Logistics challenges, weak Naira push Jet A-1 to N215 in South, over N300/per litre up North Apapa ports’ congestion costs importers extra $10,000 to $25,000 daily It’s a shame no refinery produces Jet A-1 locally, says Joji Despite an upswing in the global price of crude oil and attendant blessings for oil-producing countries, the price […]
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Benin City based Nigerian artist, Mr Enotie Ogbebor, has been featured in The New York Times. The founder of Nosona Studios wrote on his Facebook wall saying: “I got featured in the The New York Times. They were made to tell stories, to keep memories, and to hand over all these stories and memories from […]
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A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof Charles Soludo has emerged governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State. He scored 740 votes to defeat his closest rival, Hon Okwudili Ezenwankwo, representing Orumba North and South Federal constituency, who scored only 41 votes. The results were announced […]
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The Presidency, on Wednesday, said it had no hands in the ongoing amendment processes to the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act by the National Assembly. A lot of outcries from media stakeholders had greeted the amendment processes, with some describing them as another attempts by the federal government […]
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Respected media veterans who spoke in separate interviews, have said the anti-press laws and moves to stifle free speech by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari show that the ex-military head of state is not a born-again democrat as he claimed in his address before some world leaders at the Chatham House in London during […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the rest of Nigeria can learn something about the management of ethnic and religious diversity from the South West. He attributed Nigeria’s current problems to its failure to properly manage its diversity in a way that gives minorities a sense of belonging. The former president said this in an […]
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Former Editor-In-Chief of Newswatch Magazine and Chief Executive Officer of MayFive Media Limited, Ray Ekpu, narrated his encounter with President Muhammadu Buhari, when he was Nigeria’s Military Head of State in I984 as a Major General. In this interview with Kayode Oyero, the veteran journalist disclosed how Buhari reportedly vowed to tamper with press freedom. […]
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been elected member of Board of Directors of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS). ACUNS is an independent, global nonprofit organisation of scholars and practitioners. It was established in 1987 to stimulate and support research and teaching on […]
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Founder of the Christ Apostolic Church of Christ (CAC) Agbala Itura Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Abiara, has debunked viral news of his purported demise. The 79-year-old cleric asked the Lord to forgive those behind the rumour. He said: “The person is a Satan user. We must not take the user serious. He is a Satan. “God […]
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By Mustapha Baba Today is International Widows Day. Observed on June 23 of every year, it was established by the Loomba Foundation and ratified by the United Nations General Assembly. The day is set aside to raise public awareness about cumbersome challenges of widowhood and to spur the humanity to lend those heartbroken women a […]
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