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Jonathan in Germany, advocates public/private partnerships to grow Nigeria’s economy
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has made a case for public, private sector collaboration as a way of attracting more foreign direct…
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Boko Haram: Army moves to close markets in Borno, Yobe; arrests 2 personnel in Yola with cache of weapons
The Nigerian Army has announced plans for an indefinite closure of identified markets alleged to be trading and aiding Boko…
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Obama set to electrify Nigeria, others by 2020; signs Africa electricity plan into law
United States President, Barack Obama, has formally signed into law an initiative aimed at bringing electricity to 50 million people…
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FG targets 6,000km of roads by 2019
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the N433 billion proposed in the 2016 budget before…
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Presidency defends proposed N3.2bn for State House Clinic
The Presidency has explained why it allocated N3.219 billion for the upgrade of equipment at the State House Clinic. This…
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Senators back Saraki to continue in office ‘unless convicted’
The senate has thrown its weight behind its president, Bukola Saraki, insisting that the embattled senator will continue to serve in…
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Innoson: Indigenous manufacturer produces local parts for Fighter Jets- NAF
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar has lauded the management of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing…
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Telecoms operators decry multiple taxation regime in Nigeria
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, at the weekend decried the heavy taxation imposed on telecom operators…
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Sports writers give Oliseh 7-day ultimatum; as Onigbinde blasts NFF for ‘insulting’ Nigerians with coach’s appointment
Umbrella body of sports journalists in the country, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), has given Super Eagles coach, Sunday…
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Boko Haram forces heightened security at Aso Rock
Security has been beefed up at the Presidential Villa in Abuja as Presidency, Tuesday, expressed the fear that terrorists focusing on…
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2016 Budget, a national embarrassment, withdraw it now — Fayose tells Buhari
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has told President Muhammadu Buhari to’ save the country from the national embarrassment’ being…
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CAF dumps Super Eagles from CHAN best staring XI line-up
The Super Eagles’ early exit at the just-concluded 4th African Nations Championship in Rwanda meant no Nigerian player made the…
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Africa
Nigeria to host Africa Senior Athletics Meet in 2018
Nigeria will host the 22nd edition of the Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Lagos, in 2018. An agreement to this…
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(Opinion) Lagos and the changing face of BRT scheme
ADENIKE ADEMOLA Prior to the introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on Lagos roads, commuters had gory tales…
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Return of the Valentine Governor by FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO
On Sunday, Valentine day, precisely February 14, all roads in Nigeria lead to Yenagoa, the state capital of Bayelsa State…
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National Assembly is on same page with Executive in war against terror – Senate leader
BY ABDULLAH ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume has said that the National Assembly is on “the…
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Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…
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Buhari could not have called all Nigerians criminals – Presidency
(Presidency’s Reaction to Brouhaha Over Telegraph Interview) The State House has described as misconstrued, the various interpretations of President Muhammadu…
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Senate pledges support for EFCC, as Commission re-arraigns ex-Kwara Commissioner, Moronfoye and Saraki’s Cousin for N371m contract scam
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, has expressed the readiness of the…
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Increase in electricity tariff: Akwa Ibom NLC, TUC protest; Picket PHED, DISCO facilities
DENNIS UDOMA, Uyo The one day nation-wide unrest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other civil…
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Dasukigate: Metuh, wife bought N500m property in Banana Island – Witness
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh…
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2016 Budget: Police Commission to spend N3.4bn on local transport for 402 staff
The Police Service Commission has earmarked N3.4bn for local transportation of its 402 staff this year, the Chairman of the…
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DSS arrests ISIS recruiter, other terrorists in nationwide raid; says planned attacks in states averted
The Department of State Security (DSS) has opened up on the arrest of some wanted terrorists, including that of an…
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Firm to set up fertilizer plant in Sokoto
Sokoto State government will provide the needed incentives, and necessary legal framework for the take off of a new fertilizer…
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