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Iranian President Raisi dies after helicopter crash – Reports; Cabinet holds new emergency session
Tehran, May 20, 2024 All nine people on board Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter which crashed in the country’s North-West…
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Nigeria’s Adekeye emerges Chairperson, APPO Training Directors
Nigeria’s Folashade Adekeye has emerged as the Chairperson, Forum of the Directors of Oil & Gas Training & Vocational Education…
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ICAN, NGX honour Dangote Cement for excellence in corporate reporting
Dangote Cement has been honoured with the top prize at the inaugural Corporate Reporting Award, jointly organized by the Institute…
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Bonny Gas Transport Limited charters prototype eco-friendly newbuild vessel, AKTORAS
Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has chartered a newbuild vessel, AKTORAS, in a…
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Manchester City claim record fourth straight EPL title
Manchester (U.K), May 19, 2024 Phil Foden struck twice early on as Manchester City secured a historic fourth successive Premier…
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The scourge of rising inflation By Dakuku Peterside
An increasing number of Nigerians are being driven into poverty, not by choice, but by the current political and economic…
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What are the people saying? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Once in a while I visit the newsstand to feel the pulse of the people. The People’s…
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36 governors, Wike sued ‘over failure to account for trillions of FAAC allocations’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal…
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Spiro agrees to US$50 Million debt facility with Afreximbank to accelerate expansion
Spiro, the largest electric vehicle company in Africa, is pleased to announce it has signed heads of terms for US$50…
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NIMASA elevates 41% female staff to management positions
Executive Director, Labour Cabotage and Services, Alhaji Jubril Abba and some Maritime women during the International Day for Women in…
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Oramah leads African multilateral, private sector institutions to Mauritanian President and AU Chair, pledge support for Africa’s development
Nouakchott: 17 May 2024: A group of African multilateral institutions including members of the Alliance for African Multilateral Financial Institutions…
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AfDB commits $2 billion; Leads the way at landmark summit for access to clean cooking in Africa
The African Development Bank Group pledged $2 billion over 10 years towards clean cooking solutions in Africa—a major step along…
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Afreximbank backs expansion of Silversands Hotel in Grenada with US$ 30 Million facility
CAIRO, Egypt African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has approved a US$ 30 Million financing facility to Joyau Des Caraibes…
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Alleged $34.4m fraud: Court refuses Binance Executive bail as EFCC presents first witness
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday 17, May 2024, threw out a bail application filed…
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UK Baroness hails new EFCC under Olukoyede
Baroness Verma Sandy of Leicester, Member of United Kingdom, UK’s House of Lords on Friday, May 17, 2024 lauded the…
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Diaspora Housing: NiDCOM, FHA activate project across the states
ABUJA, MAY 17, 2024. The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has applauded the Managing Director/Chief Executive…
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Obi, Otti, lawmakers set to storm Akure for Ondo Governorship election campaign
…. Party receives boost from aggrieved APC, PDP aspirants The Chairman of Labour Party (LP) Governorship Primaries in Ondo State,…
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Africa CEO Forum: Dangote calls for more investments to propel Africa’s economic growth
President of the Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote has called for increased investments in the African continent…
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NNPC Ltd clarifies Lagos Depot fire incident .…Says normalcy restored
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has clarified that the fire incident at a tank farm in Marine…
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West Africa must work in unison to defeat terrorism, human trafficking, Tinubu tells Faye of Senegal
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal and called for an alignment of purpose and…
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Renowned Prof. and Ifa Priest, Wande Abimbola to grace Yoruba Action Council program in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Professor Emeritus (Chief) Ogunwande “Wande” Abimbola, will be…
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8 years after, Sokoto Orthopedic Hospital resumes Osteoarthritis surgeries
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, May 16, 2024 Sokoto State Orthopedic Hospital, Wamakko, has resumed osteoarthritis surgeries, after its suspension in…
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Who does America listen to? By Azu Ishiekwene
I was chatting with a friend last week, who, mid-speech, redirected our conversation to the situation in the Middle East.…
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Afreximbank deepens collaboration with ITFC, ICD to advance Africa’s Economic Cooperation
Cairo, May 16, 2024: On the sidelines of the recently concluded 2024 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Annual Meetings and…
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Executive Secretary, Nigerian Press Council, Ezughah, laments lack of funding
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Press Council, NPC, Dr. Dili Ezughah, has described the removal of the agency from…
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