Ford Ford’s first ever automobile assembly plant in Sub-Sahara Africa has been established in Lagos, Nigeria, courtesy of Coscharis Motors Plc, the nation’s exclusive official representative of the brand. The plant, which is sighted on a piece of land of more than 14 Hectares within Coscharis Group’s head office in Lekki, Lagos, was unveiled recently. […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue says President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to stand for re-election in 2019 because he remains the only credible person with capacity to deliver up to 2023. The governor stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Mr. Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Wednesday morning and afternoon. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Tuesday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 27 to 34 and 15 to 26 degrees Celsius respectively. It […]
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the effort of the Federal Government on the rehabilitation of the 41-kilometre Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze-Ihuokpara-Nkomoro federal road. The road, earlier awarded in 2010, stopped due to poor funding, but was re-awarded by the present federal administration following the intervention of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Ekweremadu, and […]
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Mr Jalal Arabi, the Permanent Secretary, State House, has refuted media report suggesting that the State House Medical Centre (SHMC), had received N11.01billion as appropriation for the period 2015-2017. Arabi’s refutal is contained in a statement by Mr Attah Esa, the Deputy Director, Information in the State House, Abuja on Sunday. According to him, out […]
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World Bank Group says it has an investment portfolio of about $8.5 billion scattered across states and regions in Nigeria. Olufunke Olufon, senior communications officer, World Bank Nigeria, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. She said the investments were to assist the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital […]
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A federal high court in Lagos on Friday issued an order directing Access Bank Plc and Guaranty Trust Ltd to surrender N1.4 billion Paris and London Club loans in their custody. Mojisola Olatoregun, a judge, ordered the banks to temporarily forfeit the loans. Olatoregun made the order while granting an ex-parte application filed and argued […]
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The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) will soon introduce agency banking service in addition to the re-introduction of money order to its clients. Mr Godwill Magulike, the District Manager of NIPOST in Kwara state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Friday that the introduction of agency banking will enable Nigerians send money […]
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David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has released an official statement denying claims by the police that he instructed his driver and friends to “dump” Tagbo’s body at the General Hospital in Lagos. In the statement, Davido also claimed that Tagbo did not step a foot into his car at any time. Davido also went […]
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Ibrahim Babangida, former military president on Thursday endorsed Raymond Dokpesi for the position of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Babangida made this known when Dokpesi paid a courtesy visit to his residence in Minna. He urged party faithful to use the convention to uphold the visionary ideals of the founding fathers […]
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