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Ghanaian Referee Gets FIFA Life Ban
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey has been banned for life by world football governing body FIFA for what it calls “match manipulation’’. The ban results from a penalty kick he awarded to South Africa in...
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Threat To Life: DSS Investigates Gov Obiano
The Department of State Services (DSS) in Anambra state has commenced investigation into the alleged threat to life of Prince Ken Emeakayi, State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by Gov....
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Power: NNPC Targets $15bn Investment To Generate 4,000mw
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hinted yesterday that it will require about $15 billion investment to realise its plan of generating about 4,000 megawatts of electricity in the next...
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World Bank To Invest $57bn In Nigeria, Others
Following a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim yesterday announced a record $57 billion in financing for Nigeria and other...
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Canada Supports Nigeria’s IDPs, Others With $119.25m
The minister of International Development and La Francophonie of Canada, Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau has said that Canada will provide $119.25 million in humanitarian funding to crisis-affected people in...
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7.8m Permanent Voter Cards Yet To Be Collected – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday that over 7.8 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) are yet to be collected. INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who stated this at the...
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Nigeria’s e-Passport Database In Malaysian Firm’s Custody
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is not in charge of the country’s e-passport central database where all travel documents of its citizens are stored. Investigations by LEADERSHIP has revealed that...
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Sheriff, Makarfi Feud Triggers Mass Defection From PDP
The leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) involving the Senator Ahmed Makarfi camp and that of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is responsible for the gale of defection that is currently...
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As The Senate Bares Its Fangs
Two watershed events denote a new profiling of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. First, was the rejection of Ibrahim Magu as President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the substantive...
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Sen. Udoma Calls For Team Work To Achieve Economic Recovery
The minister of Budget and National Planning Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to rise up to their feet as one in order to achieve the National Economic Recovery...
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Fari Replaces Obasi As IPMAN President
Engr Sanusi Abdu Fari yesterday emerged as the new president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), in a congress that took place in Abuja. According to a press...
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CPC Commences Investigation Into Safety Of NBC’s Fanta, Sprite
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has instituted an investigation into the safety of additives in Nigerian Bottling Company’s Fanta and Sprite with a view to safeguarding consumers. The Council’s...
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Federal Competition Commission Law Will Pull Nigeria Out Of Recessionm – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said thatn the establishment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, passed by the House will help pull Nigeria out of...
View ArticleMeningitis Kills 5 In Sokoto
No fewer than five persons have so far been confirmed dead and two others currently responding to treatment following outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis( CSM) in Gada local government area of Sokoto...
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Biafra: Court Fixes April 25 For Ruling On Kanu’s Bail Application
Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on April 25, 2017 rule on the bail application brought by the counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
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Police Parade 20 Suspects Over Ile Ife Crisis
The Nigeria police paraded suspects over the Ile-Ife crisis that claimed over a dozen lives and the destruction of properties worth millions of naira. A statement signed by the force public relations...
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FG, Agip, Shell, Others Sued Over Unauthorised Transfer Of Malabu Oil Shares
The federal government, two oil giants- Agip and Shell and seven others have been dragged before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the ways and manners the shares of Malabu Oil and Gas were...
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Anambra: An Emerging Start-up State And Our Collective Challenge
Introduction Every anniversary is a time for thanksgiving as well as time for deep and sober reflections. Since 1999, no consecutive three years have seen such level of turbulence and crisis in...
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I’m Interested In Titles, Not No 1 – Federer
Roger Federer is reluctant to set a target of becoming world No 1 and instead wants to concentrate on winning tournaments after his success at Indian Wells. Federer moved up four spots to No 6 in the...
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Inspite Of Win, Ganaru Craves ‘Understanding’ Of Wikki Fans
The coach of Wikki Tourists, Mohammed Baba Ganaru, has continued to seek the understanding and patience of the club’s fans, even after the club’s 2-1 win over Katsina United over the weekend, in a...
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