President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to the allegation of Aisha, his wife, that his government has been hijacked by a cabal. On several occasions, the wife of the president has said a few people are calling the shot in this administration at the expense of Nigerians who brought it into power. Speaking at a leadership […]
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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says owners of yachts and private jets will begin paying luxury items from 2019. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the minister said excise duties would be introduced in some areas while taxes would be reduced for small and medium enterprises. “We are exploring the way to increase […]
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Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be out of action for at least six weeks because of a foot injury, the Premier League side revealed on their website on Tuesday. Mkhitaryan fractured the metatarsal in his right foot in last Wednesday’s Carabao Cup defeat by Tottenham and was replaced at half-time. He missed the win against […]
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has burst a make shift warehouse for storage of Cannabis harvests in Ondo State. This led to the recovery of 10, 210 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 132.730 tons. The warehouse was located in Uteh, a remote community in Ondo State. The warehouse which belongs to a man […]
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The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the country will stop importing rice by next year. According to Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Osinbajo said this on Sunday at the palace of Musa Dogonkadai, the Seriki of the Hausa community in Agege, Lagos. He said leaders of […]
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Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said. Others killed included a policeman and three of the attackers who were shot […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze to thick dust haze weather conditions with reduced visibility over most parts of the country on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Monday in Abuja predicted dust haze condition with visibility range of two to five kilometres over the central states during the forecast period. It added […]
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In his third straight day holed up inside the White House during the partial federal government shutdown that he initiated over his demand to construct a border wall, President Donald Trump barked out his frustrations on Twitter: Democrats are hypocrites! The media makes up stories! Senators are wrong on foreign policy – and so is […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday a snap election in less than four months. The April 9 election would otherwise not have been due until November. The prime minister is appealing directly to voters for a fresh political mandate that could help him weather possible charges in corruption investigations. The government cited differences […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a court order empowering it to seize 46 properties purportedly owned by Ngozi Olojeme, the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015 general election. The order was issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja, The Punch reports. The soon-to-be-confiscated properties consist of 27 […]
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