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The Federal Government will recapitalise the Bank of Agriculture to the tune of N3 trillion in order to enable farmers in the country to have access to funds at affordable interest rates. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this on Monday at the inaugural harvest of a Tilapia from a fish farm belonging to Premium Aquaculture …

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Barring any last minute change in decision, the Nigerian Stock Exchange may soon clampdown on the shares of 11 companies who had missed the deadline to file their audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016. The NSE who on Monday made this announcement said it might suspend trading in their securities. The defaulting companies are A.G Leventis …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to intensify its patrol and other activities in 2017 as part of measures to curtail road accident across the country. In 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria recorded not less than 11, 363 road accident nationwide, leading to the dealth of 5,053 road users. To reverse the trend drastically, …

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Dayo Emmanuel   Lagos based MFM FC are currently leading the pack of the Nigeria Professional Football League.   The Olukoya boys as fondly called defeated El-Kanemi warriors 3-0 on Sunday at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.   Confident at the front of home fans, MFM scored their three goals in the first half to crumble whatever attack their visitors …

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A suicide bomber who would have caused another mayhem at the University of Maiduguri was last night gunned down by troops on duty. The messenger of death gained entrance through the works department on Sunday, it was confirmed. Public Relations Officer of the school, Tanko Ahmed confirmed the incidence to newsmen. He said the suicide bomber had already entered the …

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The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, a guest speaker at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco at the weekend has said Zamfara State which started the implementation of Sharia law in Nigeria is currently the poorest in Nigeria.   The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi also said, many of those who seized religion as …

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It was indeed an evening to remember for all and sundry who came out en-mass to witness the live stage performance, Tunmigbe of Nigeria’s number one indigenous Family Tv series on Africanmagic Yoruba entitled Mr & Mrs Kogberegbe which took place at the LTV 8 Blue roof arena, Ikeja, Lagos on the 25th March, 2017.  Even as the memories of the event seek …

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Tragedy struck on Saturday in Lokoja when the first rain of the year in the metropolis killed five people including a pregnant woman. The victims were said to have been trapped when a big tree feel across the road at Hydro Junction, Lokoja, at about 6pm, following a heavy storm. The storm came barely one week when a similar incident …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger  state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has blamed the problem of inadequate portable water supply in Minna, the state capital and other major towns in the state  on the inability of the ministry of water resources to identify competent firms to fix all the broken down Bi-Water treatment plants in parts of the state. This is as …

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Photo Caption: From left; Mrs. Chinelo Chukwuma-Onwujei, Ag. Head, Human Resources, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Damilola Emiola, NSE Graduate Training (GT) Class of 2017;  Adeolu Towolawi, GT, Class of 2017; Jenny Aigbike, GT, Class of 2017; Joshua Abhulimhen, GT, Class of 2017; Oscar N. Onyema OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Adeoluwa Oni, GT, Class of 2017 Governor; Pai Gamde, …

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