Category: News
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NACCIMA hails planned reopening of land borders
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has applauded plans by the Federal Government to reopen the nation’s land borders soon. The DG, NACCIMA, Amb Ayo Olukanni, explained that the planned reopening of the border would aid trade under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. The border was shut on August…
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Ebonyi governor Umahi sacks two aides
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Thursday, sacked the coordinators of Ivo and Echiele Development Centres, Okorie Daniel and Fabian Ovoke, respectively. This is as the Governor had dissolved members of Commissions and Boards, whose appointments are not tenured by law. Our correspondent reports that Governor Umahi, on Tuesday, also dissolved boards of Ebonyi State…
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Ooni names baby boy after predecessor Adesoji Aderemi
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has named his newborn son after the 49th Ooni, Oba Adesoji Tadenikawo Aderemi. The late monarch, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, was a Nigerian political figure and Yoruba traditional ruler who reigned from 1930 until 1980. He also served as the governor of Western Region, Nigeria between 1960 and 1962.…
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Kano sponsored students in private varsities with N1.8bn -Ganduje
The Kano State Government has spent N1.8bn to sponsor students to private universities. The programme, which was started by the former administration of governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso, involved the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Crescent University, Al-Qalam University, Bells University of Technology, Otta, and Igbinediom University, Okada. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the…
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NUPENG, Omo-Agege, others mourn as labour leader Kokori loses wife
Renowned labour unionist and elder statesman, Chief Frank Kokori, has lost his wife of 53 years, Mrs Esther Kokori. Kokori, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, said this at his Ovu country home in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday. He explained that his wife died in Lagos on…
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INEC: Senate set to confirm Yakubu next week
The Senate on Wednesday asked its committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen Professor Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman for another five-year tenure. President Muhammadu Buhari, had requested the red chamber to screen and confirm Yakubu for the fresh appointment. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on Wednesday, gave the Senator Kabiru…
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Presidency rejects Ecological Fund bill
The Presidency has expressed its opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to regulate the Ecological Fund. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, especially stated that the proposed law would either clash with or duplicate the existing ones. Mustapha warned that the bill, if passed into law, would…
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BREAKING: Osun APC National Assembly caucus cancels public lecture
The Osun All Progressives Congress caucus in the National Assembly has announced cancellation of a lecture titled, ‘Ten Years of Uninterrupted Progressive Government in Osun’ that has pitched the ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola against the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola. Mutairu Olanrewaju, special adviser, political affairs to Senator Ajibola Basiru, the leader of APC caucus in the National…
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Buhari mourns ex-Nigerien President, Tandja
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, paid tribute to the former President of Niger Republic, Mamadou Tandja, who died on Tuesday at the age of 82. Buhari’s tribute to the deceased was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled, ‘President Buhari mourns Mamadou Tandja, ex-President of Niger’.…
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PIB for passage by March 2021, say Reps
The House of Representatives has announced its plan to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill by the end of the first quarter of 2021. The Ad Hoc Committee on PIB made this known in Abuja on Wednesday. The House had on Tuesday passed the bill for second reading. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamilia, had referred the bill…