Year: 2021
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Local
Aregbesola tasks acting NIS Comptroller-General on securing nation’s borders, passport reforms
By Yahaya Isah Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the acting Comptroller-General of…
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Lead Story
Senate receives Buhari’s request to approve $4.054bn, €710m, $125m external borrowing
The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and approve an external loan to fund…
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Sports Ministry releases time table for Federation elections
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has released the time table for the up coming election into the…
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Confessions of Boko Haram Commander: Our dreaded leaders send us to die in battlefields
Ex-terrorists’ Commander, Adamu Rugurugu has said that top leaders of the Boko Haram group were always fond of dispatching ‘low-ranking’…
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Arts & Entertainment
Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Ekpo, wins Sun Newspapers Lifetime Achievement Award
The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom, Mr. Moses Ekpo, has emerged winner of the Sun Lifetime Achievement Award for the…
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Local
2023: No cultist or ocultic politician will succeed Gov. Emmanuel – Pst. James Sunny
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo More groups in Akwa Ibom have continued to throw their weights behind Governor Udom Emmanuel’s “No…
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Konga signs MoU with FG on job creation
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has been hailed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday…
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Africa
Credible data key to tackling drug abuse – Marwa
By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa…
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Local
Kogi jailbreak: 114 escaped inmates recaptured – official
By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has recaptured 114 escapees of its…
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Education
Caleb University appoints Olumeru as Acting Registrar
By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 The Governing Council of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos has approved the appointment of…
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Lead Story
Banking sector well positioned to support monetary, fiscal recovery efforts, says Emefiele
By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said…
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Business and Economy
Coy partners research institutes on production of special wheat fertiliser – Official
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 OCP Nigeria Fertilisers, says it has partnered with Lake Chad Research Institute, Institute…
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Local
Adamu, Akume, Dogara, Chime, Adebule, others appointed into APC’s National Reconciliation Committee
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has approved the…
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EFCC arrests 27 suspected illegal oil bunkerers in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 27 individuals in connection with suspicious…
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EFCC arrests 31 alleged internet fraudsters in Benin City
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday, September 12, 2021 arrested…
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U.S. president tours wildfire danger during California trip
Sacramento (California), Sept. 14, 2021 Gazing down from Marine One, President Joe Biden surveyed miles of scorched earth slicing through…
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Local
UAE’s strict COVID-19 protocol targeted at Nigeria – PSC
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Sept. 13, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has frowned at alleged adoption of double…
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Lead Story
Biden to address UN General Assembly for first time as president
Washington, Sept. 14, 2021 Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week for the…
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Local
NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, commends Adebutu over National Stadium renovation, partnerships
By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Sept. 13, 2021 Amaju Pinnick, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Monday commended Kesington Adebutu, Chairman…
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Local
Makinde for President: Purveyors of fake news at it again – CPS
The Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has denied a news item promoting him as a presidential hopeful in the 2023…
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Local
Rotary Club, Yenagoa Sunshine chapter, installs new president
Mr. Uchenna Onyekaonwu of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has been unveiled as the new President of…
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Local
FirstBank wins Private Bank of the Year award by Global Finance
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 13, 2021 First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has won the Global Finance ‘Private Bank of…
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Business and Economy
Dangote Refinery partners Content Board on Oil Sector Research, Devt
Dangote Oil Refinery has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to promote the critical…
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Education
UNESCO D-G meets Buhari, invites him for UNESCO Anniversary in Paris
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 13, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Director-General of the United Nations…
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Africa
Nigeria-born United Nations Deputy Secretary-General concludes visit to Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 13, 2021 UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has concluded a three-day visit to Kenya,…
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