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Local
GTB, UBA, Zenith Bank, Skye Bank, others lead gainers; as ASI jumps by 3.17% over unveiling of new forex guidelines
Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Wednesday, responded positively to the unveiling by the Central Bank of Nigeria of new…
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Senate moves to scrap NPA act
Senate is set to scrap the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, through the modified Ports and Harbours bill which seeks to…
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Agriculture: Proper standardization will boost exports – VP Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has posited that once Nigerian products are properly standardized and packaged, exporting agricultural items would…
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Family announces Amodu Fidau prayer for Saturday
Family of late Super eagles coach and Head of Nigerian Footbal Federation (NFF) Technical Committee, Shuaibu Amodu, has announced that…
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Goje awarded N1bn contract without due process – Witness
Senator Danjuma Goje, former governor of Gombe State, awarded a contract for supply of dictionaries for over one billion naira…
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Arts & Entertainment
Zenith Bank’s Akin Olaniyan’s mother’s rites of passage in vivid colours
The mother of Pastor Akin Olaniyan of Zenith Bank Plc, Madam Olanike Adekunbi Olaniyan’s last rites took place between Thursday,…
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Jonathan’s former aide, Dudafa arraigned for money laundering
Former Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Emmanuel Dudafa and a bank official, Iwejuo…
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Africa
AFRIMA pays tribute to OJB Jezreel
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, has paid…
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Local
We are not recruiting now — FRSC advises public
Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, Wednesday, advised Nigerians to disregard the information that the Corps was…
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FG to loan cash-strapped states N90bn — Adeosun; says Nigeria favours external debt over domestic borrowing
Federal government has concluded plans to loan its states a total of 90 billion naira, in its latest effort to…
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Education
Osun Hijab crisis: Cleric urges religious leaders to exercise restraint
A cleric, Pastor Dotun Ajileye, Wednesday, advised religious leaders in Osun State to exercise restraint with their utterances over the…
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Business and Economy
CBN unveils new forex market guidelines; says ‘FX rate to be purely market-driven’
The much-anticipated set of guidelines on the country foreign exchange (forex) policy has been officially unveiled by the Central Bank…
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Business and Economy
Ikeja Electric launches network monitoring to enhance safety … Cautions against conducting commercial activities under power lines
To further strengthen its commitment towards ensuring the safety of lives and properties, Ikeja Electric, Nigeria’s biggest electricity distribution company,…
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WAEC certificate: Buhari files appeal against High Court ruling dismissing objection
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja who on…
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Local
Reps want 10-year validity for Nigerian passport
Federal House of Representatives, Tuesday, sought the reversal of the validity period of the Nigerian Passport to 10 years as…
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CBN grants regional operating licence to new Providus Bank
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted operating licence with regional authorisation to new financial institution, the Providus Bank…
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Local
Sheriff hired by APC to cause chaos in PDP – Committee alleges; berates ‘lawless’ take-over
The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday, alleged that the sacked acting national…
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Petrol pump price hike pushes inflation to 80-month high at 15.6% – NBS
The deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry, which resulted into an increase in the pump price of…
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Faith
Baptist leader, Ayokunle, emerges new CAN President
President, Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr. Supo Ayokunle, Tuesday, in Abuja, emerged the new President of the Christian Association of Nigeria…
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News
N14m prize money for CBN Senior Open Tennis Championship
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has earmarked the sum of N14 million for the 38th edition of the annual…
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Education
Premium Times convenes dialogue session on parenting
A national media intervention programme to give salience to the role of families in nation building is the theme of…
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Local
Arms Deal: I was given N650m to buy property for Badeh- Witness
The ongoing trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex S. Badeh (retd.), by the…
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Dariye’s trial: Defence makes U-turn, shelves no-case submission
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, continued on June 14, 2016 before Justice Adebukola Banjoko…
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Local
Dangote Foundation kicks off Ramadan feeding in Borno IDPs camps
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI In its effort to complement the efforts of the Federal and state governments, Dangote Foundation has…
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