Year: 2020
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CBN releases framework for financing of mass metering
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Oct. 19, 2020 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its framework for National Mass Metering…
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#EndSARS Protests: Before we lose the plot by Tony Usidamen
Even as #EndSARS—a nationwide campaign against police brutality in Nigeria—enters Day 12, some still consider it as “misdirected” and “futile.”…
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#EndSARS protesters attack Ijaw Youths Council President in Bayelsa
A mob protesting police brutality on Sunday in Yenagoa, attacked President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Mr Peter Igbifa…
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Business and Economy
NCDMB, NLNG, others oppose hike in content fund
By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja, Oct. 19, 2020 The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and key organisations in the…
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Notorious ex-SARS officer says he never spoke with Peter Obi on Ezu River killings
One-time head of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at Awkuzu, Anambra State, Mr. James Nwafor, has refuted a…
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Liverpool’s Van Dijk to undergo knee surgery
Liverpool (UK), Oct. 19, 2020 Centre-back Virgil van Dijk has damaged knee ligaments and is set to undergo surgery, English…
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Omo-Agege calls for peace in Isoko
The Deputy President of the Senate (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is shocked and saddened by the reported killing of…
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SERAP sues Buhari, NASS, wants court to declare electricity tariff, fuel price hike illegal
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 302 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the…
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Education
Rivers Special School gets Shell’s science lab donation
For the first time since its establishment 35 years ago, the Special School for Handicapped Children in Port Harcourt, Rivers…
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Rivers State Foundation holds Virtual Town Hall meeting, Saturday
The Rivers State Foundation Inc. will on Saturday, October 24, 2020 hold a Virtual Town Hall meeting. The program, according…
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RE: Wike’s maverick conformism By Paulinus Nsirim
We read the opinion piece with the above title, published in The Nation Newspapers of October 18, 2020, under the…
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#ENDSARS: Dialogue with protesters, Gani Adams tells Presidency; Condemns violence
By Yemi Adeleye Lagos, Oct. 18, 2020 The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Arts & Entertainment
Buhari, Northern Governors salute Gowon at 86
President Muhammadu Buhari has described former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon as “a gallant patriot whose commitment to…
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Exercise Crocodile Smile VI has nothing to do with EndSARS protest – Army
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Oct. 18, 2020 The Nigerian Army has said the newly-launched Exercise Crocodile Smile VI has nothing…
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Business and Economy
Bayelsa govt commends Buhari for reimbursing states for funds spent on Federal projects
By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Oct. 18, 2020 Bayelsa Government has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts to reimburse some…
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FC Barcelona, Real Madrid suffer defeat; Manchester United win
Getafe (Spain), Oct. 17, 2020 FC Barcelona fell to their first defeat in La Liga under new coach Ronald Koeman…
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#EndSARS: We will not allow anarchy in Nigeria – FG
By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja, Oct. 18, 2020 The Federal Government has warned that it will not allow the country to…
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Nigerian traders protest Ghanaian authorities’ refusal to open locked shops
By Fortune Abang Abuja, Oct. 17, 2020 The Nigeria Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), has carried out a…
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Fire for Fire: Interior Minister renews war against bandits
A five-city blitz by the Presidency to mobilise residents in locations targeted by bandits to bond with security forces to…
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Business and Economy
Ecobanks holds Diaspora Independence Webinar; Dabiri-Erewa, Akinwuntan, Kazeem Bello, others to feature
Ecobank Plc, the Pan African Bank, is holding “The Diaspora Independence Webinar” tomorrow, Sunday, October 18, 2020. The program has…
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Warri-Benin Expressway: Help is on the way – Omo-Agege
Following constructive and fruitful engagements between the Deputy President of the Senate (DSP) and Obarisi of Urhoboland, Senator Ovie…
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EndSARS: When Sanwo-Olu visited Ikechukwu Iloamuazor’s widow …Says deceased won’t die in vain …Eyewitness relives how he died
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, visited the widow of Mr. Ikechukwu Iloamuazor, the man hit by stray…
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Repackaging and rebranding of SARS is not enough By Rev. Matthew Ma, S.J
The past few days have not been the best for the Nigerian Police Force. The widespread protests over the Special…
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More accolades for Sanwo-Olu as Gov. visits family of Ikechukwu Iloamuazor; Meets Chairman, Judicial Panel investigating SARS brutality; Increases youth representation on Panel
More Nigerians have commended Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for personally going to the residence of Ikechukwu Iloamuazor, who was…
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