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Jakande, Osoba, Amuka, Others to Celebrate 160 Years of Journalism in Nigeria
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande; former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, and the publisher of the Vanguard Newspapers, Sam Amuka, are expected to join other members of the League of Veteran Journalists in Nigeria to celebrate 160 years of the pen profession in the country. The ace frontline
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I Never Attempted to Stop EFCC from Investigating Me, Says El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that he had never at any time prevented the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) from performing its functions as widely misreported. The governor in his reaction to widely reported news and comments which misrepresented Justice Binta Nyako’s reaffirmation of an earlier declaratory judgment, said, he rather went
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ICPC Probes North-east N’Assembly Members over Diversion of Constituency Projects’ Funds
MDAs, contractors should be queried, not lawmakers, says Ndume By Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has beamed its searchlight on some National Assembly members from the North-east for allegedly collecting funds for constituency projects for several years without executing them due
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CBN’s Monetary Policy Lifts Stock Market by N204bn in November
Goddy Egene The Nigerian stock market rebounded in November as the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to restrict individuals and local firms from investing in its open market operations (OMO) auctions impacted positively on the market. Contrary to a decline of 4.9 per cent suffered by the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s (NSE) All-Share
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Opposition Mounts against Hate Speech Bill as Editors, IPI, Olanipekun Kick
Sponsor lists dangers of non-passage Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Martins Ifijeh in Lagos, Hammed Shittu in Ilorin and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The groundswell of opposition to the passage of the Hate Speech Bill currently before the National Assembly intensified at the weekend with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigerian chapter
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FG: IPPIS will Expose Atrocities in Universities
Says no agreement with union on how lecturers should be paid Kuni Tyessi in Abuja The war of words between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the order that university lecturers should be enrolled into the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS), which enters its sixth day today, continued
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Dangote Refinery Receives World’s Largest Crude Distillation Equipment
The world’s largest crude distillation column equipment designed for crude oil processing for Dangote Refinery yesterday arrived in Lagos. The equipment is the largest in terms of distilling capacity which is 650,000 barrels per stream day. It weighs 2250 metric tonnes; length, 112.5metres; width, 14.036m; and height, 13.752m; The above mentioned weight does not include
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NEITI: Nigeria’s Indebtedness to IOCs in Cash-call Now $3.501bn
Says NNPC deducted N141bn in 2017 for fuel subsidy Chineme Okafor in Abuja Nigeria has significantly reduced the accumulated debt it owes International Oil Companies (IOCs) for cash-call for oil and gas production from $5.510 billion to $3.501 billion, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has said. NEITI, in its latest 2017 oil and
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Jim Ovia Seeks Expansion of Funding Scheme for Creative Industry
Sanwo-Olu, Ikpeazu outline efforts to support sector Vanessa Obioha The Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, at the weekend called for an expansion of the Creative Industry Financing Initiative (CIFI), created by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to empower stakeholders in the creative industry. Ovia who was one of the panelists that
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Atiku Seeks More Funds for Education
Queries FG’s penchant for borrowing Chuks Okocha in Abuja Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who was the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 general election, has called for more investment in education for Nigeria to lift majority of its people out of poverty. He also
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