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Lead Story
Budget: FG raises capital expenditure by 20%; forecasts N3.9trn revenue earnings in 2016, to spend $31bn on economy
Federal Government has announced plans to raise capital expenditure by 20% next year through borrowing amid falling oil prices. In…
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Health
Aregbesola inaugurates new governing board of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital
Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Monday, inaugurated the nine-man Governing Board headed by Prof Wole Atoyebi to…
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Local
LG poll: I don’t short-change people like APC — Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state ought…
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Local
Again, Osun offers free train for Christmas, New Year holiday makers
To lessen the financial burden of transportations during the yuletide, the government of Osun has offered to provide free Christmas…
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Local
Appeal Court moves Okowa judgment to Abuja
AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Court of Appeal has moved ruling in the Delta State Governorship Election Petition appeal to its…
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Local
Dwindling revenue impacting negatively on state’s obligations — Gov. Dickson
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, Tuesday, expressed the worry that the state is finding it difficult to…
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Opinion
(Opinion) Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as a case study in political perseverance
HILDA IFEGWU The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, born December 1, 1951, is a known name for…
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Business and Economy
‘The status quo cannot continue. The rent seeking will stop’ – Buhari assures as he presents Budget 2016
FULL TEXT OF ADDRESS DURING PRESIDENT BUHARI’S 2016 BUDGET PRESENTATION PROTOCOLS I am honoured and privileged to present the 2016…
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Local
NSCIA offers to mediate in Shiites, Army clash; as IGP assures professional investigation into incident
The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has offered to mediate in the recent clash between members of the…
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Local
Sokoto gives N500,000 to each family of hajj stampede victims
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto has announced a monetary donation of N500,000 to each of the 138 families of…
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Lead Story
Buhari will not scrap Amnesty Programme; as project is crucial to his administration — Boroh
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier Gen Paul Boroh (rtd), has dispelled speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari would…
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Local
Gov. Ahmed assures workers on N18, 000 minimum wage
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that his administration remains committed to the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage,…
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Africa
Zimbabwe to make Chinese yuan legal currency after Beijing cancels debts
Zimbabwe has announced that it will make the Chinese yuan legal tender after Beijing confirmed it would cancel $40m in…
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Business and Economy
Ibim Semenitari, former Rivers Commissioner for Information named Managing Director of NDDC
Former Commissioner for Information in the government of Chief Rotimi Amaechi, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has been named the acting Managing…
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Local
FAAN distances self from Aero’s Bauchi ladder uproar
ANTHONY OMOH The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has moved to distance itself from the incident that took place…
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Local
Bayelsa: INEC vows to uphold elections standards
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission would not compromise on the…
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Local
FG slams fresh charge of treasonable felony on Kanu, 2 others
Federal Government has slammed a fresh charge of treasonable felony on the Radio Biafra Founder, along with two others, barely…
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Local
Buhari sacks NDDC MD, directors; appoints ex-Rivers commissioner, Semenitari as new boss
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, sacked the Board and management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), including the Managing Director,…
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Local
Saraki assures Buhari: ‘You have got a partner, an ally’ in the NationalAssembly
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI…
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Local
DHQ warns Nigerians on new Boko Haram tactics
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has warned members of the public that Boko Haram terrorists have now devised a deadly tactic…
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Local
We received N12m ransom to free Okonjo-Iweala’s mother — Suspect
A 27-year-old man, Peter Nweke, Monday admitted that his gang was paid N12 million ransom when they abducted Prof. Kamene…
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Local
Saraki: Mrs. Olateru-Olagbegi was a passionate social crusader
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki Tuesday said he was deeply saddened by the death of Mrs. Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi –…
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Local
Past Nigerian leaders lacked focus – NLC President
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba has said that past Nigerian…
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Faith
Celebration of Life for Archbishop Akinadewo
Life and times of the founder of Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide, Archbishop Isaiah M. Akinadewo (Omo Jesu), will…
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