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Pantami lauds ICT sector 17.83% contribution to GDP following NBS GDP report
Benjamin Babine, Abuja The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has expressed his delight after the National Bureau of Statistics disclosed the ICT sector’s 17.83% contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2020 (Q2 2020). The NBS released Nigeria’s GDP report for Q2 2020 today, the …
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Broadcast industry: Why govt abhors exclusivity – Lai Mohammed
Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is against exclusivity in the broadcast industry because the people ought to be the ultimate beneficiary of the sector. Mohammed stated this during the 28th anniversary of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the sixth annual lecture of …
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Kalu Calls for Tenure Extension of APC Caretaker Committee
Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has urged All Progressives Congress (APC), National Executive Council (NEC) to extend the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker Committee to March 2021 . In a statement signed by Kunle Oyewumi of Kalu media office on Monday …
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Expect negative growth in Q3 – Expert
Uche Usim, Abuja Economic experts have weighed in on the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) negative growth, which decreased by -6.10% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2020, saying it is in line with global expectations it happened in countries like the United Kingdom and Japan. Nigeria’s first professor of the capital …
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Israel renews strikes on Gaza for Hamas arson balloon attacks
The Israeli army on Monday said it retaliated against unrest at the border with the Gaza Strip, firing at Hamas facilities in response to incendiary balloon attacks on Sunday. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF), said military posts and underground infrastructure in Gaza belonging to Hamas were hit in retaliation. According to Palestinian security circles and …
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Ize-Iyamu’s SIMPLE agenda will empower, protect Edo women – Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu
Tony Osauzo, Benin The wife of the APC candidate in the Edo Governorship election, Prof. Idia Ize-Iyamu, has assured women of plans in her husband’s manifesto, the SIMPLE agenda, to empower and support them with investments in their businesses and protect them against abuse. She gave this assurance while speaking at a campaign rally at …
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Nigeria gets WHO polio-free certificate Tuesday
Fred Ezeh, Abuja Barring any change in plans, the World Health Organization (WHO) will, on Tuesday, present a certificate of polio-free country to Nigeria, marking the successful defeat of polio in Nigeria. The certificate will be presented by a delegation from WHO to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a virtual event scheduled to hold at the …
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AMCON takes over Jabfal Enterprises’ assets over N440m debt
Uche Usim, Abuja The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over assets belonging to Mr. Joshua Abiodun Faleye, the Chief Promoter of Jabfal Enterprises Limited over an indebtedness of over N440 million. The move follows the ruling of Honourable Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos division. In total compliance to …
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FG rings alarm bell, declares Katsina, 4 other States insolvent
Uche Usim, Abuja The Federal Government on Monday raised the alarm over poor Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by state governments, declaring that Katsina Kebbi, Borno, Bayelsa and Taraba States have become insolvent as they have the “extremely poor IGR”. The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Chairman, Mr Elias Mbam, who raised the concerns …
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Ex-Reps deputy speaker challenges Rivers govt appointees to attract development
TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Austin Opara, has challenged Rivers sons and daughters holding various sensitive positions at the centre to use such positions to attract development to the state. Opara threw the challenge while addressing the State Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who paid him a …
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Syria gas pipe explosion suspected to be IS attack, US says
An explosion on a main gas pipeline which caused a blackout across Syria is suspected to be a strike by Islamic State, according to the US. Earlier in the day, oil minister Ali Ghanem told state media the explosion “was the result of a terrorist attack”. In Geneva, US envoy for Syria, James Jeffery, said: …
Kalu calls for tenure extension of APC’s Caretaker Committee
Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC), National Executive Council (NEC) to extend the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker Committee to March 2021. In a statement signed by Kunle Oyewumi of Kalu’s Media Office on Monday, the Chief …
Nigeria’s economy shrinks by 6.10% in Q2
For the first time in more than three years, the nation’s economy shrank in the second quarter of this year as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 6.10 per cent. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBC), in its GDP report for Q2 2020, said on Monday that the decline was largely attributable to significantly …
Insecurity: Northern CAN to hold three-day Peace Summit – Rev. Pam
From Musa Pam, Jos The Executive Secretary of he Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) and Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Nigeria, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has said a three-day Peace Summit would be convened next month to seek a lasting solution to the killings in Southern Kaduna. Rev. Pam disclosed this in Jos …
COVID-19: Ghana women’s U17 gear up for Nigeria showdown
Ghana U17 women’s coach Baba Nuhu believes the team’s health and safety are under control despite their coronavirus challenges upon the camp’s resumption for the 2021 World Cup qualifiers. On special permission of Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the Black Maidens regrouped for camp last week despite a standing ban on all contact sports, including …
Edo State and the gathering storm (1)
Some years ago, I was among those invited by the US Consul General to his residence in Lagos for a cocktail party as part of the celebrations of the American Independence Day. I stood at the back of the open arena next to one of the officials of the US Consulate. I later got into …
JUST IN: Abayomi, Lagos Health Commissioner, tests positive for COVID-19
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for coronavirus. The Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a press statement on Monday. The statement was titled: ‘Press release on the positive COVID-19 status of Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi’. The statement reads: …
COVID-19: Seoul mandates masks as S’Korea battles spike
South Korea’s capital on Monday ordered the wearing of masks in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time, as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated metropolitan area. In May, the city government ordered that masks be worn on public transport and in taxis, but a …
APC sweeps 18 chairmanship seats in Ondo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the 18 chairmanship seats in all the local government areas of Ondo State in the elections conducted last Saturday. The results of the election was announced by the Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Prof. Yomi Dinakin, after presentation of results by Returning Officers (RO) …
Oil prices steady as ‘double trouble’ storms bear down on Gulf of Mexico
Crude oil prices remained steady on Monday as storms closed in on the Gulf of Mexico, shutting more than half the region’s oil production, although prices were capped by ongoing concerns about fuel demand being sapped by coronavirus lockdowns. Brent futures LCOc1 slipped 2 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.33 a barrel by 0316 GMT, …
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