened the Nigeria-France business forum in Abuja.
Following the upsurge in Boko Haram insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country, Nigeria has entered into agreement with...
FG MAY REMOVE PETROL, KEROSENE SUBSIDIES
19/03/2014 14:09
The Federal Government may have concluded plans to stop subsidising the consumption of petroleum products in the country, especially petrol and kerosene following increasingly dwindling revenue.
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave the clearest hint yet of...
IMMIGRATION JOBS TRAGEDY: HOUSE OF REPS SUMMONS INTERIOR MINISTER, NIS BOSS
19/03/2014 14:03
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Shikfu Parradang, to explain the death of 21 Nigerians on Saturday in their bid to be...
IMMIGRATION TRAGEDY: FG OFFERS VICTIMS’ FAMILIES AUTOMATIC EMPLOYMENT
19/03/2014 14:01
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that three employment slots be reserved for the families of those who died during the stampede that occurred during the recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigerian Immigration Service on Saturday nationwide.
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran...
IMMIGRATION JOBS TRAGEDY: PRESIDENT QUERIES MINISTER, NIS BOSS
18/03/2014 08:25
Paradang and Moro
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday queried the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang, over the loss of 18 lives during the NIS recruitment on Saturday.
The 18 died during stampedes...
BENUE GOVERNOR ESCAPED DEATH IN GUN BATTLE WHILE AMUSHED BY FULANI HERDSMEN
12/03/2014 15:34
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, Monday, afternoon escaped death by the whiskers when his convoy was ambushed by Fulani herdsmen who engaged his security aides in exchange of gunfire at Tee‑Akanyi village in Guma local government area of the state.
This was just after the rampaging...
NIGERIAN REFINERIES MUST BE PRIVATISED, SAYS PETROLEUM RESOURCES MINISTER, ALISON-MADUEKE
12/03/2014 15:12
Contrary to denials by the Presidency, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke, said on Tuesday that the privatisation of the nation’s refineries remained the best way to tackle the problems in the petroleum sector.
Alison-Madueke stated this when she appeared...
AGN PRESIDENT IBINABO FIBERESIMA CALLS FOR 'DYNAMIC AND PASSION' LEADERSHIP IN REGULATING THE INDUSTRY
20/02/2014 08:50
President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan receives the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) lead by the association's President Ibinabo Fiberesima
Members of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN on Tuesday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack of chief executives of the Nigeria Film Corporation and...
IS NNPC THE NEXT TARGET ON GOODLUCK JONATHAN'S CLEAN UP LIST AS OKONJO CALLS FOR FORESIC AUDITORS TO COME IN
14/02/2014 06:07
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would appoint independent forensic auditors to investigate transactions carried out in the oil and gas sector.
The auditors, according to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will examine the books of the Nigerian...