Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (left); former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Hope Uzodinma at the 80th birthday lecture in honour of Chief Iwuanyanwu in Owerri at the weekend The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has identified inequality in local council structure of the country as major reason hampering the quest to produce Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction. […]
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‘Strike a national embarrassment’ President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to end the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike, by emulating the strategy adopted by former Predident Goodluck Jonathan in November 2013, during which he personally presided over a meeting with the aggrieved lecturers and had the knotty issues resolved. Convener of the […]
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34 per cent of commercial loans held by public sector Deposit money banks (DMBs) accessed an accumulated value of N4.4 trillion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its overnight lending window from June to August, data sourced from the regulator suggested. Banks regularly access the CBN’s Standard Lending Facility (SLF) to borrow funds, […]
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Keep off Ayu, Wike faceoff, Bauchi governor warns party members APC has no hand in PDP crisis, says VON DG The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lampooned the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over what it described as his fixation on the PDP amid the perceived glaring failures of […]
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Army patrol eliminates three, recover weapons in Kaduna NMS graduates 220 soldiers ready for battle Troops of 199 Special Forces and 222 Battalions, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in coordinated military airstrikes have killed 200 Boko Haram terrorists, including five commanders, on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno State. In sustained operations to clear the […]
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Photo/FinancialNigeria Recovers N1.4tr out of N5tr in 12 years Shareholders seek dissolution of corporation Creation was misconceived, can’t continue to survive on banks’ funding Debtor firms on life support, operators observe ‘Trace defaulters to their new investments and arrest them’ With the performances of companies indebted to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) falling […]
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Puts SEMAs on red alert Urges States to embark on awareness campaigns The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet) has warned of possible flooding in some states that experienced high rainfall in July and August this year It said that its forecast is based on the rainfall distribution and rainfall recorded in the country during the month […]
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Dana Air staff members who attended the training As part of the efforts to return to operations after its Licence was withdrawn by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over safety related issues, Dana Air said it has concluded its internal Safety Management Systems (SMS) Training for top management staff and post holders. Speaking on the […]
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Confront your problems, VON DG tells PDP chair, Ayu Tinubu, Bwacha pledge better deal for Nigerians Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently withdraw nominees recently submitted to the Senate for confirmation as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegedly being members of […]
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Six persons still trapped under rubble – Official Two bodies have been recovered from a building that collapsed in Lagos on Sunday. Nosa Okunbor, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, provided the update on Sunday morning. “Two male commodities have been recovered under the rubble and bagged,” he said. “Search and rescue […]
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