The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved 21 million euros for the purchase of two tug boats for towing of maritime vessels, and another N703 million for dredging of the turning base of the Baro river port in Niger State. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while briefing State House Correspondents after […]
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The Nigerian Police High Command has promptly debunked the alarm raised by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, that the police were about to implicate him using ‘‘coerced’ cultists”. The Police said the alarm was a ruse, misleading and amounted to an obstruction of justice. Saraki raised the alarm on the floor of the Senate […]
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England manager Gareth Southgate named a youthful 23-man World Cup squad on Wednesday with several notable absentees. Experienced goalkeeper Joe Hart was left out of the squad for Russia, as was Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere who between them have been capped more than 100 times. Everton’s Jordan Pickford, one of three keepers selected, is expected […]
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The Senate has passed the 2018 Budget of N9.12 Trillion following the consideration and adoption of the Budget report laid on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. This is coming 6 months afterthe budget document was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly in November. The Budget document passed on […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s capital importation in the first quarter stood at 6,303.63 million dollars. The NBS stated this in the Nigerian Capital Importation for First Quarter for 2018 released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau stated that the value of capital imported in the quarter recorded an increase of 594.03 […]
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Marilyn Ogar, former spokeswoman of the Department of State Service (DSS), has filed a suit before the National Industrial Court, Abuja, challenging her compulsory retirement from service. Ogar was retired along 14 other officers in 2015, seven years before she was due for retirement. When the case came up for mention on Friday, the respondents’ […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State on Monday received no fewer than 5,558 All Progressives Congress (APC) members who defected to the party from across the 23 local government areas of the state. The reception which took place at Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, was attended by prominent PDP officials both at […]
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Warren Buffett has reported a $1.14 billion loss at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in the first quarter, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said. That marked the company’s first net loss since 2009. The loss was caused by new accounting-rule changes, which the Oracle of Omaha had predicted would cause nightmares. The rules require Berkshire to report unrealised gains […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday begin a four-day trip to the United Kingdom on medical vacation, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said. The presidential aide disclosed this in Abuja on Monday. “In the course of the technical stop-over for aircraft maintenance in London on his way back […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said women’s rights of movement in Lagos State, will not be restricted on Tuesday by the traditional Oro Festival in Ikorodu, east of Lagos. The Commissioner of police, Imohimi Edgal, made the clarification in a statement signed by the spokesman of the command, SP Chike Oti. Edgal said […]
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