The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the release of N1.2 trillion for capital projects by the Federal Government in six months is a positive development in the country. The capital projects are contained in the 2017 Appropriation Act. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the 2017 budget was only finalised in July 2017, […]
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Following the outrage of the international community over the comment of U.S. President, Donald Trump, wherein he called countries in Latin America and Africa Shithole countries, the president on Tuesday made a u-turn by saying he wants immigrants from around the world. “I want them to come in from everywhere,” he told reporters at the […]
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has warned against indiscriminate or misuse of paracetamol, saying such practice damages the liver and kidney. Jelili Kilani, PSN Chairman, FCT chapter, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday emphasised that paracetamol, an analgesic, was not supposed to be misused. […]
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China’s economy exceeded its annual growth target in 2017, overcoming the government’s battles against massive debt and pollution-spewing factories. AFP reported that the world’s second largest economy expanded 6.8 per cent in 2017, much better than the official target of around 6.5 per cent. According to the poll of 11 financial experts, the growth is […]
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Manchester United’s maintained the focus in the English Premier League (EPL) to beat Stoke City 3-0 on Monday. In the English Premier League match at a rainy Old Trafford, full-back Antonio Valencia blasted Manchester United into a ninth minute lead. He had cut inside on to his unfavoured — but still potent — left foot […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has registered about 80,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) after the recent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. Emmanuel Shior, executive secretary of SEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the NAN on Wednesday. He said the displaced people are in four camps located in Guma and Logo […]
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Akpenheen Amile, a livestock guard who is being treated for gunshots sustained in the January 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. “I am in physical pains from gunshot injuries, but such pains don’t hurt me like the inability to […]
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A federal high court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered Clement Onubuogo, a former permanent secretary in the ministry of labour, to forfeit the sums of N664 million and $137,000 to the federal government. Saliu Seidu, a judge, granted the order at the resumed hearing of a forfeiture suit against Onugbuogo. When the case was called, TS Awana, […]
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Nigeria has authorised Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start the repayment of $76 million polio eradication loan to Japan. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when she received a delegation of Japanese House of Councillors Parliamentarians. She said that the delegates were in Nigeria to assess […]
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The World Bank forecasts that economic growth in Nigeria would edge up to at least 2.5 per cent in 2018, as the country benefits from improved commodity prices, investments and trade. The Bank om its January 2018 Global Economic Prospect report launched on Tuesday in Washington DC noted that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is […]
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