The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written a letter to Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to inform him that it has received a petition for his recall. This comes two days after Melaye’s constituents submitted a petition and collected signatures to the commission. In a statement on Thursday, Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s national commissioner […]
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Nigeria is projected to be the world’s third most populous country by the year 2050, according to a report released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The report, titled ‘World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision’, said with such development, Nigeria would overtake the United States in terms of population just as world […]
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TheCable has reported that at least 57 policemen fled, while two were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who ambushed their convoy in the Damboa area of Borno state, on Tuesday. An officer who witnessed the attack said his colleagues who took cover were yet to be found. He said men from men of the […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria is contemplating introducing a new FOREX retail option in Nigeria, just as it released another $195million into the market today. The bank last week released $800 million , making a total of $995million injection, in eight days. The bank hoped that the fund will adequately meet the requests of customers […]
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Price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as Diesel, has crashed to about 42% nationwide, a huge downslide over the last six months, following key strategic interventions by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). It would be recalled that in the first quarter 2017, retail prices of AGO, which is one of the deregulated […]
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Nigeria loses 3,000 children and women daily to preventable diseases due to poor access to basic healthcare, the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has said. Mr. Shuaib said some the children die before their fifth birthdays because of the country’s poor health system. Speaking at a workshop on […]
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says despite the “intimidation” the group is facing in its struggle, foreigners are still visiting its members. Kanu said this on Thursday while receiving Abdulkadir Erkahraman, president of international nations commercial association in Turkey. He received the Turkish diplomat in his hometown of Isiama […]
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Nigeria’s troubled economy will record tremendous improvement by the third quarter of the year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has predicted. The Director of Banking Supervision of CBN, Mr Ahmed Abdullahi, told newsmen that the prediction was the outcome of the 333rd Bankers’ Committee meeting in Lagos. According to him, this is because the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is not aware of any moves to recall Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Explaining the processes involved in […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday hosted Muhammed Sanusi, emir of Kano, at the presidential villa, Abuja. Both men met for two hours at the vice-president’s mini conference room. When accosted by state house correspondents, Sanusi declined to comment on the outcome of the meeting. But said the emir was on a ‘Thank You’ visit […]
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