Category: NEWS

FG: US-based Nigerians Can Return if Trump Makes Life Difficult
November 9, 2016 No Responses

FG: US-based Nigerians Can Return if Trump Makes Life Difficult

Nigeria will welcome its citizens in the US home if Donald Trump, president-elect, makes life uncomfortable for them over there. Speaking with state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Audu Ogbeh, minister of...
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Buhari Unsure About Nigeria’s Future with U.S Under Trump
November 9, 2016 No Responses

Buhari Unsure About Nigeria’s Future with U.S Under Trump

I’m ready to work with Trump, says Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari says he is ready to work with Donald Trump, US president-elect, to strengthen the ties between his country and Nigeria. Buhari said this in a statement issued by Femi...
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Buhari Commissions New Varsiy in Edo State
November 8, 2016 No Responses

Buhari Commissions New Varsiy in Edo State

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Edo University, Iyamho, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. President Buhari commissioned the new university on Tuesday as part of his two-day official visit to the state. He also took a...
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‘Age, Experience May No longer Be Conditions for Employment’
November 8, 2016 No Responses

‘Age, Experience May No longer Be Conditions for Employment’

The Senate on Tuesday proposed the removal of employment conditions such as age limits and professional experience usually set by employers, as part of measures to tackle unemployment. The Senate also urged the Buhari administration to declare a state of...
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Minister: No Excuse for NNPC Petrol Price Hike
November 7, 2016 No Responses

Minister: No Excuse for NNPC Petrol Price Hike

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, had described the recent N4 increase in the price of motor premium spirit (petrol) at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling stations, has a wrong development which has to be redressed. Mr....
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Ambode Takes Over Presidential Lodge in Lagos
November 6, 2016 No Responses

Ambode Takes Over Presidential Lodge in Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari has handed over the Presidential Lodge at the Lagos state government house to the administration of Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state. Buhari’s approval was communicated in a letter signed by Abba Kyari, his chief of staff......
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FG Makes N500M from Radio Licensing in 6months says Shittu
November 2, 2016 No Responses

FG Makes N500M from Radio Licensing in 6months says Shittu

Minister of communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu on Wednesday disclosed that his ministry generated a sum of N500 million in 6 months. While noting that effort was being made to increase the internally generated revenue, the Minister explained that the int...
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JUST IN: FG Approves Eight New Universities
November 2, 2016 No Responses

JUST IN: FG Approves Eight New Universities

The federal government has approved the establishment of eight new private universities. Anthony Anwuka, minister of state for education, disclosed this while addressing state house correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s federal executive council (FEC). An...
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Oyedepo: I disconnected my phone when the bill got too high
November 2, 2016 No Responses

Oyedepo: I disconnected my phone when the bill got too high

Presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church (LFC), David Oyedepo, said he disconnected his telephone for one month after he got an exorbitant bill from NITEL. Oyedepo said his bill for that particular month exceeded his telephone budget. The cleric...
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Why Senate Rejects Buhari’s $30bn Loan Request
November 1, 2016 No Responses

Why Senate Rejects Buhari’s $30bn Loan Request

Nigeria’s Senate dealt an unexpected blow to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday by rejecting his plan to borrow $30 billion abroad for infrastructure projects and budget support until 2018. Senators threw out the plan, introduced last week, without de...
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