We’ll Present Compact Commonwealth Contingent, FG Assures
The Federal Government has pledged that it would present a “compact team” for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games slated for Gold Coast, Australia, in the next 100 days. Also, the government pledged...
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Nigeria Will No Longer Take Back Seat In CAF – Pinnick
By salifu Usman, Abuja Newly elected executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has said...
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South Africa’s ANC Rejects Calls For Zuma To Quit
South Africa’s African National Congress “closed ranks” around President Jacob Zuma after two key allies of the ruling party called for his resignation following a cabinet reshuffle that cost the...
View ArticleNorth Korea Test-fires Missile Into Sea Ahead Of Trump-Xi Summit
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast yesterday, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit between Uand Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang’s...
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As Electronic Card Reader Divides Reps Along Party Line
Proposed alterations to the 2010 Electoral Act saw the House of Representatives sharply divided last week. KAUTHAR ANUMBA-KHALEEL looks at the amendments. Political pundits have consistently pointed...
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No Plan To Increase Petrol Price – NNPC
….Cautions against hoarding, panic buying Nigerians have been assured that the federal government has no intension of increasing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol...
View ArticleMinister Installs Countdown Clock At Abuja Airport
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has installed a countdown clock at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to mount pressure on contractors to meet the six weeks deadline....
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Theft: Shell Shut Bonny Light Oil Export Line
The Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it had shut down the Nembe Creek Trunk Line, which exports Bonny Light crude oil, in order to remove theft points. Managing director of Shell...
View ArticleLeaveraging On NCDMB Sponsored Oil & Gas Fair
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) which was held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, may have come and gone but the organizer, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is set...
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Financial Stability: Further Pressure On NPLs Will Put Smaller Banks At Risk...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its Financial Stability Report released yesterday, said a change in the status of loans of the largest obligors from performing to lost would lead to a fall in the...
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Education In Bayelsa Undergoing Revolution – Dickson
In this recent chat with newsmen in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson sheds light on the educational development levy newly introduced by his government and the massive...
View ArticleFG Clears N54bn Pension Arrears
In response to agitation of federal pensioners who recently protested to some of its agencies including ministry of finance, the federal government yesterday announced that it has cleared the inherited...
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Still On Malabu: Is FG Estopped From Pressing Charges?
The Federal Government (FG) has reportedly charged some senior officials of oil giants Shell and Agip, along with two former Ministers – Dan Etete and Mohammed Bello Adoke – some Nigerian companies,...
View ArticleTinubu Started Political Career In Barber’s Shop – Obasa
The puzzle on how former Lagos State governor and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu came into the nation’s political terrain, bestrode and became a political...
View ArticleMeningitis Scourge: APC Govt Is Insensitive – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi, yesterday said the loss of lives resulting from the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in the country reflects the...
View ArticleAlameisegha Died For Niger Delta Emancipation – Ibori
Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, yesterday paid a condolence visit to the family of his long time friend and political ally, late D.S.P Alamieyeseigha in Amassoma, Bayelsa...
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BBNaija: Governors Join The Race
As the popular reality television show, Big Brother Naija draws to a close, state governments whose indigenes are participating in the reality television show have practically joined the contest and...
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Development Bank Of Nigeria Gets FG’s Nod To Borrow $1.3bn
The federal government yesterday approved $1.3 billion credit facilities to support the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN). The bank which received its license recently is being funded by some long term...
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FG Lauds TV, Film Content Producers
The minister of Information and Culture, and official spokesman of the federal government, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has hailed Nigerian TV and film content producers for their impressive work in deepening...
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We’ll Fix Economy Frontally As We Did Corruption, Insecurity – PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari vowed yesterday that his administration will bluntly confront Nigeria’s economic challenges the way it tackled corruption and insecurity head on, with a view to fixing the...
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