Thisday Newspaper News Today Sunday 5th January 2020
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2023: Second Term Govs Plot to Succeed Buhari
Seek new executive that may be favourable to them As first term governors rally support for Oshiomhole Chuks Okocha in Abuja The battle for the 2023 presidential run is beginning to embrace some new thinking amongst the active players, such that could force the emergence of one of the outgoing governors as successor to President
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Normalcy Returns to Kogi After Brutal Attack Kills 23
Several persons still missing State govt promises to get perpetrators, rehabilitate community Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja Normalcy has begun to return to the Tawari community in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, following a brutal attack last Friday by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, which left 23 people dead and several others still missing. The
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Aliko Dangote’s Net Worth Rises to $14.8bn in 2019
To create 290,000 jobs from several investments Africa’s wealthiest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote ended 2019 with a total worth of $14.8 billion, representing an increase of $4.3 billion from the $10.3 billion recorded in 2018, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index released recently. Dangote’s net worth of $14.8 billion could buy 12.0 million troy ounces of
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NERC to Implement Cost-reflective Electricity Tariff April 1
Peter Uzoho Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will effective April 1, 2020, commence the implementation of a cost-reflective in the electricity sector. A top official of the Commission, who pleaded to remain anonymous, disclosed this in a telephone chat with THISDAY last night, while shedding more light on the recent
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Some of Those Who Defined the Last Decade in Business
They come in a galaxy. They shine like stars. Everything they literally touch is money-spinning, value-driven. Their success stories are breathtaking as well as inspirational. From Abuja to Akwa Ibom, Lagos to Lokoja; Los Angeles to Paris, Abu Dhabi to Kuala Lumpur, and Angola to South Africa, they run the show. All starting local, going
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Rage of the Poor Imminent, Bakare Warns
Says constitution that can’t bend will break Rejects Buhari’s all-comer visa policy Denies being consulted to replace VP Gboyega Akinsanmi The Serving Overseer, Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly), Pastor Tunde Bakare has warned that Nigeria is close to the rage of the poor citing the number of young people, who have taken
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Gas Explosion Kills Five, Injures Four in Kaduna
John Shiklam in Kaduna Five persons were saturday killed in a gas explosion, which occurred in the Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State. The State Police Command gave the figure in a statement. It said that four persons sustained varying degrees of injury as a result of the incident. The statement, which the police public
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Fire Outbreak Forces Closure of PH Airport
Chinedu Eze Bushfire, last night, gutted a substantial part of the runway and airside of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, forcing the closure and reopening of the airport, after careful evaluation of the fire impact. The inferno, which spread from outside the airport, forced three flights operated by Arik Air, Air Peace and Aero
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Utomi: FG’s Position on ECO Shows Nigeria Not Being Governed
LCCI seeks Nigeria’s position on ACFTA, UEMOA Gboyega Akinsanmi A former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Prof. Pat Utomi has said the position of the federal government on the adoption of the proposed single currency for West African states, ECO is an indication that there is lack of rigour in the way
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Labour Writes Fayemi, Asks Him to Stop Sacking Workers
Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The organised labour in Ekiti State has written the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi expressing dissatisfaction with the dismissal of 1,200 public servants by the state government. Labour said that the decision of the government to sack the workers was arbitrary and killing. It warned against the plan to sack
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