President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sent a delegation comprising top government officials to Borno State, following an accidental bombing that took place on Tuesday in Rann. The President’s team on condolence visit to the state include his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; and service chiefs. The Special Adviser …

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Buhari, Nigerians mourn fighter jet misfires Nigerians have continued to mourn the disaster that occurred yesterday while a Nigerian jet fighter misfired and caused casualty in Kala Balge area of Borno State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Nigeria Army has said a fighter jet misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red …

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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Monday, said it has registered over 14 million Nigerians in the national identity database. According to the commission, it had in the last one year doubled its initial 7 million. Speaking in Abuja on the operations of the commission, the General Manager Corporate Communication, Mr Chika Lovesday said between 2012 and 2015 the commission …

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Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos. Oxfam’s report, ‘An economy for the 99 percent’, shows that the gap between rich and poor is far greater than …

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Around 180 people are presumed to have died in the first major migrant boat disaster of 2017 in the Mediterranean, officials said Tuesday after interviewing a handful of survivors. Humanitarian workers from the International Organisation for Migration and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, recounted harrowing details of a capsize that occurred on Saturday in waters off Libya after talking to …

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The Federal Government has allocated N6.55billion for the completion of the East-West Road project in the Niger Delta Ministry budget for 2017 fiscal proposal. The breakdown of the funds meant for the road projects which has now been extended to sections five, covering Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar in Cross River showed that the Sections 2 (2-2) Ahoada-Kaiama …

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The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) Micro-Finance Bank has directed that policemen be deployed in recovering all loans granted to defaulters by the bank, in order to keep the financial institution viable. Although the management of the Bank expressed satisfaction over the loan repayment by some customers but pointed out that the outstanding loans should be recovered from defaulters through the …

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FOLAKE SOKOYA The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Mathew Oguntade who resides behind Anglican Church, Owode-Ijako for killing his 20 year old wife, Mary Oguntade. The incident happened on Friday January 13, 2017 around mid-night. The couple were said to have started fighting due to a minor disagreement between them. The CDA Chairman of the Community, Mr.Iskilu Kareem …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that over the sum of N30b has so far been paid to investors in the Nigerian capital market from the backlog of unclaimed dividends.   As a means to further reduce the unclaimed dividends profile and curb its growth in the country, the Commission has notified the investing public that it will …

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