Year: 2017
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Local
Ebonyi Police rescue kidnapped 72-year old man
By Freedom Ajala, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Command, Friday said it has rescued a 72-year old…
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Court strikes out suit seeking to remove Tambuwal
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja has struck out the suit filed by Senator Umaru Dahiru which…
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Ugwuanyi swears in Egumgbe, Nweze as Judges
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State Friday swore in Hon. Justice Ebele Mabel Egumgbe and Hon. Justice Ugonne Jacinta Nweze…
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Ogbemudia’s death a colossal loss, says Saraki
On Friday, Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, received the news of the death of the former military governor of the…
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Apo Six Murder: Victims’ families protest judgment …AGF promises to look into grievances
Family members of six Igbo traders who were murdered in Abuja in June 2005 on Friday stormed the office of…
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Business and Economy
NCDMB supports local content economic development projects
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has given its support for projects tied towards lifting Nigeria’s economy and…
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Edo State House of Assembly: INEC issues Certificate of Return to Adenomo
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday issued certificate of return to Mr Godwin Ogbemudia Adenomo as the…
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Contingents from 14 states, Nigerian Army, storm Bayelsa to compete for laurels in wrestling
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA Contingents drawn from 14 states across the Country including the Nigerian Army have stormed Yenagoa, the Bayelsa…
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Minister restates FG’s commitment to ease of doing business in Nigeria
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to improving Nigeria’s ranking…
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Bayelsa SARS operatives kill notorious armed robber in Opolo
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA Following the radical strategies adopted by the Bayelsa State Police Command led by its Commissioner, Asuquo Amba…
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Ogbemudia dies at 84; Condolence register opened
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Two time governor of the defunct Bendel state, Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia who died at…
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INEC: 2019 general elections hold Saturday February 16, Saturday March 2, 2019; 23 Electoral Officers on trial over Rivers re-run election suspended, placed on half pay
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections for Saturday, February…
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Gombe to consider life sentence for sexual violation; Media NGO urges passage of gender equity bill
Sexual violators in Gombe State may attract life sentence jail term if the state Government signs the laws on human…
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President Buhari returns to warm embrace of family, government officials
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Nigeria after a medical vacation in London into the warm embrace of family members and…
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Economy, North East, power dominate Senate meetings with Germans
The issues bordering on how to forge strong economic co-operation, assistance for rebuilding of the insurgency ravaged North-East zone and…
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A-Ibom Assembly passes 2017 Appropriation bill of N371.29bn into law; Urges Gov. Emmanuel to make budget available to public
By Our Special Correspondent The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the 2017 appropriation bill of N371.29…
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CBN sustains forex supply
As more customers of banks and other business people overcome the earlier difficulties in obtaining forex for their transactions,…
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Faith
Dogara joins Northern Christian women to pray for President Buhari
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, joined a group of Northern Christian Women to pray…
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Business and Economy
Obi prescribes measures to adopt for economic growth
The Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has advised the Federal Government to focus its energies on creating…
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President Buhari returns to Nigeria from London, Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country Friday March 10, 2017. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special…
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Business and Economy
FGN Savings Bond: Promoting savings culture By Amarachi Eshigu
It’s very much unlikely that there is an adult person, man or woman, who has never borrowed money at one…
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Saraki: We may need to amend laws to solve energy crisis
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said the National Assembly will have to amend the laws on power…
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Victims of fire outbreak in Yenagoa beg Dickson for succor
CHINEDU WOSU YENAGOA Victims of a strange fire outbreak in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital on Wednesday are now begging Governor…
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House passes Federal Competition Commission Bill sponsored by Speaker Dogara …Bill To Strengthen Business Environment ….Proposes 5 year jail term/ N50m/10% turnover for violators of Competition Law ….10 years jail term/N10m for violators of Consumer Rights/10% turnover for violators of Competition Law
As part of efforts to ease the Nigerian business environment for investors and grow the economy, the House of Representatives…
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