Year: 2021
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Africa
Group wants climate change treated as emergency
By Patience Omoha Abuja, July 14, 2021 A group of African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday called on the…
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World Finance magazine names Zenith Bank Best Commercial Bank in Nigeria
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, July 14, 2021 Zenith Bank Plc has been named ”Best Commercial Bank in Nigeria” at the…
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Lead Story
Senate barks: Faults NNPC over non-remittance of N3.87trn from crude oil sales in 2015
…wants N865.44bn illegal revenue deductions stopped …directs NPA to refund $37.67m, N67.5bn, N1.07bn, $2.3m, €196,257 to treasury …mandates EFCC, ICPC…
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Local
#FIXPOLITICS supports Nigerian Press against National Assembly’s gagging plot
The #FixPolitics Initiative has condemned the attempt by the House of Representatives to gag the media and has called on…
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Local
England’s heartbreak at Wembley By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Euro 2020 has come and gone but the reverberations are bound to continue for some time…
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Local
EFCC operation at Parkitonian Hotel, Lekki, Lagos – The true story
In the early hours of Tuesday July 13, 2021 a team of operatives from the Lagos Zonal Office of the…
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Local
Court remands 2 friends for allegedly defiling minor
By Ngozi Njoku Ikeja, July 14, 2021 A Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered that two friends be…
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Electoral Act Amendment: Lobby lawmakers, don’t blackmail NASS leadership – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has kicked against what he described as the ‘calculated blackmail’ against the leadership of…
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Local
Gold Star Wives of America hold 76th National Convention in Historic Charleston, SC
The 76th National Convention of the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. has started, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in Historic…
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Local
Victor Agali visits Carl Academy & Football College
Former Olympique D Marseille and Nigerian ex-International, Victor Okechukwu Agali, has thumbs up Carl Academy as one of the best…
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Battle readiness: 2 Div, Nigerian Army begins Inter-Brigade competition
By Deborah Coker Benin, July 13, 2021 The 2 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday at the Ekehuan cantonment, Benin, began…
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Business and Economy
Ease of doing business: Danbarde dismisses award given to Gombe as unmerited
William Attah, Gombe Mohammed Jibrin Danbarde, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in Gombe State who recently dumped the party…
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Education
A’Ibom Govt. distributes instructional materials to technical colleges
Isaiah Eka Uyo, July 13, 2021 The Akwa Ibom Government on Tuesday distributed instructional materials to all the nine Technical…
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Local
U.S. first lady Jill Biden to attend Olympics opening ceremony
Washington, July 13, 2021 U.S first lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo…
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Africa
Commit to zero hunger by 2030 – UN Deputy Sec. General, Mohammed, urges African leaders
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 13, 2021 Ms Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the UN Sustainable…
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Arts & Entertainment
South African journalists attacked, threatened amid civil unrest, 4 radio stations looted
Lusaka, Zambia, July 13, 2021 South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate recent attacks on media outlets and journalists…
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Local
Consider win-win solution to challenges of open grazing – Prof. Balogun urges governments
Prof. Murtala J. Balogun has advised all tiers of government in Nigeria to consider win-win in place of the partisan,…
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Local
D’ Tigers’ wins against US, Argentina big boost for Olympics, says Okafor
By Babatunde Ogunrinde Lagos July 13, 2021 As the 2020 Olympic Games draw nearer, D’ Tigers centre, Jahlil Okafor says…
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Local
Group urges PDP to dissolve Secondus-led NWC
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, July 13, 2021 A group, Concerned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) League, has called for the dissolution…
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Wednesday’s Round of 16 fixtures in 2021 Aiteo Cup competition
Abuja, July 13, 2021 Following are the Round of 16 fixtures in the 2021 Men’s Aiteo Cup competition, to…
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Local
Shell confirms oil leak in Bayelsa; Residents bemoan adverse impact
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Tuesday confirmed an oil leak incident from its facility in Ekeremor…
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Africa
Peer review good for Nigeria’s democracy – Buhari; Pledges support for united Cameroon
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja pledged that Nigeria will continue to support the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process…
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Local
Senate rejects Lauretta Onochie; Confirms five nominees as INEC Commissioners
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of five nominees as Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This was…
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Local
Prof. Peterside leads Opobo people in USA to celebrate, launch Foundation; Nigeria’s Consul General in New York, Amb. Egopija attends
It was a time of great joy for sons and daughters of Opobo Kingdom of Rivers State, when they came…
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