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Sterling Bank Plc has jointly and severally secured a $16,412,819.06 million and N100,493,225 million judgement before a Federal high court sitting in Lagos, against the former Aviation minister Senator Stella Oduah and her company Sea Petroleum and Gas Limited. The Judgement sum represent outstanding debt owed by the Sea Petroleum and Gas company and duly guaranteed by Senator Stella Oduah as …

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The Kano State Government has revoked over N5bn contract for the construction of four major roads in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Garba, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Friday. He said the decision to revoke the contracts was taken during the weekly Executive Council meeting held at the …

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has registered over 300,000 candidates for its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in one week. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos State. Benjamin said that this was coming a week after the commencement of the registration exercise. NAN reports …

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The Nigeria Government is shopping for $1.1billion to implement the Nigeria-Brazil Cooperation Project Agriculture tagged: “Green Imperative.” Speaking at the inauguration of the project in Abuja, Finance Minister Hajia Zainab Ahmed, said the chunk of facility will be provided by the Brazilian government. According to her, the launch of the project was part of moves by the President Muhammadu Buhari …

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The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday unveiled the National Financial Inclusion Strategy designed to ensure that at least 80 per cent of Nigerians have access to banking and other financial services. The CBN Deputy Governor on Financial System Stability, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, made the presentation at the National Financial Literacy Stakeholders’ Conference in Abuja on Thursday. She said that …

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The House of Representatives on Thursday stepped down the consideration of the 2019 budget to enable members to study the document. The development followed a motion by Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Edward Pwajok, at the second plenary for the year presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, in Abuja. The House had on resumption from its annual …

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The Police in Anambra, on Thursday said they had arrested a teenager for allegedly stealing a woman’s underwear for ritual purposes. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Haruna Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police, said in Awka that the suspect, 19, was apprehended on January 11 in Onitsha. “On January 11, 2019, at about 6.48 a.m., Police detectives attached to Central …

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Journalists in Ghana are mourning the death of their colleague, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was shot dead on Wednesday night. Ahmed is an undercover reporter with Tiger Eye, an investigative media platform owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Ghana. The journalist was instrumental to the story which exposed the corruption in the Ghanian sports sector. On Wednesday, gunmen on a motorbike …

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Against the backdrop of incessant hostility mounted on its operation, electricity consumers in Edo State, especially those hiding under the cover of civil rights advocacy to foist unlawful conducts, and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, have been urged to desist from doing so fortwith or face legal actions. A group with 46 allied Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Transparency Advocacy …

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Photo Caption: From Left; Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan;  President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Razak Jaiyeola; Chief Financial Officer, Ecobank Nigeria, Abiola Aderinola and Registrar, ICAN, John Evbodaghe during a courtesy visit by Ecobank Management Team to ICAN Head office in Lagos on Wednesday Advertisement

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