President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is close to ending the sharp practices in the oil and gas sector. The perpetrators will be named, he said. Buhari, who spoke on his vision for a greater Nigeria on “Good Morning Nigeria”, a Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Abuja, pragramme, said oil was still being […]
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Beggars in Kaduna state under the aegis of Kaduna State Beggars Association have vowed to bring down Governor Nasir El Rufai‘s government should he fail to list the embargo on beggars in the state. The beggars, who addressed a press conference in Kaduna on Monday, July 27, said they used their proceeds from begging to […]
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A report by Compliance and Content Monitoring Ltd (CCM) has revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Party (APC) spent a combined N3.23 billion on political campaign advertisements for this year’s general elections, according to a report at the weekend. According to the report PDP spent for about N2.5 billion (77 […]
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Former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke is very ill and has been hospitalized in a London hospital for an undisclosed ailment, family sources said over the weekend. The reliable family sources told THE WILL that the former Minister has been hospitalized for weeks and hasn’t just avoided Nigeria for fear of being probed by […]
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King Sunny Ade, popularly known as KSA is set to float a radio station. The radio station which has been under works for years now will start transmission before the end of the year. According to him, the station will be the first music and culture station in Nigeria. It has also been named M&C […]
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(Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari plans to split the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into two entities, his spokesman said on Saturday. Buhari, elected in March on promises to combat corruption, has made clear he wants to overhaul the oil sector in Africa’s biggest economy, which provides the government with around 70 percent […]
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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday said the N10 billion borrowed by the state government was used to pay workers salaries. Mr. Ortom gave the explanation in an interview in Makurdi. He stated this against the backdrop of allegations by the opposition that he misappropriated the N10 billion loan. The governor said when […]
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BY AYO OLOWO The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ruled out the possibility of devaluing the naira, following the recent pressure on the national currency from the foreign exchange market. The Governor of the CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, told journalists on Friday after the MPC meeting in Abuja […]
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50 Cent has been instructed to fork over another $2 million in punitive damages to Rick Ross’ baby mama, Lastonia Leviston, for leaking her sex tape online. A lawyer for Leviston had urged jurors to award her $15 million in punitive damages but was rather awarded $7 mil especially because 50 Cent told the jury this week that he […]
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By Achinike William-Wobodo Whereas in most States of Nigeria the Chief Executives (Governors) were accused of misappropriating Local Government Councils Funds, the case was different for the former Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon Chibuke Rotimi Amaechi. Former Governor Amaechi bequeathed and injected into the local government councils administration over N170 Billion in his eight […]
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