Below are the headlines found on The Tribune Online Newspaper for today, Tuesday, 26 September, 2017.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
He was received on the tarmac by the Chief of Staff, Abby Kyari, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, the Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar, among other dignitaries. Buhari arrived his [...]The post Buhari returns to Abuja appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that it has the capacity to carry 900,000 litres of fuel at once with tank farm wagons. Making this known at a press briefing organised in Lagos on [...]The post NRC tasks oil marketers to move fuel by rail appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Monday asked lawyers to assist the bench on speedy delivery of justice by stopping frivolous applications and other measures that might unnecessarily delay proceedings. Speaking at [...]The post Appeal Court president warns against frivolous applications appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
THE ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) National Working Committee, (NWC) has upbraided the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay over his criticism of the former handling of party affairs. [...]The post Youre an ingrate, APC hits Sagay appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Governor Abiola Ajimobi has asked security agencies to urgently arrest all those involved in Mondays shooting at the Olubadan palace. Ajimobi who decried the incident as a threat to security of lives and properties, avowed [...]The post Olubadan shooting: We wont tolerate return of brigandage in Oyo 'Ajimobi appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The strike action embarked upon by workers in Kogi state assumed a new turn on Monday as the leadership of the organised labour alleged threats to their lives. This is coming as government threatened to [...]The post Kogi govt threatens to sack striking workers appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on Monday said judicial officers must imbibe the culture of discipline for the success of the ongoing reforms in the nations judiciary. Onnoghen then charged judicial [...]The post Be disciplined for judicial reforms to succeed, CJN tells judicial officers appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
ALTHOUGH in absolute terms Lagos has the largest portion of N753,081,294,319.29 of the total N4,241,356,303,589.31 local and foreign debts owed by the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), indigenes of Bayelsa State are the [...]The post N4trn debt: Bayelsa, Lagos, Cross River citizens have highest burden appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Former Secretary to Oyo state government, Barrister Sharrafaden, three correspondents; Femi Atoyebi, Demola Babalola and Jeremiah Oke and others on Monday escaped death as gunmen attacked the Olubadan palace, Popoyemoja, Ibadan, shortly before the installation [...]The post BREAKING: Ex Oyo SSG, journalists escape assassination at Olubadan palace appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
ON September 20, a short video by the President-General of Unity Schools Old Students' Association, who was formerly at the helm of the Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, hit the waves of the social [...]The post Understanding the disagreement on Reps' bill on NGO appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Offa Local Government Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has said that it will distribute 64,000 Insecticide Nets to residents of the community. The CRS Social Mobilisation Officer, Mrs Jemilat Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria [...]The post Catholic group plans to distribute 64,000 insecticide nets in Kwara appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Residents of Ketere, Abule Olodo and Ogo Oluwa communities in Sango/Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, have called the state government's intervention with regard to the plan by the Ministry of Physical Planning [...]The post Sango residents appeal to Amosun over demolition appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
KILLINGS and kidnappings have become rampant in our country. People's lives are of no value, and I keep asking myself how someone can just take the life of his or her fellow human begin without [...]The post Killings, kidnappings must stop appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
IT is disheartening to realise that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) could seize results since 2015 without any explanations. In 2015, seven of our candidates results were seized and these students included Adegunle Adeola [...]The post WAEC, release these results appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
ASO ofi is the traditional wear of the Yoruba ethnic group in southwest Nigeria. It is a cloth that is worn on special occasions. The cloth is worn during chieftaincy, festivals, engagement, naming ceremonies and [...]The post Aso ofi: Revamping our cultural heritage appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) have launched the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP) ' an initiative that aims to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer, contributing to [...]The post AfDB, Brazil to groom African youth in cassava processing appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The agricultural sector in Nigeria has in recent times focused on rice production to reduce the millions of naira used on importation of the product which is a common staple in Nigeria. OLAYINKA OLUKOYA reports [...]The post Eggua rice community: Ogun goose laying golden egg appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) have entered into a partnership which will enhance effective grassroots coverage in input distribution and access to loan facilities for rural farmers. The proposed [...]The post BOA, NIPOST partner on rural agriculture appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Many young women are not able to get an education past the secondary level in Nigeria. They often leave school, vulnerable to early marriage. Approximately 50 per cent of the Nigerian population is female. Many [...]The post Womens rights, education: Breaking the silence appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Oranyan Festival 2017 held recently has further attested to the ancient town of Oyo's place as home of Yoruba custom and tradition. It was the celebration of the progenitor of Oyo. TUNDE BUSARI who was [...]The post Oranyan festival: Honouring Oyo's progenitor appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
North Koreas Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Monday accused the United States President, President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country by tweeting over the weekend that North Korea wont be around much [...]The post North Korea accuses Trump of declaring war appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
Violent crime, including homicides, rose for the second consecutive year in 2016, driven by increases in a few urban centers including Baltimore, Chicago and Las Vegas, according to F.B.I. data released Monday. Violent crimes increased [...]The post Violent crime in US rises for second consecutive year appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office after a general election that has surged an overtly nationalist party to enter parliament for the first time in decades. Merkels centre-right Christian Democratic [...]The post German election: Angela Merkel wins fourth term appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest. Her conservative CDU/CSU alliance won 32.5 per cent of the vote, remaining the largest party in Germanys parliament, [...]The post Merkel wins fourth term in Germany appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) again boosted the foreign exchange market on Monday by offering $195m in three segments of the market. In the wholesale Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS), it auctioned $100m and [...]The post Ahead MPC: CBN reflates forex market with $195m appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
IN line with its promise to help stimulate and grow a strong and viable small and medium scale enterprises sector, Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has concluded plans to host [...]The post Stanbic IBTC supports SMEs, to empower entrepreneurs in 8 cities appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
REVENUE generated by the Nigerian Stock Exchange in the year ended 31 December, 2016 declined by 31 per cent to stand at N4.46 billion. Speaking at the Annual General Meeting in Lagos on Monday, the [...]The post 2016: NSEs revenue dips by 31% at N4.46bn appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
A number of banking industry stakeholders have openly called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw its circular mandating banks to collect stamp duties from customers' bank accounts, stressing that such directive and [...]The post Banks risk legal suits for deducting stamp duties from customers' accounts appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
THE tourism industry may have contributed N1.7 billion ($5.5 million), about 4.8 per cent to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2016, as shown in the Nigeria Hospitality Report of 2016, [...]The post Nigeria not among top 5 African countries for international tourism in 5 years appeared first on Tribune.
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
THE Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), and PriceWatercoopers (PWC), a firm that focuses on audit and assurance, tax and consulting services have explained how loans that are granted to employees by their employers can [...]The post LIRS, PWC clarify taxation of loans to employees by employers appeared first on Tribune.
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