The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has plans to establish 100,000-barrels-per-day brownfield refineries in Port-Harcourt and Warri to boost local refining of crude oil in the country. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ughamadu said that the effort […]
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With a population of about 200 million people, Nigeria has fewer than 50 medical professionals who are specialists in cancer treatment, says Runcie Chidibe, Executive Director of Project Pink Blue, a cancer-fighting organisation. To address the skill gap, the organisation in collaboration with the US Embassy in Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Health is […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has sustained its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting 210 million dollars into the various segments of the market. The acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the apex bank offered 100 million dollars as wholesale interventions and allocated 55 million […]
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The Federal Government says it will involve Commissioners of Education and school proprietors in its partnership with a Chinese Firm to promote the establishment of digital classrooms across the country. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of a digital classroom donated by NetDragon Websoft limited. […]
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The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea with 50 confirmed cases of cholera across the 33 local government areas of the state in the last seven months. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. He said out of […]
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The Federal Government says it has no hand in the call for resignation or impeachment of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, because “it is purely party affairs.’’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made government’s position known on Tuesday when he paid advocacy visit to the Abuja office of Blueprints […]
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Sequel to the order given by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim idris, has ordered its immediate overhauling to address complaints and allegations of human rights violations against some of its personnel. The Ag. President gave the order on Tuesday and the Police […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the escalation of the recent crisis in the National Assembly to the circulation of fake news, especially in the Social Media. He stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of Blueprint Newspapers. He said that the […]
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[the_ad id=”1966″] Senator Magnus Abe who is representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District has charged leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to shun encouraging acts of violence that tends to portray the ruling party as a terrorist group. He is therefore, pushing for a level playing field at all tiers of the party’s […]
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A former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, who is aspiring for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket to contest the 2019 presidential election says he would not leave the party if he loses in the primary election. “I will remain in the PDP even if I do not emerge its presidential flag bearer. “As a democrat, […]
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