Happenings

November 1st, 2019
Happenings

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent N113.56 billion to print naira in two years, a report has said. The report from the Currency Operations Department of the CBN said the regulator spent N64.04 billion on printing banknotes in 2018 and N49.52...
November 1st, 2019
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THE Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs on Thursday screened nominees for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) governing board. The senators had a heated argument over whether a nominee, Otobong Ndem, who had discrepancies in his...
November 1st, 2019
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Twitter said Wednesday it would bar political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media. Chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a tweet that the company took the action...
November 1st, 2019
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The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, lamented on Thursday that mothers of cyber fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, are now organising themselves into an association. Magu, who addressed...
November 1st, 2019
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The Federal Government yesterday made good its threat to stop the salaries of all its workers, especially members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who are not featured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System...
October 31st, 2019
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Globally, the number of hungry people stands at 821 million, according to the 2019 State of Food and Security of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Of this number, Africa accounts for 251 million, representing 31 per cent of hungry...
October 31st, 2019
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Nigerian universities are not short of drama. Examples are students’ ‘uprising’ against the institutions, teachers’ exploitation of the former as well as lecturers’ revolt against the government to the former’s internal wrangling over...
October 30th, 2019
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The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Wednesday returned Ibrahim Danbaba and Balarabe Kakale as Senator and House of Representative member in the National Assembly, respectively. In a short judgement read by Justice Frederick Oho, the court said...
October 30th, 2019
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned till November 18, 2019 to adopt written addresses in a suit between Ecobank Plc and Obat Oil and Petroleum Ltd over an Abuja Hotel. Justice H. B. Babangida fixed the date on Tuesday, October 29 after...
October 30th, 2019
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GOVERNORS on Tuesday sought the variation of the budget support loan repayment, which they said will compound the state governments’ burden. They rejected the proposed monthly repayment of N164billion, stressing that the states could not...
October 29th, 2019
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Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a sharp drop in profit over the past quarter as it ramped up spending for a wide array of new gadgets and services.Profit dipped 23 percent from a year ago to $7.1 billion as revenue grew 20 percent to $40.5...
October 29th, 2019
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Modern humans emerged 200,000 years ago in a region of northern Botswana, scientists claimed Monday, in what appeared to be the most precise location of mankind’s “ancestral homeland” yet discovered.While it has long been known anatomically...
October 29th, 2019
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Monday gave a breakdown of how the Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Mr. Amaechi Akawu, collected the excess $135,000 mistakenly sent by the...
October 29th, 2019
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday made a fresh push to get lawmakers to back his plan for a pre-Christmas election after a third Brexit delay. The Conservative leader is trying to lead Britain through a three-year crisis that was...
October 29th, 2019
Happenings

Men load a truck at the cereal market of Maradi, near Niger’s southern frontier on October 19, 2019 after the Nigeria closed its border with Niger on August 20, 2019 to defend against smuggling. – The closure of the border by Nigeria...
October 29th, 2019
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Less than a quarter of the 445 aircraft registered by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) are airborne. A raft of unfriendly government policies pegging the age limit on operating aircraft, prohibitive offshore maintenance cost, rising...
October 29th, 2019
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A LEBANESE Hamza Koudeih and two other suspected accomplices of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a. Mompha), have been arrested in Lagos. Koudeih was arrested at the weekend after a three-hour stand-off at his N1.8 billion luxury...
October 29th, 2019
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Rivers State Government and Real Madrid Football Club have signed a ratification agreement for the development of Real Madrid Academy, Port Harcourt into an international football academy. The agreement signing ceremony took place on Monday at...
October 28th, 2019
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The Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi has collapsed under heavy flooding, loading to escape of 228 inmates. The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Mr Jafar Ahmed, who confirmed this while speaking with newsmen in Koton Kafe...
October 28th, 2019
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) are working for the application of remittance processes to ensure the seamless collection of stamp duty charges for PoS. Many filing stations and supermarkets...
October 28th, 2019
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Jeff Bezos is back as the richest man in the world after Bill Gates briefly earned the title as reported by TMZ. After the markets closed Friday, Forbes says Jeff is now worth $109.9 billion, moving him back ahead of Bill and his $105.8 billion...
October 28th, 2019
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Top officials of the Federal Ministry of Power are facing enquiry over the payment of N1.68 billion to a firm whose parent company is indebted to the government and in receivership. The Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), which...
October 25th, 2019
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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up committees to investigate eight judges for alleged judicial misconduct. This was disclosed at its meeting held in Abuja on Thursday while recommending the appointment of  four Supreme Court...
October 25th, 2019
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A member of National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC) serving in Bebeji local government area of Kano state,has allegedly beaten a young boy (Almajiri) to death However, the police have barricaded the area to prevent irate mob from attacking the corps...
October 25th, 2019
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal data of foreign-based Nigerians to defraud their friends and relations back home. In a statement by the commission said,...
October 25th, 2019
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The gulf created between banks and telecommunication companies over an ‘attempt’ by telcos to start the deduction of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is widening by the day. The operators have accused the Body of Bank...
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