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Airtel Unveils Smart Number Service … Customers can now get an additional number on their existing Line

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the introduction of Smart Number service, an innovative package that allows customers to use an additional line or number on their original Airtel SIM card, yet maintaining a single mobile phone. The new package is designed to empower owners of small businesses, …

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President Buhari admits ‘padded’ 2016 budget; vows culprits ‘will not go unpunished’

Despite denials by top government functionaries that the 2016 Appropriation Bill was not padded, President Muhammadu Buhari, admitted to an audience, Tuesday, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that all those involved in the ‘padding’ of the document ‘will face the most severe punishment.’ The President’s position is, however, appears to be …

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Oil swap deal: You lied against me — Diezani to ex-NNPC GMDs

Following the claims by two former Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu and Austen Oniwon, before the ongoing legislative probe, former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has described as ‘fabricated tissues of lies’ that she allegedly unilaterally approved oil swap deals. …

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Naira rises to 364 at parallel market

The Naira further gained N6, Tuesday, trading at N364 to the dollar at the parallel market following President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance not to devalue the currency. The Naira exchanged at N370 to one dollar on February 22. Buhari had on Feb. 20 insisted that the government would not devalue the …

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Kogi Election Petition Tribunal commences sitting in Abuja; directs parties to regularise processes before pre-hearing

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Kogi State, Tuesday, directed all the parties involved in the petitions before it to regularise all processes before commencing pre-hearing. Justice Halima Muhammad, Chairman of the tribunal, gave the directive during sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the chairman’s …

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Gov. Ugwuanyi moves to revamp state-owned ailing industries … reconstitutes bodies on privatization and commercialization; Investment Summit on the way

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has advanced the move of his administration to reinvigorate the economy of the state and boost her revenue base when he reconstituted two separate bodies on privatization and commercialization to revitalize the state-owned ailing industries. Reconstituted are the Enugu State Council on Commercialization and …

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