The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun said that the federal government was ready to release N350 billion, being the first tranche for implementation of the 2017 budget. Mrs. Adeosun said this on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of 2017 Appropriation Act. She said that the Federal Government had enough cash available to immediately […]
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The bodies of seven sailors who were missing after the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship were found in flooded compartments of the damaged ship, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said in a statement on Sunday. Japanese media said all seven of the sailors who had been reported missing were found dead. […]
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A soldier in Afghanistan has attacked US troops at a military base, in the northern Balkh province on Saturday, wounding seven. The US soldiers were evacuated after the “insider attack” a spokesman for the US military command said. The Nato-led Resolute Support mission said one Afghan soldier was killed and another injured in the incident […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has gotten a court ordered arrest warrant for Ngozi Olejeme, who served as chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF between 2009 and 2015. Olejeme, who parades an honorary doctorate degree, was also the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in […]
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William Ekanem, an employee at Bedmate Furniture Company, Magboro, Ogun state, has been unable to walk after his spinal bone was allegedly damaged by Master Wan, his Chinese boss. Wan, who is reportedly skilled in kung fu, had demanded to see a bag of rice which Ekanem bought from a foodstuff seller, identified as Iya Melo, […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with Southeast governors and other leaders of thought from the region and urged them not to be tempted into a tit-for-tat amid hate speeches across the country. In his opening remarks at the meeting with the leaders of thought held at the old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
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The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has described his almost two years long trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as a torturous one. Saraki in an official statement on his acquittal by the tribunal said that although he went through a crucible trial, he harboured no grudge for anyone despite the […]
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Ethiopia government has launched an Online Entry Visa Application and Issuance (E-Visa) for citizens of 39 countries. Ethiopian Airlines said that the policy was launched by Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs. Of the total, only the citizens of the South Africa are eligible from the African continent, while Kenya and Djibouti are exempted because their […]
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Boye Oyerinde and Umaru Aliyu have been elected as president and vice-president of the Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF) in one of the several elections conducted on Tuesday for sports federations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the elections were held at the Abuja National Stadium on Tuesday. Oyerinde was elected as President with […]
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Abuja, June 13, 2017 (NAN) The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N778.19 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2017. This is according to a progress report by the FIRS sent to the Federal Ministry of Finance, and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. The report, […]
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