The National Bureau of Statistics has released data showing that 8,663 people were “sacked” by Nigerian banks between January and June 2017. When broken down, the data shows that an average of 360 people have been sacked every week from January to June 2017. The figures were higher in the first quarter and lower in […]
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Nigeria has won the hosting right for the 2018 African Wrestling Championship in the Senior, Junior and Cadet categories. Nigeria is having this right 42 years after the competition was instituted. The President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos after the […]
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Home-based Super Eagles team have qualified for the Africa Nations Championship, CHAN 2018, set to be staged in Kenya. The B team secured a 2-0 win over the Benin Republic team at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano on Saturday. The nervy win means the Nigerians scale through 2-1 on aggregate, after losing the first […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted morning and afternoon localised thunderstorms over the Central States of Abuja, Mambilla Plateau and Minna on Saturday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Friday in Abuja also predicted localised thunderstorm activities over the entire region in the afternoon and evening hours. It added that […]
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described hate speech as a “specie of terrorism”, stating that the federal government has drawn a line on it. Osinbajo said this on Thursday at a security retreat with members of the national economic council (NEC). The programme is holding at the presidential villa in Abuja. […]
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The Nigerian Army on Thursday said that it killed 10 Boko Haram insurgents in a clearance operations in Marte Local Government Area of Borno. A statement issued in Maiduguri by Col. Timothy Atigha, the spokesman of the 8 Task Force Division, said the troops also recovered bicycles and cows from the insurgents. He also said […]
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Reacting to comments credited to Reno Omokri, former president Goodluck Johnathan’s former media aide, who said there is no evidence that the current administration is fighting corruption, Garba Shehu, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday, accused Jonathan of “wiping” the nation’s treasury. He said the current administration inherited an economy […]
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Igo Weli, general manager, external relations of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) stated that the remitted $29.8 billion to the federation account and $1.2 billion to Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2002 and 2016. He made the disclosure on Monday while reacting to the shut down of SPDC flow station and gas plant in […]
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Yusuph Olaniyonu, spokesman to Senate President Bukola Saraki has confirmed the dismissal of some of the aides working in his office. It was reported that 98 aides were affected in shake-up which followed a staff audit earlier in the year. Olaniyonu, however, did not confirm the number of aides sacked. Arthur Ndiwe, Saraki’s director of […]
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Brazil displaced Germany from the top of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released on Thursday. The world champions Germany dropped to second despite winning the Confederations Cup. Argentina is in third and Switzerland, with a 100 per cent record in World Cup qualifiers, are fourth. This is higher than they have been […]
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