The former Vice President and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Atiku Abubakar has welcomed news of Nigeria’s exit from recession but added that the country cannot truly claim to have exited recession if Nigerians cannot eat three square meal per day. In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja by his Media Office, […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the monitoring of Nigerians on social media. In an open letter, SERAP asked the President to use his good offices and leadership position to instruct the military authorities to immediately end any monitoring of activities of Nigerians on the social media, and […]
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As the country seeks ways to exit recession, Prof. Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has urged Nigerians to be actively involved in the act of governance, saying that leaders deliver the kind of governance demanded of them. He gave the charge at an entrepreneurship programme put together by a […]
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The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said it was unacceptable that Nigerians spent five billion dollars on generators annually. He said the house would support the Executive to find a permanent solution to the power problem in the country. Dogara stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the public hearing organized by […]
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The United States government is teaming up with Nigerian groups to launch a web-based platform allowing people to report everyday corruption in Africa’s populous nation. Graft is widespread and sometimes spectacular in Nigeria, and President Muhammadu Buhari took office in 2015 vowing to eradicate it. He warned that “if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will […]
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The Minister of Finance, Mrs kemi Adeosun, on Monday said that only three million out of 180 million Nigerians possessed insurance policies to protect themselves from uncertainties. Adeosun, who made the disclosure at the ongoing 2017 National Insurance Conference (NIC) in Abuja, noted that insurance was playing critical roles in the economy. The theme of […]
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The first set of Nigerian scholars to benefit from the partnership between the Petroleum Technology Development Fund and the University of Sao Paulo Brazil, have travelled out of the country to commence studies in petroleum engineering and other related courses in Brazil. According to the PTDF, the 17 scholars include eight doctorate and nine master’s […]
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The Area Controller in charge of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, Uba Mohammed, has stated that some Nigerians do not see anything wrong with smuggling. Mohammed said no matter the efforts put in by the government to check smuggling, some people would still go ahead and smuggle because they considered […]
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has said no fewer than 15,000 people were employed in the renewable energy sub-sector of the power industry in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and other countries in West Africa and Southern Africa (excluding South Africa) in 2016. The Agency, a renewable energy research group, in an online report on […]
Read More Despite the lingering economic recession, Nigerians deserve value for their money, the Managing Director/CEO of Cozy Choice Concept Limited, Sam Bader has said. Bader made this appeal while speaking at the official launch of Cozy branded furniture in Lagos. Cozy Concept furniture recently made in-roads into the market with a promise to ease the purchase […]
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Several reactions have trailed Aisha Buhari’s comments that she may not back her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the 2019 election unless he (the President) reshuffles his cabinet, report according to Punchng shows. Aisha Buhari, had in a BBC Hausa interview, expressed her displeasure in President Buhari’s government, saying that the President does not know […]
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Football enthusiasts in Nsukka, Enugu state, have hailed the impressive performance of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team which beat Japan 5-4 in its first match on Friday at Manaus, Brazil , in the Rio Olympics. The enthusiasts in Nsukka on Friday said the positive start was an indication that the team would do the country proud […]
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