Former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, now a ministerial nominee, on Monday, declared that federal projects were currently ongoing in every state of the country.

Fashola, who was the immediate past Minister of Work, Housing and Power, stated this during his ministerial screening on the floor of the Senate.

The former minister disclosed that at the time he left office, his ministry was working on roads in 14 universities.

He said: “During my first term as minister of power, we recovered 720 containers of electricity equipment abandoned at ports

“In our closing report, there was no state that were not executing a federal project.

“We also had roads that decongested and led to ports.”

Fashola also said that states are...read on Legit.ng

Following the eviction of Big Brother Naija2019 housemates, Nelson and Thelma, details of how Nigerians voted have emerged.

The organizer in a new twist did not show the percentage got by all the housemates who were voted this week.

Instead, Biggie showed the six housemates with the least vote.

Here is a breakdown of how viewers voted:

Gedoni- 1:66%, Jackye 1:53 %, Esther...continue reading on Pulse.ng

Housemate Mercy Eke smashed Big Brother’s phone following a heated argument with Gedoni Ekpata after the Saturday night party.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the housemates were tipsy after the party, including Diane.

Trouble started when Gedoni made a video of drunk Diane and Mercy repeatedly asked him to stop filming as she is as tipsy.

Gedoni, however, went on to film and dared Mercy to break the phone if she did not want the video which she did.

Following the altercation, Mercy was seen talking to...continue reading on Legit.ng

The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and televangelist, Tunde Bakare, has said that Nigerians should only hope for a pan-Nigerian to takeover from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

He suggested that it should be the...continue reading

The ‘Supreme Being’ of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, BCS, His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu has told Nigerians to approach him for the solution to their problems.

The cleric stated this while speaking through His Grace, Archbishop Sam Inok, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as the BCS marks its annual event tagged ‘Heavenly Father Day of the Unleavened Bread’.

He said that Nigeria’s plethora of problems are solvable but that the country needs...read more

Festus Keyamo (SAN), the ministerial nominee for Delta State says he will unbundle the Supreme Court if made the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation.

Keyamo disclosed this on Friday while taking questions from members of the Senate at the ongoing ministerial screening exercise in Abuja.

The human rights activist, who was the fourth nominee to appear in the Red Chamber on Thursday, said it was...continue reading

Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has shared why he stopped wearing wristwatches.

While responding to the question of a fan on why he leaves his wrists bare, Otedola said he was over watches.

The billionaire stated that technology has made...read more

Barely 24 hours after he was announced as a ministerial nominee by Nigeria president President Muhammadu Buhari, Emeka Nwajiuba has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Accord Party (AP).

Nwajiuba, who is a serving member of House of Representatives for Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, was elected to the House in the 2019 National Assembly elections on the platform of AP.

His defection letter was read on the floor of the House during Wednesday’s plenary by the deputy speaker, Ahmed Idris Wase.

Nwajiuba was among some of the 43-man ministerial nominees screened by the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday.

In the tradition of the...continue reading

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a condolence message to the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye.

In a letter he personally signed, President Buhari said, “On behalf of my family, the government and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I write to commiserate with you and the entire members of Melaye family on the passing of your mother, Deaconess Comfort Melaye (JP)

“The loss of a mother is usually very painful. However, I encourage you to be inspired by her dedication to the service of God and humanity which I believe saw her to the leadership position of a Deaconess. Caring and supportive mother like mama are precious even more than gold. I know she was very dear to Melaye family and you in particular, but please take heart in the fact that she lived a fulfilled life.

“As you prepare for...continue reading

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Wednesday raised the alarm over the activities of criminal gangs who used fake job vacancies and scholarships to lure Nigerians to “some of the notorious Middle East countries.”

The anti-trafficking agency said many of the victims had ended up as sex slaves while others had their organs harvested and subsequently died.

The DG added that the agency had so far been able to prosecute and secure the convictions of 403 human traffickers.

She said, “I wish to alert the nation to the emerging tricks in human trafficking which should be urgently addressed in order to...read more

The Nigerian government has disengaged over 2,000 beneficiaries of one of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), N-Power.

NSIP spokesman Justice Bibiye said the beneficiaries were dismissed for absconding duties at their places of primary assignment (PPA) for a long time.

N-Power was introduced in 2016 by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration “to imbibe the entrepreneurship culture in the Nigerian youth aged between 18 and 35 — both graduates and non-graduates”.

