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Kachikwu to re-evaluate appointees in petroleum ministry; says FG needs N413 bn for subsidy payments
Newly-inaugurated Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, is set to reassess and re-evaluate the positions of head…
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Alleged N25bn TSA fraud: Senate calls for suspension of remittances to consultancy firm
The Senate, Wednesday, called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Ministry of Finance to suspend lodgements into…
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Magu officially assumes duty at EFCC, urges staff commitment to duty
Mr Ibrahim Magu assumed duty as Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Abuja on Wednesday, with…
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Senate debunks conspiracy against APC senators
The Senate has debunked an allegation of conspiracy against the All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to handover the Senate to…
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Naira maintains slide at parallel market; exchanges for N232 to dollar
The naira, Wednesday maintained its previous depreciated value at the parallel market. It exchanged for N232 to the dollar, a…
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Dokpesi’s apology, a personal opinion – PDP
National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, said the apology credited to the party’s National Conference…
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FAAN director indicts agency for incessant pilfering of equipment
Director of Airport Operations of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Henry Omeogu, has attributed some of the…
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Winners emerge in Etisalat Prize for Innovation 2015 competition
Telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has unveiled the winners of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Innovation Competition in both the innovative product…
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Fayemi resumes at Solid Minerals ministry; Fashola at Power, Works and Housing
The new ministers, sworn in and assigned portfolios Wednesday, by President Muhammadu Buhari are believed to have hit the ground…
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Business and Economy
GT Bank unveils SKS Young Inventor Competition
Foremost financial Institution; Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), has unveiled the SKS Young Inventor Competition which is expected to run between…
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How ex-governor Igbinedion abused office to enrich father — Oshiomhole
AGENE GODWIN, Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has thrown more light into his government’s plan to look into…
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Gov. Wike inaugurates Governing Councils of tertiary institutions
Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, Wednesday, inaugurated four Governing Councils of the state-owned tertiary institutions at the Government House,…
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Focus on economy – PDP advises new ministers
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the newly-sworn-in ministers to quickly settle down to work and focus on the…
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(Photonews) Gov. Oshiomhole’s Land Charge law, other policies get civil societies’ backing
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State addresses the large crowd of members of the Civil Society Groups and students who…
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Africa
Embattled Lamine Diack resigns from IOC
The former president of International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, has resigned from his honorary membership of the…
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DPR decries proliferation of illegal petrol stations in Bayelsa; ‘When you accost them, they jump into the river’
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has decried the proliferation of unlicensed petrol stations in the Bayelsa…
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Kenya proposes bilateral agreement with Nigeria on agric-tourism
The Kenyan Government has expressed its readiness to enter into a bilateral relationship with Nigeria on agric-tourism to strengthen business…
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NSE All-Share Index drops to 28,000 mark
The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Tuesday, dropped to 28,000 mark as a result of continuous profit…
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Lead Story
My cabinet, ’round pegs in round holes’ — Buhari; as Amaechi named minister of (Transport), Lai Mohammed (Culture & Information), Ngige (Labour & Employment), Fashola, (Power, Works & Housing)
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, described the appointment of his 36-member new cabinet as a milestone. The president said this while…
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Discussing matters pending in court is ‘libellous’, PDP warns Dakuku
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the defeated governorship candidate of the All Progressives…
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Africa
New MTN chief seeks to resolve NCC’s $5.2bn fine within 2 weeks
MTN new executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko plans to resolve the company’s $5.2bn fine imposed by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) regulators…
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We’ll win at the Court of Appeal – Delta Speaker
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Ovwigho Igbuya, Tuesday, called on members to re-double their efforts in…
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News
(Opinion) Surviving the ‘ember months’
TAYO OGUNBIYI Diverse writers have described myth in sundry ways. William Bascom in his article “The Forms of Folklore: Prose…
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Health
(Opinion) Halting global diabetes epidemic
BILIKIS BAKARE A current International Diabetes Federation (IDF) chart reveals that about 387 million people are currently living with diabetes…
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