The Africa Development Bank says it has approved a loan of $155m for Economic and Power Sector Reform Programme in Nigeria. The Senior Communications Officer of AfDB, Fatimah Alkali, in Abuja on Friday said that the loan became effective in October, 19, 2012. Recent media reports had indicated that there might be a face-off between the Senate and the Federal …

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From left – Director General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry LCCI, Muda Yusuf; President, LCCI, Chief Dr Mrs Nike Akande, CON; Managing Director Vitana Plc, Iran, Mr Mohammad Fakhredini and Special Adviser to the Honorable Minister of Economics and Trade, Islamic Republic of Iran Mr Mohammad Ali – Erami during a business visit by Vitana Plc, Iran to the …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger State government released N4.45 billion as salary bail out to 12 of the 25 local government areas of the state in 2016, insisting that no council is being owed by the state government. Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Haliru Zakari Jikantoro disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday after the weekly state executive …

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FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (‘FMDQ’ or the ‘OTC Exchange’), has since its launch onto the Nigerian financial markets landscape in 2013, championed initiatives geared towards providing an enabling environment for the growth and development of the Nigerian fixed income, currencies and derivatives markets and the economy at large. As a market organiser, the OTC Exchange has through its product and …

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Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar (l) welcoming the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja to his office during the NCPC Boss courtesy visit to NAHCON in Abuja recently. Advertisement

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Street music king and arguably Nigeria’s most sought-after musician at the moment, Olamide Adedeji a.k.a. Olamide Badoo, has been signed on by Globacom as a brand ambassador. Olamide joins another high flying musician Inetimi Alfred Odon, popularly known as Timaya who was accepted into the exclusive club of Glo brand ambassadors a couple of months ago. From Ghana, two new …

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Olabode Adaramola A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, has  on Tuesday sentenced one Baba Abuja to 12 months imprisonment for contravening the Saharia law. The accused person,  was arrested and charged before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Usman for selling alcohol in a prohibited area of Paiko town in Paikoro Local Government of the state. According to the sharia …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger state government has sent a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency , ensure the completion of the Suleja – Minna dual carriage road project before the commencement of this year’s raining season. The appeal was contained in a Press statement made available to the news men in Minna yesterday by the …

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  The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja has stressed the need for continued cooperation between the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). He disclosed this in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Chairman/CEO of NAHCON   Alhaji Abdullahi muktar in Abuja. The NCPC boss described the Hajj …

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Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos Chapter, Bishop Sola Ore has called on the Federal Government to check the incessant killing of Christians by the Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. Ore who addressed the press during the Lagos PFN’s meeting at FESTAC Town, Lagos, pointed that the group has been interceding for Nigeria as well as carrying out …

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