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NESG urges FG to re-open borders, ratify AfCFTA

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has urged the Federal Government to re-open the nation’s borders, saying the closure is having a negative impact on trade and employment. According...

‘Nigeria can earn over $10b yearly from gold, jewel’

Managing Director of the Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, has said that the country could earn well over $10 billion yearly from the gold and jewel manufacturing...

Traditional worshippers protest, accuse Oyo govt of discrimination

Traditional worshippers, under the umbrella of Traditional Religion Worshippers’ Association, Oyo State Chapter, yesterday staged a peaceful protest over what they called discrimination against them...

Poverty strikes 433, 166 individuals, 99, 463 households in Anambra

The Anambra State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development Partner, Mark Okoye, has said the state has 433, 166 individuals and 99, 463 households on its list of poverty-stricken residents. Delivering...

Osinbajo seeks speedy implementation of N2.3tr economic stimulus

Though the Federal Government had begun implementation of the N2.3 trillion stimulus package, the economic distortions and hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic require relevant ministers and stakeholders...

School reopening: UN demands protection for students, teachers from attacks

The United Nations yesterday decried incessant attacks on schools in Nigeria, leading to the killing and abduction of teachers and students. In a statement to mark this year’s International...

Christian leaders, SOKAPU shun peace summit on Kaduna crisis

Agwai urges el-Rufai to end killings Christian leaders and officials of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) yesterday boycotted a peace summit organized as part of efforts to stop the persistent...

Fuel, electricity price hike burdensome for Nigerians, PDP tells President

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, declared that there was no way Nigerians could survive the “obnoxious” fuel and electricity price hike announced by the Federal Government “given the level...

What I told Trump about Christian massacre, by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stunned guests when he revealed what transpired between him and President Donald Trump over the American leader’s allegation that the Nigerian government was supervising...

Buhari orders ministers, MDAs to stoutly defend regime’s achievements

Worried about relentless criticism of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed his ministers as well as the ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to leave no stone...

Protests in Oyo, Osun over fuel price, electricity tariff hike

Scores of students, workers, and civil society groups stormed the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, to express displeasure with the hike in the price of petrol and the increase of...

Experts warn as ATMs breed dirty notes

Experts, yesterday, blamed the preponderance of dirty notes on corruption and lack of political will, as 22,000 Automated Teller Machines (ATM) dispense bad notes. This is as the disappearance...

Niger exports fuel to Nigeria as Egypt, Algeria build 13 refineries

Neighboring Niger Republic, which started commercial oil production in 2011, now exports petroleum products to Nigeria, as Egypt and Algeria lead African operations with 13 refineries. Both countries...

Edo 2020: PDP Urges Security Agencies To Invite Hosa Okunbo

[i]Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has called on the police, the Department for State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil...

PDP To Buhari: Nigerians Can’t Survive Fuel, Electricity Price Hike

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the increase in fuel and electricity tariffs saying Nigerians cannot survive the new policy. In a statement issued by the PDP...

Body Of SAN Sets Up Committee To Audit NBA Elections, Group Condemns Move

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), has set up a Committee to audit the national elections of the Nigerian Bar Association for the years 2016, 2018, and 2020. The...

Rivers Strike Threat: Labour Leaders Absent As Industrial Court Adjourns Suit To Sept 18

The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till Friday, September 18, to hear all applications relating to the Rivers State Government’s suit seeking the interpretation of the...

Ethiopian flight arrives Abuja amid pomp, passengers decry coronavirus test fee

Following the resumption of international flights after five months of COVID-19 lockdowns, Ethiopian Airlines, yesterday, landed Abuja from Addis Ababa at about 1:35 p.m. The ET 911 flight,...

COVID-19: NCDC discharges 218 patients in 24 hours, records 155 new infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 218 Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients have recovered from the infection across the country in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this...

NIS INTERPOL system uploads 150,000 stolen, lost travel documents

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) INTERPOL i-24/7 desk has successfully uploaded 150, 000 Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (STLD) to INTERPOL Global System (IPSG) in Lyon, France seamlessly. The...