The Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday approved the 2021-2025 National Development Plan, which is a successor programme to the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. The plan, with an investment size of N348.7tn, will be funded by the federal, state governments and the private sector. Briefing correspondents after the […]
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•Aiteo alleges sabotage Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC /Aiteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has reported an oil spill from a non-producing well head at its Santa Barbara South field in Nembe Local Government of Bayelsa State. A statement yesterday by Aiteo spokesman Indiana Matthew said the magnitude of […]
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The Lagos State government has said no directive has been given for the demolition of the two high-rise buildings standing at the site of the 21-storey building which collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state. In a statement on its official Facebook page, the state said integrity test is yet to be conducted on […]
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Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday killed a woman, Yemisi Ajayi, at her house in the Abusoro area of Ijoka, Akure, Ondo State. This is happening three years after her only child, Oluwaseun Ajila, was raped and murdered at their residence in 2018. The 20-year-old, who was a fashion model, was reportedly stabbed to death by unknown […]
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The World Health Organisation, in its latest report, revealed that the COVID-19 outbreak has threatened global progress against measles. In the report titled, ‘Global progress against measles threatened amidst COVID-19 pandemic’, the WHO stated that the progress towards the elimination of measles has declined as priority was being placed on the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, […]
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Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai surfaced on the microblogging platform, Twitter, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, despite the ban placed on the app by the Federal Government and Nigerians are not having it. The Governor whose last tweet was on June 6, a day after the Nigerian government suspended the activities of Twitter, […]
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The Kwara State Fire Service on Wednesday said it had recovered the body of a 17-year-old-girl identified as Aminat from a well. It added that the corpse was recovered in Oke-Adini in the Alagbado area of Ilorin on Wednesday, four days after she was declared missing. Aminat had been missing from her home since Sunday […]
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The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading two bills seeking to facilitate swift prosecution of public officers involved in money laundering and terrorism financing in Nigeria. The proposed legislation seeks to provide the needed framework for the prosecution of public servants with unexplained wealth. The bills are Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2021 […]
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Nigeria’s debt stock of N35.5tn will rise to N42.7tn following the Senate’s approval of the Federal Government’s request for $16bn and €1.02bn fresh loans. The $16.2bn loan is equivalent to N6.7tn using the Importers and Exporters’ Window exchange rate of N411.24/$1, while the €1.02bn is equal to N485.5bn using the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State will start the enforcement of its Land Use Act on December 1. The Chairman, Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), Mr. Tolu Adegbie, made this known yesterday in Akure at the start of a two-day road awareness and sensitisation programme. He said property owners had a month’s grace […]
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