Shehu Sani, chairman, senate committee on local and foreign debt, has advised Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, to use the “meagre” resources available to run the state. In an interview with NAN on Monday, the senator wondered why governors could not use distributions from the excess crude account and Paris Club Refund to execute projects. He […]
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The crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after Saturday’s inconclusive primary took a different dimension on Monday as police have sealed the party’s secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that protesters, who claimed to be sympathetic to the aspiration of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, […]
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, is set to establish radio and television stations in the country. NUJ National President, Waheed Odusile, disclosed this on Monday in Bauchi during a condolence visit to the union’s National Secretary, Mr Shuaibu Leman, over the death of his mother, Mrs Jonnah Leman. Odusile said that the stations would […]
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The visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to U.S. President, Donald Trump, has yielded the finalisation of negotiations to repatriate more than $500 million (about 190 billion Naira) of Nigeria’s looted money traced to the U.S. Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington, […]
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook’s annual developers conference in San Jose, California — emphasizing that the […]
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The South West Zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said it would hold a rally on Saturday May 5 to show its strength in the zone. The Chairman, Publicity Committee of event, Mr Moshood Salvador told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the rally, to be held in Osogbo, […]
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Sen. Dino Melaye has thanked the people of his constituency for “rising to his defence” by shunning the verification exercise held on April 28 to recall him from the Senate. Melaye, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday, also thanked the political leaders, elders and traditional rulers in Kogi West for “rescuing him from […]
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North Korea rapprochement is moving with speed as country promised to shut its atomic test site in May and invited US weapons experts to the country. US President Donald Trump had expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal with the secretive regime. The reported pledge from President Kim Jong Un follows weeks of whirlwind diplomacy […]
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While briefing Journalists on the outcome of the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held on Thursday, Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), said the federal government, states and local governments shared N626.8 billion for the month of April. Giving a breakdown of the revenue accrued in March, Mr Idris said N480.59 billion […]
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The leaders of the two Koreas made their way to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries early on Friday, seeking to end their decades-long conflict and ease tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons program. South Korean leader, Moon Jae-in arrived first at at the Joint Security Area of Panmunjom shortly after 9 a.m., […]
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