Mr Niyi Ajao, Managing Director, Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), says one million bank accounts are opened monthly by Nigerians as the nation’s financial inclusion rate increased to 63.6 per cent from 45.4 per cent recorded in 2016. Ajao made the disclosure at the launch of the 2018 Financial Inclusion Survey by Enhancing Financial […]
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Mr Mustapha Shehuri, the Minister of State 1 for Power, Works and Housing, has expressed concerns over lack of housing for more than 70 million Nigerians. Shehuri who made the disclosure in Calabar on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said “ the development was worrisome to the Federal Government.’’ […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says the country needs the support and prayers of all citizens to be fully successful in overcoming its challenges. He said this in his message to the nation on Monday on the occasion of the Eid-El-Maulud, the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he is disappointed in the Nigerian media for failing to highlight the progress of his administration in the agricultural sector. Buhari said this at a dinner he hosted for young political appointees at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The president said under him, agriculture had become so attractive that those […]
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Over 32 million Nigerians are suffering from a learning disability called dyslexia, which affects reading, spelling, writing and comprehension. Chairman Board of Trustees, Dyslexia Foundation of Nigeria, DFN, Mr Ben Arikpo, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Arikpo said one in every six students in the country has dyslexia, making the […]
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Josephine Iyamu, a Nigerian nurse in the UK, has been jailed for 14 years for human trafficking. Iyamu, 53, was said to have used a witch doctor to convince her victims that had taken an oath of allegiance while she extorted them. Reports revealed that she charged each of them about N13.5 million to arrange […]
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More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean from January to June, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more than 1,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. IOM said the tragic weekend began on Friday with two shipwrecks adding to the alarming increase in migrant deaths off Libya […]
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Mr Ketil Karlsen, the Head of European Union (EU) Delegation, has urged Nigerian youths to strive toward occupying political and public offices of their choices after the actualisation of the Not-Too-Young-to-Run law. Karlson made the call at the Not-Too-Young-to-Run Conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the presidential assent for the law marked the beginning of […]
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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), says that only 350 Nigerians are responsible for more than 80 per cent of the N5.4 trillion debt portfolio of the company. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. According […]
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No fewer than 34 Nigerians were on Wednesday deported from the United States of America for allegedly committing offences in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees arrived at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos at about 2.30 p.m. The deportees, comprising 32 males and […]
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