Heavy rains force evacuations, trap motorists in Canada

This handout photo taken and released on November 14, 2021 by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Safety shows a mudslide closing Highway 1 between Popkum and Hope, east of Chilliwack, Canada. – Relentless rain battered Canada’s Pacific coast on November 15, 2021, forcing evacuations and sending mudslides, rocks and debris across highways that […]

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Headline inflation reduces to 15.99% in October- NBS

Inflation Photo: triloks / Getty Images Nigeria’s headline inflation declined for the seventh consecutive month to 15.99 per cent in October, Mr Simon Harry, the Statistician-General of the Federation has said. He said this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference while presenting the October Consumer Price Index (CPI). According to Harry, the headline […]

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FBN, Sterling Bank, others lift NGX volume by N20.9b

Heavy transactions in the shares of some companies, especially FBN Holdings (FBNH), Sterling Bank, and UACN Plc last week, lifted the volume of shares traded, as a turnover of 1.471 billion shares worth N20.9 billion were recorded in 20,410 deals by investors on the floor of the exchange. A breakdown of activities on the Nigerian […]

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Buhari hails Afreximbank support to Nigerian economy

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Durban, South Africa assured that the Nigerian government will continue to support efforts to broaden the economy through multilateral financing. “I appreciate the support you are giving Nigerian businesses and by implication, the Nigerian economy. Rest assured you can count on me as you seek a better trade and investment […]

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Super TV CEO murder: I didn’t know Chidinma was a Nigerian – Apartment owner

The owner of the apartment where Mr Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Monday said that she neither met Ataga nor his alleged murderers before the incident. Nkechi Mogbo said she didn’t know if the prime suspect in the murder, Chidinma Ojukwu, was a Nigerian, because Miss Ojukwu used a […]

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Lagos #EndSARS panel submits reports to Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu receiving the report from Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired) Lekki Tollgate Saga: History ‘ll judge us – Governor I’ll reveal contents if… – Adegboruwa vows The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate shooting Incident and cases of Police brutality as well as human rights violations, on Monday submitted its report to […]

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We’re not politicising legal education in seeking more law campuses – Senate

Senate President Ahmad Lawan The Senate on Monday, said that it was not in any way trying to politicise legal education in the country by seeking for additional law school campuses. Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Sen. Michael Bamidele made this known at a public hearing on three bills relating […]

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Delta State accuses FG of deliberate withholding £4.2m Ibori loot refund

Delta State Government Monday said it was disappointed by the Federal Government’s “deliberate” refusal to return the £4.2 million the former governor James Ibori looted from the state to it seven months after the release of the money by the UK Government. The 4.2 million pounds refund money was received by the Federal government from […]

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Buhari says wheat importation must end by 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari has said zero importation of wheat into the country will be his legacy when he leaves office in 2023. He spoke at the inauguration of the Brown Revolution of Wheat at Miango, Bassa Local Government of Plateau State recently. He also disclosed the Federal Government was committed to continued support for the […]

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