– 3,000 farm hectares destroyed, 25,000 cows rustled, 500 towns and villages, 13 LGAs affected Zamfara State Govrernor Abdulaziz Yari on Monday, said the state has witnessed over 60 attacks since 2011, which led to the death of over 4,000 people, affecting 500 towns and villages across 13 local governments in the state. He also […]
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– accuses government of frustrating, delaying process – summons emergency meeting of organs to report FG, take next step The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared that the Federal Government is not ready to come up with a figure for an upward review of the minimum wage; even though it admitted and agreed that there […]
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Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun – says revenue highest in year’s 2nd quarter since 2014 third quarter The Federal, States and Local Government Areas shared N3.95 trillion from the Federation Account within the first half of this year, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) announced this on Monday, in its latest edition of Quarterly […]
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By Tunde Odesola Behind his back, his students call him Assault Rifle or A.R, for short; Professor Austere Riches is the blight of male students and a terror to their female counterparts. He collects money for marks with his right hand from male students and caresses the crevices of female students with his left hand, […]
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The use and sale of counterfeit and substandard mobile phones in Nigeria’s telecommunications space have been increasing to the extent that it has become a menace. Simply put, counterfeiting means copying an original item, especially consumer products, with the intent of deceiving or defrauding the buyers. Consumers are constrained by ignorance and sometimes; inability to […]
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By Cheta Nwanze, Contributor How should we define the role of policymakers in improving the efficiency of the economy’s primary participants? Here are lessons from the first time business had a definitive say in politics. Recently, a journalist a journalist friend of mine obtained an internal memo sent by one of the new-generation banks to […]
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– say policies, reforms implementation needed urgently Market operators have stressed the need for the Federal Government to step up the implementation of various policies and reforms needed to boost economic growth and ultimately avert another round of recession in the country. The call came as South Africa- Africa’s second largest and most industrialised, this […]
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Research highlights need for urgent policy measures Besides the shallow trend of Nigeria’s economic diversification, the trade war between the United States (U.S.) and China is increasing its susceptibility to shocks, given that domestic growth in oil and gas sector remains pressured in the last six months. The trade war, according to FXTM’s research analyst, […]
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Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos • Operators procure multi-billion naira aircraft • Banks woo sector players with 10% interest rates • Expert warns on outright purchase of airplanes A new wave of confidence has animated the air travel sector with erstwhile struggling airlines now acquiring state-of-the-art airplanes to replace leased equipment. With lending rate as […]
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By Banji Ayoola War? Never again. Never again in our dear Motherland. Never again on the soil of Nigeria. Never again shall we allow our disagreements to degenerate into such barbarity again, into such callousness. When peoples, bonded together, who were meant to build a harmonious, peaceful nation state, who were meant to build a […]
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