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Simultaneous Eid El Maulud and Christmas celebrations, sign of God’s desire for world unity – Hadi Sirika
As Muslim and Christian faithful celebrate Eid El Maulud (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad) and Christmas (the birthday of Jesus…
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LAGBUS to provide free bus ride on Christmas Day in Lagos
The Lagos State Government, through LAGBUS and its Franchisees, will provide Free Bus Ride to Lagosians on Friday December 25,…
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Mrs Aisha Buhari inaugurates committee for distribution of relief materials to insurgency victims in Borno
BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has inaugurated a 12 member Committee for the…
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Buhari, Saraki, Atiku, Ambode, Wike, Tambuwal congratulate Muslims on Eid-el-Maulud celebrations; as PDP, Aregbesola call for prayers
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims in the country to emulate the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad as they…
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(For the records) “Our dreams are tall but the purse is lean”- Governor Ugwuanyi says in budget speech
THE PRESENTATION OF YEAR 2016 BUDGET PROPOSAL TO THE ENUGU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF…
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Umahi flags off N1.2bn water project, commissions rural electrification project
The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has flagged off the construction of the Ivo Water Project estimated to…
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NLNG has not declared force majeure on its export
Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), the Nigerian subsidiary of ENI, on December 16, 2015 declared a Force Majeure (FM) on…
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Lai Mohammed to editors: You cannot be neutral when Nigeria is at war
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has solicited the support of the nation’s media in the war against…
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Ambode backs military in fight against insurgency; Launches Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Wednesday, advocated the need for acknowledgement of the gallant and bravery efforts of officers…
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Gov. Wike inaugurates 2 caretaker committees’ chairmen; explains dissolution of ONELGA
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the State Government had to dissolve the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA)…
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Maulud: Saraki preaches love, peaceful coexistence
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, has felicitated with Muslims on this year’s celebration of Eid-el-Maulud and enjoined Nigerians…
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Tambuwal meets Shagari; as Sokoto gov’t pledges to build teachers’ villages
As part of measures put in place to ensure the success of the State of Emergency declared in the education…
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Lagos gov’t reiterates commitment to improved health sector; as PSP managers assure cleaner state in 2016
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, Wednesday, reiterated the commitment of the present administration to move the…
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Christmas: IGP directs all zonal AIGs, CPs to ensure peaceful yuletide
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase has directed all Zonal AIGs and state Command Commissioners of Police to…
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Lagos shelves December sanitation exercise for holidays; advises on cautiousness during harmattan season
Lagos State Government has lifted the order restricting vehicular and human movement during the December monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise expected…
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Oil up after U.S. crude stocks drop, still close to 11-year lows
Oil prices edged up, Wednesday morning, after an unexpected fall in United States crude inventories but hovered not far above…
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Lagos gov’t partners traditional rulers on conflict resolution
Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Hon Muslim Folami, has restated the State Government’s commitment to rejuvenating the abandoned…
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Bauchi Human Rights Network frees 15 prison inmates
RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The Bauchi Human Rights Network (BHN), a network of various non-governmental organizations in the state, has facilitated…
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OPEC’s market share to shrink by 2020 — Report
Global demand for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’s crude will be lower in 2020 than next year as…
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NLC mobilises for industrial action; rejects hike in electricity tariff, fuel subsidy removal, others
National Working Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has restated its opposition to the removal of the fuel subsidy…
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MAN to CBN: Stop funding BDC market
Umbrella body of manufacturers in the country, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has told the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
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NSE market capitalisation rises by N66bn; as 20 stocks record gains
Market capitalisation at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by N66bn to close at N9.255tn from N9.189tn after the close…
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Ekweremadu heads Senate’s 41-member constitution review panel
The Senate, Wednesday, constituted a 41-member constitution review committee, even as the it also okayed a bill to extend the…
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FG directs immediate payment of December salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed immediate payment of December salaries to civil servants under the employment of the Federal…
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NNPC/MPN graduates 300 under GAP programme, 74 others bag scholarship grants
DENNIS UDOMA, Uyo Mobil Producing Nigeria, operator of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/MPN Joint Venture has graduated 300 beneficiaries of…
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