The federal government and UNIDO have signed a $60 million new country programme for Nigeria to cover industrial governance, research and statistics, and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises development programme. The programme is part of efforts of Nigeria to accelerate the country’s industrialisation process through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Mr Okechukwu Enelamah, […]
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Men of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office on Monday, 19th November, 2018 successfully subdued inferno that almost razed down the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the […]
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The prosecution on Monday opened its case before a Federal High Court Lagos in the criminal trial of Ayodele Fayose, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, charged with N6.9 billion fraud. Fayose was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 22 alongside his company — Spotless Investment Ltd on 11 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and governors rose from a closed-door meeting over the controversial new national minimum wage without information on the settlement of the stalemate. The meeting which was held at the presidential villa had representatives of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) in attendance. The governors after the meeting, however, refused to disclose the outcome […]
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Boko Haram jihadists at the weekend attacked three military bases in northeast Nigeria, putting the spotlight on insecurity in Nigeria just three months before presidential polls. On Sunday, fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction attacked a base in Metele, a remote village in northeast Borno State, near the Niger border. Troops were […]
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Four staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja on Sunday that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member was performing his primary assignment with […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has promised to create three million jobs every year if he is elected as president in the 2019 election. This is one of the key points in the policy document released by the PDP flagbearer today (Sunday), which details a seven-year timeline in which […]
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Operatives from the counter terrorism unit of the Imo state police command blocked the Owerri/Orlu road in the state capital on Saturday to protest lack of accommodation. As reported by PUNCH, the operatives who were demonstrating for the second day in a row caused traffic gridlock and panic in the area. The demonstrators, who reportedly wore […]
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Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and Morocco qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday while Libya scored eight goals to keep alive their hopes of also featuring at the finals. Nigeria drew 1-1 with South Africa in Soweto, Uganda edged Cape Verde 1-0 in Kampala, Mali beat Gabon in Libreville and Morocco went through […]
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The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), an activist group, has demanded that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) produce tax receipts belonging to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter sent to the FIRS dated November 16, and signed by Nelson Ekujumi, the group’s national coordinator, […]
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