The Naira on Thursday lost marginally against the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N359.2 to the dollar, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Nigerian currency had traded at N359 on Wednesday, while the pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N481 and N416.5, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) […]
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Addressing a Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) delegation from the 19 northern states at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari said no right thinking individual will will accuse him of condoning killings, especially having secured substantial votes from the areas affected by the crisis. Buhari also said those accusing his administration of doing […]
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday, announced the appointment of embattled Nigerian “NFF President”, Mr Amaju Pinnick as its 1st Vice-President. “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice-President Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, CAF President, after consulting the members of the Emergency Committee, appointed Mr. Amaju Melvin PINNICK as 1st Vice-President,” the statement read in […]
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A Federal High Court in Owerri on Thursday nullified wards, Local Government Areas and state congresses of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. The court also ordered the party to hold fresh congresses. The presiding judge, Justice Lewis Allagoa, in a judgment that lasted for one hour, ordered APC “to be responsible, […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently called on OPEC producers to help reduce oil prices, has raised prices through his tweets, Iranian OPEC Governor Hossein Ardebili was quoted as saying by news agency SHANA on Thursday. “Your tweets have increased the prices by at least $10. Please stop this method,” the oil ministry news agency […]
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Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives (APC), has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership. He said this shortly after news broke that a faction had pulled out of the ruling party. The new faction, Reformed APC (R-APC), has many national assembly members and is led by […]
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Dr Anthonia Ekpa, Director of Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Federal Ministry of Transport, said that the ministry would inaugurate 10 Truck Transit Parks (TTP) across the country in 2019 to reduce truck accidents. Ekpa disclosed this at a news conference at the sidelines of the Annual General Meeting of the Sub-Sahara Africa Transport […]
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Volkswagen, car manufacturing company, says it is ready to produce two million made-in-Nigeria cars yearly as soon as the automotive bill is signed into law to curb the dumping of used cars in Nigeria. Thomas Schaefer, Chairman of the company said in Abuja during a discussion on “Developing the African automotive industry by adopting an […]
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Ishaq Akintola, director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a living legend, and says it will be in the best interest of Nigeria for him to win his re-election bid in 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Muslim cleric said Buhari is keen on the progress of Nigeria and […]
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The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has destroyed about 1500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta creeks in the last two months. The Commander of the ship, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday. Swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to traverse a swampy terrain. Dewu said the […]
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