The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has placed each Libya returnee in Edo State on three months salaries. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Desmond Agbama, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday said Oba Ewuare, announced this when he hosted to Libyan returnees in his palace. Apart […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate media report on bribery of its members over Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Rep. Abdulraman Danburan (Kano-APC) had drawn the attention of the house to a media publication that the lawmakers were being given Danburan said that the report was worrisome […]
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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday agreed to share N647.39 billion to federal, states and local governments as revenue generated in February. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said this in Abuja, while briefing journalists on the outcome of the monthly FAAC meeting. She said after deductions for cost of collections had been […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Tuesday beaten 2-0 by the Serbia national team in an international friendly played at the Hive Stadium in London. After recording a slim lone goal win over Poland in their last outing, the expectations were quite high that the Eagles could follow up with another win over Serbia. […]
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The Federal Government has declared Friday 30th March and Monday 2ndApril, 2018 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to employ the spiritual ethos of […]
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Nigerian youths have formed a political party, Modern Democratic Party (MDP), to enable them place active role in the upcoming elections in 2019 and beyond. The formation of the party came at a time that when ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill is still pending assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. The registration of the political […]
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A report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has shown that Nigeria earned N3.738 trillion from the export of crude oil and petroleum products in three months, from October to December 2017. The NBS, in its Foreign Trade Statistics for the Fourth Quarter of 2018, stated that petroleum products export accounted for 95.58 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, while inaugurating the National Food Security Council at the presidential villa, on Monday, said the country has gone through “very turbulent” times in the past three years. “Nigeria’s journey in the last three years has been a very turbulent one,” he said, adding: “The country’s need for critical job-creating sectors which has been ignored […]
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The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at an event in Abuja on Monday, formally apoligised to Nigerians for the “mistakes” it made while governing the country. The PDP governed Nigeria for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015 when it lost power to the All Progressives Congress (APC). “We made mistakes. On behalf […]
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The federal government disclosed on Sunday that a week-long ceasefire was declared from March 19 to enable the insurgents drop off the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this in Lagos at a media briefing to give update and clarifications on the release of the schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state. […]
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