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Rivers Poll: PDP leads in 13 of 15 LGAs
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently leading in 13 out of 15 local government areas in which results of the Rivers rescheduled governorship elections have been collated. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had suspended the process on March 10, including the state assembly elections. The commission, which cited alleged disruption of the process…
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MTEF: FG proposes 2.3m bpd oil production at $60pb oil benchmark
The Federal Government says its key assumptions and micro-framework of the 2019 budget will be based on a projection of 2.3mbpd oil production, oil price benchmark of 60 dollars per barrel. It also indicated exchange rate of N305 to a dollar, 9.98 inflation rate, 119,28 trillion nominal consumption, 139.65 trillion nominal GDP and 3.01 per…
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Buhari congratulates Chief Odeyemi at 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chairman Board of Trustees of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and one of the founding fathers of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Chief John Odeyemi, who clocks 80 on April 4. According to a statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,…
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40 members-elect of Lagos House of Assembly to receive Certificates of Return Friday–INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Lagos State says it will present Certificates of Return on Friday to the 40 members-elect of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The INEC Public Relations Officer(PRO), Mr Femi Akinbiyi disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. “The event will take place at the INEC Lagos office…
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12,974 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in 2 years – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 12,974 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in two years. The agency said the returnees were assisted back from the volatile North African country by the European Union (EU) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Voluntary Assisted Returnees Programme which began in April 2017. Nationaltrail reports that the…
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NGO awards scholarship to 80 indigent girls, donates sanitary pads
Girls Education Mission (GEM), an NGO, has awarded scholarship to 80 indigent girls from communities in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Bassa local government areas of Plateau affected by communal attacks. Mrs Ketrurah Shammah, the Executive Director of the mission, disclosed this at a two-day mentorship workshop it organised for the beneficiaries on Tuesday in Jos.…
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Obaseki Congratulates Edo Varsity on accomplished feats
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has appraised the management and staff of Edo University Iyamho for the feats it has achieved in the last three years of its existence. The governor stated this at the 3rd Founder’s Day ceremony of the university. He said they have done well,…
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Face-off between Olubadan, chiefs deepens
The face-off between the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and his high chiefs deepened on Tuesday with the first class monarch ordering them to remove their “ illegal crowns.’’ The Olubadan said that he had no objection to the return of his high chiefs to the palace “ once they remove their illegal crowns.’’…
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Chancellor Merkel congratulates President Buhari on re-election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called President Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on his resounding victory in the Feb. 23 presidential election. A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Tuesday, said Merkel pledged to continue cooperation with Nigeria on peace and security. Merkel also pledged…
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APC group endorses Poopola as Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly
A group, Kwara Must Change Forum (KMCF), an arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has endorsed Hon. Saheed Popoola as the next speaker of the State House of Assembly. Mr Abiola Farounbi, the leader of the group in a statement on Monday in Abuja said “Popoola has paid his due in the APC and…