Ozekhome Wants DSS To Release Suswam From Detention
Following continuous detention of former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam by the Department of State Services (DSS), a human rights activist and Constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has...
View ArticleDelay In Passage Of 2017 Budget Affecting Plans For 2019 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday, lamented that the delay in passage of the 2017 budget is one of the challenges affecting its plan to acquire materials needed for the...
View ArticleRe: Political Atmosphere In Bauchi Not Conducive For APC Members
By Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar It is quite surprising that politicians in the Nigerian system tend not be grateful or appreciative of those who assisted or facilitated their rise to fame, fortune and...
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Unoccupied Houses: Experts Seek Establishment Of Rent Control Agency, Kicks...
Experts in the real estate sector have called on the federal to set up Rent Control Agency that would monitor unoccupied houses even as they kicked against taxation in such properties. Checks by...
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Turkey’s Referendum Short Of Democratic Standards – Observers
The referendum in Turkey had a “significant imbalance” tilted toward supporters of sweeping constitutional changes, international observers said. Both the campaign period and actual vote Sunday failed...
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FG Advised On Implementation Of Tomato Tariff
Stakeholders have urged the federal government to allow for more time before executing the 50 per cent tariff on imported tomatoes concentrates. Because of the urgency of the situation, the Federal...
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PMB Appoints New Management For Nexim Bank
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abubakar Abba Bello as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM). Also appointed are Dr. Bala Mohammed Bello as the...
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NLNG Act Amendment: Nigeria At Risk Of Losing $1.3bn Yearly
The managing director and chief executive officer of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Tony Attah, has again cautioned that government would end up losing$1.3 billion on annual basis if the legislature...
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Again, APC Postpones National Caucus, NEC Meetings
Following a string of canceled meetings in the buildup to the party’s national convention, the scheduled national caucus meeting of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has been postponed to a...
View ArticleNon-payment To Agro-Dealers May Threaten Food Security
Nigerians may witness food scarcity before the end of 2017, as the federal government is yet to meet the expectation of agro-allied dealers involved in its Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES)....
View ArticleRSF Condemns Arrest Of LEADERSHIP Correspondent
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the arrest of the Bureau Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Midat Joseph by the police in Kaduna State. This is as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...
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CBN Suspends Interchange Charges On Electronic Payment
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended the implementation of inter change regime on electronic payment that involves merchant service until further notice. Director, banking and payments...
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GTBank Leads 10 Other Banks In Lowest Cost-To-Income Ratio
Despite inflationary pressure on cost of running banking operations, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) outperformed 10 other commercial banks in cost-to-income ratio for financial year ended 2016....
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Naira Rises By 3.7% On Increased Dollar Inflow
The value of the naira firmed at the parallel market yesterday after the Central bank of Nigeria pumped more dollars to the economy through the interbank and Bureau de Change ends of the foreign...
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Remittances To Developing Countries Decline For Second Consecutive Year –...
The latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief just released at the ongoing Spring meetings of the World Bank claimed that remittances to Nigeria from abroad fell by -10 per cent. The trend...
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Gunmen Kill Man, 50 And Son, In Sokoto
Some unidentified gunmen have killed a 50-year old businessman, Alhaji Bello Danbuba and his teenage son, Aliyu, in Gandi village, Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The killings happened on...
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Queen Elizabeth Celebrates 91st Birthday
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, celebrated her 91st birthday in a usual low-key fashion on Friday. Artillery gun salutes in London’s Hyde Park and at the...
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NAPTIP Rescues 69 Victims Of Human Trafficking In Kano
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Kano Zone, said it had rescued no fewer than 69 victims of human trafficking from January to date....
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Osun Pays N1.5bn Counterpart Funds For Rural Road Projects
The Osun Government says it has paid N1.5 billion, out of its N1.9 billion counterpart funding share, for rural road projects in the state under Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP). Gov. Rauf...
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Nigerian Army Arrests Impersonator In Onitsha
The Nigerian Army, 82 Division, Enugu, says a naval patrol team has arrested one Mr Abdullahi Yakubu at Kara, Atani road, Onitsha, Anambra for alleged impersonation. Col. Sagir Musa, Deputy Director,...
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