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- 27 Mar 2015
GEJ vs GMB: Embarrassment of Choices ahead of Tomorrow’s Election
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo are in a tight contest for Saturday's election with main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Yemi…
- 26 Nov 2012
Sambo @ Amsterdam, Lures Investors
Namadi Sambo, vice president has said that Nigeria has the potentials to attract foreign direct investments giving the country’s current economic climate. Sambo who was represented by (Dr.) Mrs…
- 24 Dec 2014
GEJ, Deputy to Spend N4Bn on Food, Travels in 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo will spend over N4billion on food and travels in 2015, according to the details of the budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly…
- 28 Jan 2015
Sambo, VP Says FG Approves N250Bn for SMEs
Federal government has approved N250 billion for the establishment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), Vice President Namadi Sambo, has said in Jos, Plateau State. Sambo, who spoke at the…
- 12 Dec 2015
Sambo, Ex-VP, Received N20m Stipends Monthly from Dasuki
Ibrahim Idris Wambai, the former Accounts Officer II, has revealed that that the Office of Nigeria’s former Vice President Namadi Sambo was on a monthly stipend of N20million from the Office of the…
- 16 Jul 2013
Sambo, Others to Grace NCS 11th International Conference
Architect Namadi Sambo, vice president of Nigeria is expected at the 11th International Conference of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) as the special guest of honour and leads other high powered…
- 15 Oct 2012
Nigeria Gets Committee on Unifying Demographic Database
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Committee to midwife the streamlining of a centralised demographic database for the country. Namadi Sambo, the Vice President while inaugurating the Committee…
- 21 May 2014
FG Inaugurates Committee on Merging of NAMA, NCAA, NIMET
Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday inaugurated a special committee saddled with the responsibility of implementing the White Paper on the Steve Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on Restructuring…
- 25 Feb 2013
FG Begins Evaluation of NIPP
Alhaji Namadi Sambo, vice-president and chairman of the board of directors of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), has set up a special project evaluation team for the National Integrated…
- 4 Jul 2014
Nigeria Commits to Nuclear Science
Vice Presidnet, Namadi Sambo has stated Nigeria was committing to nuclear science enabling the country undertake rapid socio-economic development. The Vice President stated this while hosting the…
- 19 May 2013
Security, Governance Top NCS 11th International Conference
Preparations are in full gear for the 11th International Conference of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) holding in Osun State and will highlight the relevance of IT to governance and National…
- 17 Mar 2014
US Renews Confidence in Nigeria’s Economy with P&G’s N5Bn Modern Plant
United States Government has renewed its confidence in the Nigeria’s economy with the opening of Procter & Gamble $300 million (about N4.8 billion) new plant in the country The new plant…
- 23 Mar 2013
Confusion Trails Postal Reform Bill
Postal sector reform process which will culminate with the setting up of an independent regulator for the industry is embroiled in a web of confusion with some vested interest bent on thwarting the…
- 1 Mar 2013
Postal Reform Bill Rings Hope, Fear
The postal sector at the weekend greeted federal government’s approval of a reform bill that will strip Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) of all its regulatory functions with mixed reviews as operators…
- 28 Feb 2013
FG Strips Nipost of Regulatory Functions
The National Council on Privatisation has approved a reform bill that will strip Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) of all its regulatory function. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology…
- 22 Dec 2014
Cautious Optimism over NATCOM’s Take over of NITEL/MTel
Stakeholders in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector are cautiously optimistic about news of the ratification of NATCOM Consortium as preferred bidder for Nigerian…
- 19 Dec 2014
NCP Ratifies Sale of NITEL, MTEL
National Council on Privatisation (NCP) yesterday formally ratified the sales of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its subsidiary Mobile Telecommunications Limited to NATCOM Consortium. The…
- 18 Feb 2015
FG Slashes Collateral on N220Bn MSME Fund
Federal Government has slashed the collateral conditions attached by the Central Bank of Nigeria for banks to access the N220bn intervention fund for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises sector…
- 5 Aug 2014
FG Okays Two Firms for Liquidation NITEL, MTEL
The National Council on Privatisation yesterday approved two firms for the guided liquidation of the Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, MTEL. The two firms, NATCOM…
- 12 Jul 2013
FG Appoints Olutola Senbore and Co to Liquidate Nitel, Mtel
Federal government has appointed Olutola Senbore and Co., a consultant liquidator of Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) and M-TEL, its mobile subsidiary after several attempts to privatize…
- 10 Apr 2012
Laws, Poor Facilities Hamper Nigeria's Digitization
Several inhibiting factors including lack of enabling laws, poor infrastructure and a general lack of preparedness on the part of operators, have forced Nigeria to make a volte-face on its scheduled…
- 4 Sept 2014
Jonathan Inaugurates Council on MSME
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday inaugurated the National Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises The President charged the council members to expand the frontiers of MSME, which he said…
- 6 Feb 2014
Jonathan Convenes Power Financing Confab @ Aso Rock
President Goodluck Jonathan has convened an International Conference aimed at facilitating financing of power infrastructural development in Nigeria scheduled to hold on Monday, February 10, at the…
- 23 Aug 2014
Chidoka Bags National Productivity Order Of Merit Award
Chief Osita Chidoka, minister of Aviation, has been conferred with the prestigious National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The President who was…
- 26 Mar 2014
Fresh Impetus for Postal Industry as FEC Considers Reform Bills
Players in the Nigerian postal/courier industry were jubilant last night as the federal executive council (FEC) considered the Postal Reform Bill, a set of all important documents touted as…
- 14 Feb 2022
2023: Who Will Go for the Igbo? – Our Best 3 Candidates
By Jonathan C. Nnakwube (Ph.D.) With 2023 just around the corner, the race to determine who succeeds incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as the holder of the top job in Nigeria is beginning to…
- 30 May 2014
FG Offers Amnesty to Insurgents
The Federal Government yesterday offered amnesty to Boko Haram members, who lay down their arms. Boni Haruna, minister of Youth Development, said at a youth programme titled: “A day with young…
- 23 Jul 2013
Osun Bubbles as NCS’ 11th Conference Kicks off Today
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS’) Conference – arguably the premier and most influential yearly event for the IT Industry and Professionals in Nigeria begins today at the Royal Park Hotel Iloko-…
- 14 Mar 2015
Morocco-Nigeria Phone Spat: GEJ Says Nigeria Lied
President Goodluck Jonathan admitted Friday that he did not speak on telephone with the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, as claimed last week by the Nigerian foreign affairs ministry, an apparently…
- 8 Jan 2015
OBJ, Others Acting Like Motor Park Touts-FG
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday condemned some politicians parading themselves as statesmen and senior citizens whereas, they are by their utterances, “ordinary politicians and motor park…