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Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, budgets millions for burials - Report/newsheadline247

No endorsement for Bello – Kogi APC says party has its criteria for picking...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has denied reports indicating the party had endorsed the incumbent state governor Yahaya Bello as its candidate for the governorship election scheduled to hold November 16...
Africa Oil & Power to Honor Senegal President as “Africa Oil Man of the Year”/newsheadline247

Africa Oil & Power to Honor Senegal President as “Africa Oil Man of the...

Africa Oil & Power will present the award to H.E. Macky Sall at its annual conference in Cape Town; H.E. Macky Sall is renowned for his efforts to revive Senegal’s economy and create an...
Gov. Makinde stops examination fee in Oyo schools, declares education levy illegal

Gov. Makinde stops examination fee in Oyo schools, declares education levy illegal

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has abolished N500 examination fee in all secondary schools in the state. Mrs Ololade Agboola, the Head of Service, who disclosed this urged principals in secondary schools to comply with...
Saraki’s former aide, Olu Onemola says ‘No’ to Lawan’s appointment/newsheadline247

Saraki’s former aide, Olu Onemola says ‘No’ to Lawan’s appointment

Olu Onemola, a former aide to immediate past Senate President Bukola Saraki has rejected the appointment of Special Assistant on New Media offered by the incumbent Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Onemola made the announcement of his...
My predecessor spent N2.3bn on burial activities in five months, says Gov. Bala Mohammed/newsheadline247

Bauchi: My predecessor spent N2.3bn on burial activities in five months, says Gov. Bala...

Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State, has accused his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar of spending N2.3bn for burial activities in the state. The former governor, however, disproved the allegation, describing it as laughable. But the governor,...
Virtual Facebook currency faces real-world resistance

Facebook’s plans to operate digital currency ‘poses risks to global banking

Facebook’s plan to operate its own digital currency poses risks to the international banking system that should trigger a speedy response from global policymakers, according to the organisation that represents the world’s central banks,...
UBA boss calls for curriculum overhaul to equip graduates for technology advancement/newsheadline247

UBA boss calls for curriculum overhaul to equip graduates for technology advancement

The Group Executive Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr Liadi Ayoku, has called for the overhaul of the training curriculum in financial institutions across Africa to reflect current technological realities, which according...
Lagos: Eight injured in Oshodi building collapse/newsheadline247

Lagos: Eight injured in Oshodi building collapse

It’s another building tragedy as eight persons were reportedly injured after a building collapsed on Sunday, June 23, 2019, in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi in Lagos State. According to Channels Television, Dr. Oke Osanyintolu, the...
Falcons protest, refuse to leave hotel over unpaid bonuses/newsheadline247

Falcons protest, refuse to leave hotel over unpaid bonuses

The Super Falcons of Nigeria players have refused to leave the team hotel after their exit from the FIFA women’s World Cup on Saturday, demanding that the country’s soccer federation clears all of their...

Ethiopia army chief of staff shot amid thwarted coup

Ethiopia's army chief of staff has been shot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on television Sunday as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in a regional state of this Horn of...