Month: July 2019
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Price of petrol remains N145 per litre – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has condemned reports of the federal government’s plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also called petrol because the current rate was no longer sustainable. NNPC in a statement it issued yesterday in Abuja advised motorists and other petroleum products consumers to disregard the speculations…
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Five people dead and 40 injured at a wedding in Afghanistan child suicide attack
A 13-year-old boy blew himself up in a suicide bombing at a wedding in eastern Afghanistan‘s Nangarhar province, killing five people and injuring 40, local officials said. The child set off his explosives early on Friday at the home of Malik Toor, a pro-government militia commander, police official Fayz Mohammad Babarkhil said. Mr Toor died…
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Kwara Revenue Service rakes in N9.8bn in 2nd quarter
By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state Internal Revenue Service, KW-IRS, an agency solely responsible for the mobilisation of revenue in the state, has raked in a total sum of N9.8bn in the second quarter of 2019 as against N6.2bn in the first quarter. According to the breakdown, the agency in April generated the sum of…
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Kwara Gov’s result is authentic: WAEC
By Steve Oni, Ilorin West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday officially confirmed that Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq sat its secondary school leaving examination in 1976 at the Government College Kaduna. The council also confirmed that he had sat the exams using Razaq A.R. as contained in the credentials the Governor repeatedly submitted to…
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Central Hospital Fraud. : PDP Vindicated—– Dan Orbih
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Edo state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih on Thursday has described the Edo state government owned central hospital and the recent declaration of intentions by the Governor Obaseki administration to probe the contract of the hospital as one that has vindicated the opposition’s party ealier…
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We only suspended Ruga not National Livestock Transformation Plan – Presidency
The Presidency on Tuesday explained that what President Muhammadu Buhari suspended was Ruga settlement for herdsmen, and not its National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The Senior Policy Adviser (Agriculture Interventions Coordination) in the Office of the Vice President, Dr. Andrew Kwasari, gave this explanation when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja at a training session…
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“No southeast governor has donated any land or intends to donate any land for Ruga” South East governors says
South East governors have denied allocating any portion of land in the region for the Ruga Fulani herdsmen settlement, even as they promised to tolerate herdsmen who carry out peaceful trade. In a statement, the director general of the South East Governors’ Forum, Prof. Uchenna Ortuanya, said: “The attention of the South East Governors’ Forum…
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Senate demand FG to ban production, importation, circulation of sniper
On Tuesday, July 9, the federal government was urged by the Senate to ban the production, importation or circulation of snipers insecticide a product currently used to commit suicide. This followed a motion sponsored by Senator Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the rising incidence of suicides among Nigerians. Orji, while making his presentation…
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Edo can earn $1billion from arts, culture, tourism, says WAG’s President, Olaye
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City President, World Arts Games International, (WAG) Prince Osahon Olaye said, Edo State government can earn $1 billion from arts, culture and tourism if properly harnessed. He disclosed this while inaugurating members of the committee in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Olaye said the state government can capitalize on the…
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Edo can earn $1billion from arts, culture, tourism, says WAG’s President, Olaye
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City President, World Arts Games International, (WAG) Prince Osahon Olaye said, Edo State government can earn $1 billion from arts, culture and tourism if properly harnessed. He disclosed this while inaugurating members of the committee in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Olaye said the state government can capitalize on the…