The Federal Government has alleged that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, better known as Shiites, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has the sole aim of establishing an Islamic State in Nigeria. The government also said the cleric had the full support of the Iranian government to achieve this aim. The government made these […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has announced a reduction in the amount payable by citizens of the United States of America seeking Nigerian visas. The development is coming 24 hours after the US authorities increased the cost of visa application for Nigerians. Recall that in a statement on Tuesday, the US consulate in Nigeria had said […]
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The reappointment of the Minister of Transportation, Dr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, by President Muhammadu Buhari, has been described as a sign of seriousness of the administration to revolutionise the nation’s transportation sector. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who stated this is a statement issued and […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeiran has generated the sum of N311.94 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in the second quarter of 2019. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in a report titled ‘Sectoral Distribution Of Value Added Tax (Q2 2019)’ published on Tuesday. In the report, the figure generated in the Q2 […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has advised Nigeria to formulate appropriate and sustainable strategies to promote agro-industrialisation to foster domestic and export competitiveness in the agro-business industry. The statement by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department, reported Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Advisor on Industrialisation to AfDB President to have given the advice at […]
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Acting on insight of the online scam being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested 28 persons and recovered N486 million. Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the EFCC, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, said collaboration between the commission and the […]
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Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has declared free transportation services for staff and management of the ministry. Amaechi said the decision was to help ameliorate the challenges faced by the staff in the discharge of their civic duties. The Minister stated this at an interactive session with staff and management of the ministry, Monday. […]
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The publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore says the Department of State Services (DSS) is not empowered to prosecute him on terrorism charges. Sowore said this while responding to a request the DSS had made, asking the court to determine if it was right to file terrorism charge against the […]
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Lagos state house assembly has established a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of Akinwunmi Ambode, the immediate past governor of the state. Gbolahan Yishawu, representative of Eti Osa 2 constituency, said at the executive/legislative parley held at Golden Tulip in FESTAC in September 2017, Ambode informed the lawmakers that […]
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African economies are undergoing a transformative period. The energy sector, in particular, holds great potential to revitalize African economies and empower the growth and development. This, is a subject NJ Ayuk dives into in great detail in his sophomore book, Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals. Now available for pre-order […]
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