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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila will on Wednesday lead a delegation of the House on a visit to Japan. The visit, which will last from November 6 to 11, is based on an invitation extended to the Speaker by the Japanese House of Representatives. The visit is to facilitate an exchange between the Nigerian House of Representatives and its Japanese counterpart and further foster friendly relations and mutual understanding between the two countries. During the visit, the Speaker, accompanied by some members of the House, is expected to meet with the Japanese Prime Minister, the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. It is an Act to, among other things, give effect to certain fiscal incentives given to the oil and gas companies operating in the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin areas under production sharing contracts between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation or other companies holding oil prospecting licenses or oil mining leases and various petroleum exploration and production companies. Buhari said: “Today is an important day for…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Sarah Omotunde Alade, as Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy, domiciled in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. This information is contained in a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. Alade, who holds BSc (Economics) and PhD in Management Science (Operations Research), retired from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as Deputy Governor in 2017 after spending 23 years in the apex bank. She had also acted briefly in 2014 as the CBN…

The Zariah Elizabeth Foundation says that it has empowered no fewer than 30 teachers across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with coding skills to mark the Africa Code Week. The Executive Director of the Foundation, Mr Akindayo Akindolani, said that the teachers were drawn from more than 20 ICT-compliant primary and secondary schools in Abuja. Akindayo spoke at the end of the Africa Code Week observance in Abuja, noting that the train-the-trainer method was adopted for teachers who would be expected to train students of the schools they represented. “We are training them so that they would replicate the knowledge…

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of 15 persons for the appointment on board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), out of 16 names nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate, rejected the nomination of Dr Joy Nunieh, nominee for Rivers, following her absence at the screening conducted by Senate Committee on Niger Delta Nunieh ,who currently serves on the interim committee overseeing activities of NDDC did not communicate to the Senate Committee on Niger Delta over her absence from the screening. The confirmation of the 15 nominees followed the receipt of the report  from the committee  and consideration of…

The Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited will hold its Seventh Anniversary Lecture on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. The lecture entitled: “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa”will be delivered by His Excellency, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, former president of Ghana. It will take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria by 10 am prompt. Dr. Mansur Muhtar, vice president, Country Operations, Islamic Development Bank and former Nigerian finance minister, who will chair the occasion, will also speak on the sub-theme: “The End of Oil: Wither the Nigeria Economy”. Maureen Chigbo, publisher of RealnewsMagazine Online, said: “Our choice of the 2019 topic…

The Federal Government says it has commenced the process of injecting sanity into the Social Media space to prevent it from setting the nation on fire. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. “As a matter of fact, we have already put in motion the machinery for this. “We have written letters to the major stakeholders who would nominate representatives and we are going to sit down together to decide on how best to confront this menace,’’ he said. The minister noted…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is in the process of moving its economy away from dependence on oil. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo’s spokesman, in a statement, said that the vice president stated this while receiving a delegation from Nicaragua on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo received the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denis Colindres, and the Nicaraguan Minister for Special Delegation of the President for Africa, Middle East and Arab, Mohamed Lashtar. The vice president also received on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, a special message from the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega. He said that emphasis was…

Goods worth million of naira have been destroyed as fire razed the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. There was weeping and wailing as the fire rose in the sky with thick smokes bellowing the atmosphere. Officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, are battling to prevail on the raging inferno. Huge crowd thronged the arena, preventing fire service officials and others from carrying out their duties effectively. Helpless traders watch in awe as their investments go up in flames. It was like a movie scene, but it is real. Fire…

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the bumper harvest recorded this farming season will help stabilise the price of rice in Nigerian markets. Bagudu, who is the Chairman Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production in the country, made the statement on Monday in Argungu Local Government Area of the state in an interaction with rice farmers in the area. “The bumper harvest the rice farmers have recorded this rainy season will bring down the price of locally produced rice to curtail smuggling of foreign rice into the country and make it affordable to the common man,” he said. Bagudu…