The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dry, hazy and sunny weather conditions with chances of thunderstorms activities over most parts of the country on Wednesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Tuesday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy to cloudy morning over the central states with day and night temperatures of 35 to 39 and 24 to […]
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The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, says the corporation is considering the extension of Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project to Algeria to ensure African integration. Baru disclosed this in a statement issued by the corporation in Abuja on Wednesday. “The AKK gas pipeline to Algeria was in furtherance of its African integration […]
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill for second reading. Following the passage of the bill, it has now been sent to relevant Appropriation Subcommittees of the Senate for the budget defence and presentation by Ministers and other Heads of Ministries, Department and Agencies of the Federal Government. Speaking at the end of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill. The President also declined assent to the Nigerian Aeronautic Research Rescue Bill. The communication from the president to the House of Representatives was read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at Tuesday’s […]
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Gbenga Daniel, former director-general of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he will never abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. Daniel, two-term governor of Ogun state, had resigned his membership of the PDP on Saturday and announced that he was quitting partisan politics. After the announcement, Daniel said his supporters were urging him to lead […]
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Programme on March 22, 2019. The event, which marks the 5th round of the Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme, will take place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Every […]
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The Senate on Tuesday approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. This decision was reached after the upper chamber’s ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena, submitted its report. The Senate then went on to request the Federal Government to submit a supplementary budget to cover the new wage structure […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a petition before the presidential election tribunal to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. Atiku filed the petition before the tribunal in Abuja on Monday, asking it to declare him authentic winner of the election or order that a fresh poll should be conducted. […]
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Access Bank Plc. said on Monday that a five-year Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured N15 billion Green Bond, the first climate bond to be issued in Africa, had been fully subscribed. The bank’s Group Managing Director, Mr Herbert Wigwe, stated this at the bond-signing ceremony in Lagos. Green bond is a bond specifically earmarked to be used […]
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The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures. Only 84 deaths have been confirmed so far in Mozambique as a result of Cyclone Idai, which has also left a trail of […]
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