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Amazon Advocates for Access to Vaccine
Amazon has requested that the coronavirus vaccine be given to its employees first. The web services company on Wednesday demanded in a letter sent to the new President of US for early access to the vaccine with an offer to vaccinate hundred million...
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Market Increase as Biden Becomes President
Post- election in the United States has been tagged Biden's Market surge as Stocks have gained about 13% since Election Day. According to research, this is the most remarkable market increase for a new President in the history of the United...
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Journalists procure Bulletproof Vests and Gas Masks as they Prepare for Inauguration
As the United States Presidential Inauguration ceremony sets to commence in less than 24 hours, the Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau, Chief Kimbriell Kelly has procured gas masks, helmets and body armor for LA Times staff members that will be...
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Focus on Cotton Production to Expand Investment; Stakeholders tell Nigeria's Govt.
The Nigerian Stakeholders have called on the government to invest in cotton production to improve its economic potentials. This call to action was initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria to expand the investment capacity of the country....
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Traditional Philosophy of African Politics Manifests again in Uganda
Politics in a democratic system connotes a struggle for power and a course to ensure the welfare and security of the people. In recent times on the African continent, the narrative of political struggle has deviated from its original course to a...
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E-ticketing for trains coming
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the corporation will soon introduce e-ticketing for train services across the country. Its Managing Director,Mr Fidet Okhiria, said yesterday in Abuja that the processes involving the commencement of...
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How economy may suffer under total border closure
‘Millions may be jobless over ill-timed policy’ • Action in nation’s best interest, says govt • There’s no hunger in Nigeria, says minister Stakeholders yesterday warned the Federal Government that the complete closure of the...
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Senate reintroduces bill for NASS budget office
The Senate on Thursday reintroduced a Bill seeking to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO). The Bill, which was passed by the 8th Senate on May 3, 2019 failed to receive assent of President Muhammadu...
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Ekiti releases results of teachers’ qualifying examination
The Ekiti State Government has said that it has released the results of the qualifying examination for candidates seeking employment as teachers in its public primary schools. The State Universal Basic Education Board announced the results in a...
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Missing N35m: JAMB Officials Tried to Bribe Auditor, Says Witness
A witness, Patrick Obilo has revealed how two Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) officials tried to prevent an auditor from carrying out a financial audit of JAMB Makurdi zonal office by offering him a bribe. Obilo told the court...
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SUBEB frozen accounts: We’re not behind petitions to EFCC- Contractors
Contactors operating with the Ekiti State government have denied the allegation that they were behind the secret petition leading to the freezing of the operational accounts of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB). The group under the...
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NIPOST issues 200,000 stamps to celebrate India’s Mahatma Gandhi
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is issuing out 200,000 commemorative stamps to mark the 150th birthday of India’s peacemaker and nationalist, Mahatma Gandhi. NIPOST’s Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer, Bisi Adegbuyi, disclosed...
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EFCC arrests four INEC officials over alleged diversion of N84.7m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office, has arrested four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for alleged diversion of over N84.6 million for ad Hoc staff allowances. This was...
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Johnson prepares to unveil ‘final’ Brexit offer
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will submit “final” proposals for a new Brexit agreement on Wednesday, officials said, warning that if the European Union did not engage with them, Britain would leave the bloc this month with no divorce deal.Johnson...
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Police deploy 3,000 as tribunal rules on Kano guber poll today
The police have deployed 3,000 operatives to strengthen security in Kano State as the governorship election petitions tribunal delivers its judgment today.The Guardian yesterday observed an uneasy calm within the Kano metropolis while at the Kano...
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N2.1bn fraud: DSS to hand over Maina to EFCC for prosecution this week
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is expected to take over custody of the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, from the Department of State Services, this week. Maina, who had been on the wanted...
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Cashless policy implementation may hurt MSMEs, says MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said the implementation of the cashless policy may have negative impact on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The association gave the position in a statement released in Lagos on Monday...
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Governors, others see hope in Nigeria’s troubled nationhood
CAN defends visit to vice president The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) yesterday demanded that the Federal Government should brief Nigerians on the reasons for stripping Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of some of his statutory...
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Nigeria Re-Elected Into ICAO Council
Nigeria has been re-elected as a Part-II member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, for a new three-year term. The Federal Government disclosed this in a statement on Saturday by Mr James Odaudu, the Director of...
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We should set time for budget submission, passage as do US, others —Lawan
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, underscored the need to have a budget reform that will include a law on timeliness in budget passing. Lawan made the call at business meeting of the Institute of Directors’ Annual Conference...
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N90bn poll cash: Osinbajo can waive his immunity, says lawyer
A senior lawyer, Prince Ajibola Oluyede has said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has the constitutional right to waive his immunity. He said the immunity under Section 308 of the Constitution was a personal right which can be suspended by the...
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Nigeria Loses Five Trillion Yearly To Oil Theft, Reps Lament
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to ascertain the quantity of oil stolen on a daily basis and the people responsible for the theft within the country. The Reps decision followed the adoption of a motion on...
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Fed Govt to reconstitute minimum wage panel
The Federal Government is to reconstitute its team on the Joint Public Sector Negotiating Council (JPSNC) on the implementation of the new minimum wage. It was learnt that the team, headed by former Head of the Civil Service of the...
