A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos. He was said to be under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. Our correspondent learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos Zonal Office of […]
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The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it has no control over the rising prices of cooking gas. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed concern over the development especially as gas prices are determined by the global market. The President has also directed the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to proceed […]
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Being text of the press conference addressed by Information And Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on November 23, 2021 on the Report of Lagos State Judicial Panel Of Inquiry And Restitution To Investigate Cases Of Police Brutality And The Incident Of October 20, 2020 at Lekki Toll Gate “Good morning gentlemen. 2. It’s […]
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Ecobank Nigeria Limited on Tuesday placed a caveat on any share of Honeywell Group Limited following media reports on a move by Flour Mills Nigeria PLC to acquire 71.69 per cent of Honeywell Group Limited. It warned off prospective buyers on the ground that Honeywell Group Limited is allegedly hugely indebted to the bank, adding […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei All over the world, there is consensus to the fact that, education is a critical element of development. Nelson Mandela described education as ” the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. In the words of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, “in order to attain the goals of economic […]
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The family of the late veteran Nigerian comic actor, Baba Suwe, has announced the burial arrangements of the popular comic actor who died on Monday. Making the announcement on behalf of the family, a son of Baba Suwe, Adesola Omidina, also an actor, who took to his Instagram page said that his father’s interment would […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that poor Nigerians would get N5,000 per month as transportation grant after the removal of fuel subsidies. According to the Minister, the Federal Government will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and give the poorest Nigerians a transportation grant of N5,000. Ahmed said this on […]
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Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to go after distributors and consumers of the hard drug, methamphetamine otherwise known as Mkpuru Mmiri in the Southeast. The group described the development as very strange and completely unacceptable. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB blamed security agents for the drugs’ […]
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A screenshot from WAEC result checker website Candidates who sat for the Senior Secondary School Examination of the 2021 West Africa Examination Council can now check their results via SMS or by visiting the WAEC portal. Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of the Nigeria National Office who announced the release of the result in Abuja Monday […]
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Three persons have been feared dead and four others injured in a communal clash that occured in Ikare Akoko, Akoko Northeast local government area. Several houses were also shot at and vandalised by the warring groups. The fight in Ikare Akoko is an age long quarrel between the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh and […]
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