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Following Abia State Governor Theodore Orji’s defection to the All Progressives Grand Alliance and later Peoples Democratic Party within three weeks, CHUKWUDI AKASIKE writes that his moves were aime...
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Worried by the evasion of navigational charges by domestic carriers, the Minister of Aviation, Mrs Fidelia Njeze, has forwarded a memo to President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that the practice of ‘G...
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Onuchukwu Clark, the President, Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN), has called for immediate re-opening of Fano Bonded Terminal sealed by the Lagos State Government.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released modalities for licencing banks under the new operational universal banking regime. A circular released yesterday titled, ‘CBN Scope, Conditions, an...
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Women entrepreneurs from various sectors of the economy will converge next month in Abuja, courtesy of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Busi...
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ABEOKUTA – HUNDRED of supporters of former President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday had a rough time in the hands of students who disrupted the commissioning of the IBB campaign organisation and also p...
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Nigeria that led to a fierce gun battle with authorities, officials said Wednesday. Authorities said more than 700 inmates escaped in the Tuesday night attack, including at least 150 alleged sect memb...
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military, intelligence and police chiefs, his office said on Wednesday, ahead of January elections in the oil-rich country. Jonathan, who took o...
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/enpproperty--> KADUNA, Nigeria -- Heavily armed gunmen attacked a prison in the central Nigerian city of Bauchi late on Tuesday, freeing as many as 800 inmates including suspected members of a milit...
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Submit your comment Nigeria's budget spending for next year would be capped at 4.56 trillion naira (R219 billion) as the government sought to reduce expenditure over the next three years, Finance Mini...
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A prison break by an armed group known as Boko Haram has raised fears of renewed violence in northern Nigeria just months before elections. The group staged a raid on the prison on Tuesday night in t...
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Nigeria's president has replaced the heads of the military and security services ahead of January's presidential elections. Goodluck Jonathan promoted former air force chief Air Marshal Oluseyi Peter...
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President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday replaced the heads of the military and security services, consolidating his hold on power months before national elections scheduled for January, 2011.
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In spite of the growing number of underwater fibre-optic cable systems berthing on the country’s coastline, Nigeria’s prospects of enjoying reasonably priced telecommunications services could be d...
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In compliance with the statutory provisions of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) on the conduct of banking business, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formerly drawn the curta...
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Nigeria’s biggest cement maker, Dangote Cement, will list on the stock exchange on November 5 after a planned merger with Benue Cement, creating the country’s largest company, by market capitaliza...
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Five persons died while 732 inmates escaped during Tuesday’s invasion of Bauchi prison by suspected members of Boko Haram sect, police have said. This is as Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has a...
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No fewer than 14 persons were killed in Tuesday’s night vehicle crash at Umumba on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway, FRSC officials confirmed on Wednesday. The officials told newsmen that the crash, wh...
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President Goodluck Jonathan has sent heartfelt congratulations to the Islamic faithful on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el Fitri celebrations, reaffirming that his administration will give INEC al...
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The Lagos State House of Assembly may have soft-pedaled on its opposition to the N26 billion supplementary budget which approval is being sought by Governor Babatunde Fashola, as the House on Wednesda...