FG pays foreign firm $496m for contract violation

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has disclosed that the Federal Government has settled a long-standing $5.26bn contractual dispute with a foreign investor group in the steel sector for $496m. A statement on Sunday by the Special Assistant, Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, said the […]

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NNPC defends 68m-litre daily consumption, backs forensic audit

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Sunday insisted that daily supply of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, across the country was 68 million and offered to submit itself for forensic audit of PMS supply and subsidy management. Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), had earlier said NNPC could not justify the […]

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Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, Adekunle Gold, others win at Headies 2022 (Full list)

Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, Adekunle Gold Nigerian Singers, Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, and Adekunle Gold have won individual awards at the ongoing 2022 Headies in Atlanta, United States of America. Nigerian songwriter, Buju BNXN, had earlier won the 2022 Headies Next Rated award. See the full list of winners below. Best Rap Album – Olamide (Carpe Diem) […]

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Kyari: FG files 24 charges, seizes 14 mega assets

Agency uncovers shopping malls, others owned by ex-IRT commander The Federal Government has uncovered 14 assets, including shopping malls, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland belonging to a former commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Kyari was said to have failed to disclose his ownership of the properties in […]

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Tinubu’s campaign will address issues – Onanuga

The Tinubu Campaign Organisation’s Director of Media and Communications, Bayo Onanuga, in this interview with Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, discusses chances of the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 election: Why was Bola Tinubu absent from the aborted meeting of the APC presidential aspirants in Abuja? It is not a meeting of […]

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NNPC offers to submit to forensic audit of fuel supply

Insists daily average supply remains 68m litres Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has offered to submit itself to a forensic audit of fuel supply and subsidy management, insisting daily fuel supply is 68 million. In a statement signed by Mallam Garba Deen Muhammad, Group General Manager (Group Public Affairs Division), NNPC said between January […]

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Police intercept 185 parcels of cannabis, neutralise 2 bandits in Katsina

Cannabis; Photo: NAN Katsina State Police Command says it has intercepted 185 sealed parcels of cannabis sativa, known as Indian hemp, and arrested a 58-year-old man suspected to be in possession of the exhibit. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Katsina, said two suspected […]

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Why ovarian, uterine cancers are on rise in black women

A consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Medical Director, May Fair Specialist Hospital, Onitsha, Anambra State, Dr. Raphael Nosike Omaliko, has given reasons ovarian and uterine cancers are on the rise, especially among black women. Ovarian, uterine (endometrial) and cervical cancers are the most common gynaecologic cancers, which begin in the female reproductive organs. Less common […]

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Rivers PDP crisis deepens as party chiefs bicker over alleged threat to life

Photo/facebook/GovernorNyesomEzenwoWikeCON Internal row in Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as the Chief of Staff to the state governor, Emeka Woke and Senator Lee Maeba, exchanged words over alleged threat to life. Maeba had, on Saturday, alleged that a meeting was held at Government House, Port Harcourt to clampdown on him […]

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