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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday, approved N1.4 billion contract for the design of a 12-floor building for the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Okechukwu Enelamah-Minister of Trade and Investment Kachikwu said, “FEC approved N1.4 billion for the design of DPR Head office in Abuja. The contract was awarded to Messers Arteck Practice Limited to design a 12 floor building in the land that is…

Fashion is a popular style, especially in clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body. Fashion is a distinctive and often constant trend in the style in which people present themselves. A fashion becomes prevailing style in behaviour or manifest the newest creations of designers, technologists, engineers, and design managers. Although some aspects of fashion in clothing can be feminine or masculine even unisex, some fashions are androgynous and trendy. Fashion keeps changing and fashionistas benefit the more. High-flying trendsetters in fashion can aspire to the label haute couture. But if one disapproves of a fashion, one can attempt to…

Some exceptional Nigerian women in their different careers are making great strides in the global setting. Recently, Wendy Okolo, Aerospace Research Engineer NASA, Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, became a publicised story. Before then, Ayodeji Osowobi, the founder of Stand To End Rape, was named Commonwealth Young Person of the Year. Now, a 43-year-old Dehlia Umunna has become the first Nigerian to be appointed Professor in Harvard School of Law. She was appointed Clinical Professor of Law. Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School has since said, “Dehlia’s students revere her; her colleagues at HLS and nationally look to…

Ahead of the transfer window summer, Manchester United has drawn a shortlist to source for three new players, Evening Standard has reported. Its interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, had previously stated he wants four new arrivals this summer, but he has put forward three players for special consideration. The Norwegian is pushing for Borussia Dortmund winger, Jadon Sancho, Sporting Lisbon midfielder, Bruno Fernandes and Napoli centre-half, Kalidou Koulibaly. Manchester United chiefs failed to deliver Jose Mourinho’s top targets last summer, but are determined to spend big for Solskjaer, ahead of what is expected to be his first full season in…

A Nigerian clergyman has given Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, a seven- day ultimatum to withdraw a bill seeking to license religious bodies in the state or be ready to face the wrath of God. Since assumption of office as Kaduna governor in 2015, El-Rufai has been involved in taking or generating controversies such as the telling foreign observers coming to intervene in Nigeria’s election that they would leave in bodybags, statement Kajuru killings, downsizing of staffers in the local government system and the trimming of the executive arm of governemnt, among others. The General Overseer of Mountain…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned until May 7 a suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, over alleged excess spending on campaigns. The presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, Usman Ibrahim-Alhaji, dragged the duo to court alleging that they both spent over N1 billion each on campaign expenses. Mr Ibrahim-Alhaji prayed the court to invoke Section 91(2) of the Electoral Act, 2010 to nullify the participation of Messrs Buhari and Abubakar in the February 23 presidential election for allegedly violating the Electoral Act…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reduced its Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, from 14.0 per cent to 13.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, stated this, in Abuja, Tuesday, while briefing the press at the end of the 226th Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meeting. He said that the decision to loosen the MPR was borne out of the desire to reduce the cost of funds and to stimulate growth in various sectors of the economy. The MPR had been retained at 14 per cent since July 2016. He said, “Given the current macro-economic indicators and key market…

Tony Elumelu, chairman of Transcorp Nigeria Plc, planned investment of $2.5 billion in power project across the country will boost Nigeria’s national grid by 700 megawatts, MW, according to Bloomerg. Elumelu revealed that investments in the power sector will be made through Transcorp Power Ltd, a subsidiary company. Although he not give a time frame, Elumelu said the company was ready to “spend a lot of money” on the 987MW capacity Afam Power Plant which is up for privatisation. On March 15, the company along with two others, had launched a bid for Afam Power Plant which operates a natural-gas-fired power generation…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has warned telecom operators to comply 100 percent with regulatory guidelines or face sanctions. The Executive Vice Chairman, EVC of the Commission, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, sounded the warning, Tuesday, in his welcome address at the “Meet The Regulator Forum” on Promoting regulatory Compliance Through Dialogue held in Abuse. Danbatta, who was represented by Mr. Sunday Dare, the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, urged the service providers to acquaint themselves with their license documents. He said, “It will be rather elementary for us to begin you lecture you on the need to study your license documents;…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, will today, commence hearing on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. The petitioners, are seeking to invalidate the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the presidential contest. It was learned last night that a five-man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal will conduct pre-hearing session on the petition Atiku and his party lodged before the tribunal on March 18. It was, however, not clear if…