An estimated 500,000 youths across the country are currently engaged in the scheme, providing services in the country’s education, health, agriculture sectors and local government offices with a monthly N30,000 stipend....Read more

Meet the 7 women nominated by Buhari for Ministerial appointment.

1. Sharon Ikeazor from Anambra state is the founder of the Legal Aid for the Poor Scheme in Nigeria. Ikeazor became a national woman leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013, The Nation reports.

2. Zainab Ahmed, born in Kaduna and a graduate of Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, was the executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

3. Gbemisola Saraki, a younger sister of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, was elected into the House of Representatives in 1999 to represent the Asa/Ilorin west federal constituency in Kwara.

4. See remaining 4 women here

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued operating licence to three new banks to operate in the country.

The new banks are Titan Trust Bank Limited, TAJ Bank Limited and Globus Bank Limited.

According to the apex bank, Titan Trust and Globus Bank will operate as commercial lenders while TAJ Bank Limited was licensed to operate as a non-interest bank.

TAJ Bank would join Jaiz Bank as the two banks operating as a non-interest bank in the country Continue reading.

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2.) There can only be one postal code/zip code for a place.
3.) For example:
The postal code of Warri is 332.
Within Warri, the specific postal code for Ekpan (Tori) is 332281.

Look at this:-

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You're still both wrong. Look at this instead: https://mypostalcode.com.ng/

The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Oando PLC which was scheduled to take place today the 11th of June 2019.

The Pragmatic Shareholders Association of Nigeria have voiced their displeasure towards the SEC as a result of the suspension.

Their outcry contained in a Press Release document dated the 11th of June 2019 condemned the actions of the SEC as unacceptable, especially owing to the fact that Oando PLC had already planned and paid for the event as far back as May.

“We think it is unacceptable that the SEC chose to make their announcement on the eve of the event. We have members who had come from different parts of the world and it is disheartening to think the SEC did not consider the esteemed Shareholders before deciding to notify the General Public on the suspension of the Annual General Meeting.”

Lastly, the Association called on all other bodies Local, State and Federal to intervene in directing the SEC to act in a manner that is legal, moral and ethical.

Source: https://amala.ng/index.php/2019/06/11/securities-and-exchange-commission-suspend-oando-annual-general-meeting/

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If you're looking for a one stop shop for all the postal and zip codes in Lagos state, simply visit My Postal Code and you'll find it there.

This will greatly aid you as you fill one online form or the other that requires finding a place in Lagos.

Good luck.

What is the difference between Nigerian Jollof Rice and Concoction Rice? In this Vox pop video interview, Princewill Comedian graced us with his answer and he said just about the funniest thing ever!

Watch Video on Youtube.

Cezars Entertainment launches
Jaffa music, a digital music distribution website in Nigeria meant to help upcoming artistes blow.

On the blog, you can download naija music free of charge from all your favorite artistes.

It also offers the option of music consultancy for rising acts in the industry.

Visit Jaffamusic now to learn more.

Jaffa Music is a blog to download latest naija music free and it just launched in Nigeria over a week ago.

The company behind the music blog is Lagos based Cezars Entertainment, headed by Christopher "Jaffa" Juwah.

The site offers Nigerian visitors the opportunity to read Nigerian song lyrics, download latest Nigerian songs and music videos among many others.

One of the more offsite services Cezars Entertainment offers through their music site is Music career consultation for rising artistes.

Visit the site today

Hausa music from top hausa musicians are certainly underrated in the music industry today. Yes i know we have the likes of Wizkid and Burnaboy dominating our airwaves but we Nigerians miss the vibe of Hausa songs.

The most popular Hausa musicians of all time include Ice Prince and Classiq while the rest lie in almost oblivion...that is as far as the west is concerned anyway.

Go over to the northern sides and you'd be shocked the degree to which these other more relatively unknown acts are worshiped like small gods by their fans.

I was searching google the other day when i bumped into one of them called DJ AB. I was shocked to learn that this guy had tens of thousands of monthly searches to his name. I can be you if i ask 50 random Lagosians "Who is DJ AB" they will most likely have no damn clue who i'm talking about.

On Sunday the 16th of December, hot afropop artistes, Richee rawk thrilled fans at the MC Blinkz organised "Hookup Party" concert at Ipaja, Lagos with an energetic rendition of his hit single, "You".

watch short video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qLuXGn8fSrM