Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, yesterday vis­ited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and pledged to improve ties between his country and Nigeria. Akufo-Addo also extend­ed birthday greetings to Bu­hari, who turned 74 on Sat­urday and shares same birth date with the president-elect’s mother. In a brief chat with State House correspondents after his meeting with Buhari, he said: …

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Some 140 Nigerians stranded in Libya on Tuesday arrived the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos, aboard a Libyan Airlines plane. The returnees are among those who voluntarily agreed to return to Nigeria from the North African country. They are 74 adult females, 52 adult males, one female child, two male children, three female infants, two male infants and six unaccompanied …

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The 40th Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant held on Monday night at the Eko Hotel and Suite, Lagos with Miss Chioma Obiadi of Anambra state emerging the winner. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the yearly event, started in 1957. Miss Nigeria was being organised by Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) in collaboration with many partners from the public, …

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Dayo Emmanuel   Foremost media NGO, the International Press Centre (IPC) has concluded a two days training on budget for community leaders in Lagos State. The event tagged Budget Literacy and Budget Monitoring Training for Community Members in Lagos was organised with support from UKaid and Actionaid. Speaking at the event, one of the coordinators of the training, Stella Nwofia …

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NCPC TO INTRODUCE BETTER MAMAGEMENT PROCESS The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja has said that the Commission would set up a management process that would enable the Commission carry out its operations effectively and more efficiently. He said this during the submission of Audit reports by external Auditor for 2016 Account at the …

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Thousands sing Xmas Carols at Uyo Township Stadium.. as Glo shines Thousands of Akwa ‘Ibomites’ and other guests from all over the world converged on the Uyo Township Stadium, Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday as the state government held the ninth edition of its annual Christmas Carols Festival, sponsored by Globacom. It was a night of uncommon grandeur and celebration …

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DANGOTE, Putin, Trump, Merkel most powerful persons in the world-Forbes Foremost Entrepreneur and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, was at the weekend named along other world leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, American President-elect, Donald Trump and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel as the most powerful persons in the world. These personalities were ranked along with 7o others as the most powerful …

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Ayorinde Adebanjo: new African scrabble champion Saidu Ayorinde Adebanjo of Nigeria on Sunday emerged the 13th African Scrabble Champion winning 23 games of 32 in Tema, Ghana. Ayorinde,  dethroned his Nigeria counterpart, Nsikakabasi Etim, the immediate past Africa Scrabble Champion, when he finished first in a 32-game marathon to become the best in the duel. Ayorinde was ranked sixteenth at …

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SEC to colaborate with EFCC on Market infraction The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working on a Memorandum of Inderstanding (MoU) with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to provide an efficient and effective  policing of the capital market. This was disclosed by the Director General of SEC Mounir Gwarzo when the Management of the Commission paid a …

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President Muhammadu Buhari DMO boss tells Nigerians, be creative, support FG’s recovery efforts The Director General of Debt Management Office (DMO), Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, has called on Nigerians to be more creative and support the federal government’s efforts at getting the country out of recession. Nwankwo at a breakfast meeting with editors in Lagos on Friday, observed that the task …

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