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Buhari sacks two Ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two of his Ministers and reshuffled his cabinet. The affected Ministers are those of  Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono, and Power, Saleh Mamman. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this on Wednesday in Abuja after the Federal Executive Council meeting. …

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Dangote’s $2bln petrochemical plant almost ready, to produce 77 grades of chemicals

By Kola Adeyemi Lokoja, Aug. 30, 2021 Dangote’s two billion US Dollars petrochemical plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene. The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Ltd., Mr Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this in a statement obtained …

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Compel Government to disclose details of ‘payment of N729bn to poor Nigerians,’ SERAP tells Court

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos “to compel the Federal Government to disclose details of proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians, including the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, list of beneficiaries, and how they have …

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President Buhari announces Profit After Tax of N287 Billion by NNPC for 2020; Publication of audited financial statements

In fulfillment of an earlier pledge by the Federal Government to publicly announce the financial position of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), President Muhammadu Buhari has, Thursday, August 26, 2021, disclosed a Net Profit, first time in the 44-year history of the establishment. According to the President, who doubles …

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Hushpuppi saga: IGP receives Panel Report on DCP Abba Kyari  · Reiterates commitment to the course of justice

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Thursday, August 26, 2021, received the report of the NPF Special Investigation Panel (SIP) investigating the alleged indictment of the erstwhile Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States …

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Nigerian troops repel terrorists on looting spree in Yobe State

Nigerian troops have repelled a terrorist incursion on a looting spree in Babbangida Community under Tarmuwa Local Government area of Yobe State. PRNigeria gathered that the terrorists who had invaded the community on Wednesday’s evening ransacked some provision stores and looted food items and medicines before fleeing following the advance …

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Nigerian Defence Academy attacked by unknown gunmen; Two military personnel killed, one abducted

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has confirmed attack by unknown gunmen on the foremost defence institution during which incident two personnel were killed while one was abducted by the attackers. A statement by Major Bashir Muhd Jajira, Academy Public Relations Officer, titled SECURITY BREACH OF NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY ARCHITECTURE …

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