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“We must restore the soul of America”, says Biden in inaugural speech
It’s long overdue, and we’re reminded tonight of all those who fought so hard for so many years to make this happen. But once again, America has bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.
Read More »2021 Budget of Economic Recovery & Resilience: Details, timelines
Timelines/Key Indicators October 8, 2020 – Proposal for N13.08trillion 2021 FGN Budget of ‘Economic Recovery and Resilience’ was laid before the National Assembly. December 21, 2020 – National Assembly passed the Appropriation Bill of N13.6trillion, about over N505.61…
Read More »Alleged rape in Premiere Academy: We’re not aware of any incident involving our students, say principal, matron
MEDIATRACNET The authorities of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja on Friday vehemently denied knowledge of any incident of rape involving any of its students. The school also challenged members of the public with information linking any member of its…
Read More »Dangote’s only Nigerian on Bloomberg’s top billionaires’ list with $17.8bn fortune
MEDIATRACNET With his fortune increasing to over $17.8 billion, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, significantly emerges as the only Nigerian listed among the World billionaires. The latest edition of the Bloomberg annual top billionaire lists published on Monday…
Read More »FIRS industrial dispute: Union accuses management of harassment, intimidation, despite court’s restraining order
MEDIATRACNET Despite the intervention of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in the industrial face-off between the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) and the management of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the crisis appears not to have…
Read More »Inuwa Waya Voluntarily Retires From NNPC; May Eye 2023 Kano Guber Race
MEDIATRACNET The Group General Manager in charge of the Shipping at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Inuwa Waya, has announced his decision to voluntarily retire from the company in December this year. Although the retirement of the…
Read More »PIB: A Historical Foundation
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Read More »Finally, DPP halts police prosecution of petitioner against suspects in N170m FIRS contract fraud
By Bassey Udo The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on Tuesday formally took over the prosecution from the police of a businessman accused of “false petitioning” over an N170.3 million contract fraud. In 2016, the police arraigned in…
Read More »Elumelu’s Trans-Niger oil firm acquires Shell’s disputed license in Ogoniland
Trans-Niger Oil & Gas Limited (TNOG) has acquired Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) stake in the disputed Nigeria's oil mining lease (OML17) in Ogoniland.
Read More »You can’t stop police investigation of crime suspects, court tells Zinox top officials accused in N170m FIRS contract fraud
By Bassey Udo Four top officials of Zinox Technologies Limited and its affiliate, Technology Distributions (TD) Limited have again lost another attempt to shield themselves from police investigation and prosecution over their roles in an N170.3 million contract…
Read More »Oil Crisis: Nigerian govt retains National Assembly’s N150bn jumbo budget despite dwindling revenues
RELATED NEWS National Assembly’s huge allocation higher than individual budgets of 19 StatesMay 28, 2015 SHOCKING: 2015 Budget: National Assembly’s N150billion enough to fund capital votes for 20 Federal MDAsMay 18, 2015 REPORT CARD: Nigerian Senators, Reps cornered…
Read More »World Bank blacklists six Lebanese, Nigerian firms, directors for fraud, corruption in 2020
The World Bank has blacklisted six Lebanese firms and their directors, along with some Nigerian contracting firms among individuals and companies indicted for fraud and corruption in 2020. The individuals and companies were blacklisted after the Bank Group’s…
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