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NLC faction, TUC agree to stay action on strike
The Joe Ajaero faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart have agreed to…
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Jos High Court ruling did not ask Giwa to take over NFF – Dalung tells Reps
Finally honouring the summons by the House of Representatives, Thursday, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has declared…
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DMO to release timeline for issuance of sovereign sukuk by Q3, 2016
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has stated that the much-anticipated timeline for the issuance of sovereign sukuk would be made…
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Healthcare: Access Bank, IHVN to raise N5bn for research centre
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has announced collaboration with Access Bank to raise N5 billion for the construction…
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FG mulls regional force to counter Niger Delta militancy
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to build a regional…
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Nigeria’s maritime sector now better positioned for investment — NIMASA
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has declared that the country is now…
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Dickson won Bayelsa governorship poll — INEC tells Tribunal
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday, told the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the poll…
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Stop criticising Buhari or face expulsion from party — APC Kaduna warns Shehu Sani
Kaduna State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ), Thursday, warned Senator Shehu Sani to desist from attacking…
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EgyptAir retracts statement on crashed aircraft; says debris not from MS804 flight
EgyptAir has retracted the earlier statement it made that the debris found in the Mediterranean Sea is from the missing…
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AUN, Winner of the Best Digital Library Services Award; To host University Librarians on May 22
On May 22-25 the American University of Nigeria, AUN, will host the 99th Biannual Conference of the Association of University…
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Ambode approves N1.5b pension fund for LG retirees; Lagos rakes in over N8b from land matters
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the release of N1.5billion intervention fund for the payment of outstanding…
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Gov. Wike calls for diversification of Nigeria’s economy
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has called for sustained efforts to diversify the country’s economy following dwindling earnings from…
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Oil price deregulation: Senate mediates between Govt, NLC …..We are open to dialogue, says labour
The leadership of the Senate led by Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday waded into the ongoing disagreement…
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FG tells ECOWAS Court why Dasuki won’t be released now
Barely 24 hours after the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Abuja…
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Governors move to access $4.25bn World Bank funds; back petrol subsidy removal by FG; Ambode at NEC
Nigerian Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have expressed support for the increase in fuel price…
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Six out of 10 Nigerian children suffer violence – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, says about 60 per cent of children, representing six in 10 children, suffer…
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Gov. Ugwuanyi reconstitutes IMT Governing Council
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State Thursday reconstituted the Governing Council of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu,…
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Fantastically corrupt: The moat in Cameron’s own eyes By Bola Bolawole
“We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain. We’ve got Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two…
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EgyptAir Flight MS804: French president won’t rule out terrorism; as Egypt insists aircraft remains missing
ANTHONY OMOH French President, François Holland has confirmed that EgyptAir Airbus A320, Flight MS804, en route from Charles de Gaulle…
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NYSC postpones 2016 Batch ‘A’ Stream II orientation programme indefinitely
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Thursday, announced the indefinite postponement of the 2016 Batch A, stream II orientation programme,…
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