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Sowore wants DSS boss jailed for flouting release order
The convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, commenced a contempt suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, for allegedly disobeying the...
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Nigeria Launches Integrated SDGs Model Report In New York
Nigeria Integrated SGDs Model Report was on Tuesday launched at the United Nations building, New York. The report, titled: Achieving the SDGs in Nigeria: Pathways and Policy Options had top government officials in attendance. President...
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Jeremy Corbyn asks Boris Johnson to resign after Supreme Court verdict
The United Kingdom’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament in the run-up to Brexit. The ruling is a major blow to...
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World Bank, IFC pledge support to bridge infrastructure gap in Nigeria
The World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation, have promised to continue to support Nigeria in bridging its infrastructure gap. Both organisations said this in a statement issued by the World Bank’s Senior...
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CBN Calls For Sale Of Redundant Public Assets
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria is asking the Federal Government to consider the sale of its redundant public assets as part of efforts to increase its revenue base. Speaking at a news conference after the monetary...
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Reps fume as service chiefs shun security meeting
The House of Representatives has berated heads of security agencies for failing to attend a meeting called by the parliament on the security crises across the country. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who was visibly angry by their non-appearance,...
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Why Onyeama Did Not Appear Before Reps – Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reacted to allegations that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, ignored the summons by the House of Representatives. In a statement on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Mr...
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Court winds up P&ID, Nigerian affiliate, orders forfeiture of firms’ assets to FG
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted and subsequently ordered the winding up of Process and Industrial Development Limited and its Nigerian affiliate, P&ID Nigeria Limited, for charges of fraud and tax evasion in...
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Buhari dissolves Obono-Obla’s SPIP, orders Malami to take over investigations
President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property as currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. This was revealed in a statement issued by Femi Adesina,...
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PenCom recovers N16b in seven years
THE National Pension Commission (PenCom) on Monday said N16 billion unremitted pension contributions have been recovered from various employers of labour in the last seven years. The Commission also said pension assets have risen to N9.33...
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Labour, FG meeting on new wage implementation deadlocked again
Meeting of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) and the Federal Government deadlocked again yesterday, as they failed to agree over relativity and consequential adjustment for the implementation of the new minimum...
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NCC uncovers 9.2m improperly registered SIM cards
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday uncovered 9.2million improperly registered subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in use across the networks in the country. Communications Minister, Dr Ibrahim Pantami, has ordered the...
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Nigerians not yet fed up with corruption-ex-Kenya anti-graft chief
Nigerians are not yet tired of corruption, which is why it is still being tolerated, former Director of the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Agency, Prof Patrick Lumumba has declared. Speaking at the 49th annual conference of the Institute of Chartered...
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Indonesia sends back hundreds of shipping containers full of waste
Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes back against becoming a dumping ground for foreign trash.About 250 containers...
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Payback time for Nigeria as U.S. raises visa fee
Nigerian Passport • Begins new rate tomorrow • Mixed feelings as Trump mulls end to birthright citizenship After more than 18 months of unfruitful negotiations with the Nigerian government to reduce its high...
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Southwest gets nod to establish security outfit
Governors in the six Southwest states are putting finishing touches to the inauguration of a joint regional security outfit code named Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN). This followed the Approval in Principle given by the Office of...
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FG to overhaul refineries for three years to drive local production
Port Harcourt Refinery To achieve its 2023 target of ensuring local refineries operate optimally, the Federal Government has said it has begun the overhauling of the facilities, commencing with the Port Harcourt...
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FBI indicts Nigerians in ‘massive’ $3bn fraud
The United States Department of Justice has indicted dozens of individuals, mostly Nigerians, who are accused of involvement in a massive business email scam and money laundering scheme of about $3bn. A spokesperson for the US...
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EFCC, ICPC to beam searchlight on fraudulent banks —Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday, said the anti-corruption agencies would beam their searchlight on banks that had been aiding corrupt practices in the...
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SAPZs Can Attract About $4bn Investment Into Nigeria – NGF
The establishment of the Special Agro-Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting about four billion dollars investments into the country, this is according to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Governor...
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Impartial Judiciary, Key To Achieving Greater Lagos, Says Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described impartial judiciary as key to achieving his administration’s vision of greater Lagos. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Wednesday during the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Judge of...
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FG’ll pay ‘failed investors’ N736bn to repossess Discos
• 11 distribution firms declared technically insolvent • Review power sale but don’t politicise exercise —ECAN Everest Amaefule and ’Femi Asu The Federal Government is considering repossession of 10 electricity distribution...
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US To Partner Lagos On Health, Security, Education
The US Government says it will partner with Lagos State in the areas of health, security and education. The new Consul-General of the United States (US) Consulate, Ms. Claire Pierangelo revealed this on Wednesday when she visited the Lagos State...
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Ex-INEC boss, Jega gets new appointment
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has been appointed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to chair its newly inaugurated committee on the internalisation of admission into...
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TETFund approves N4.9b for academic publications
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved N4.9 billion to address the paucity of indigenous tertiary textbooks and other academic publications in the nation’s higher education sector.Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor...
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