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Buhari Sacks Odubu-Led NNDC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the recomposition of the Dr. Pius Odubu-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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Politics
Rethinking Our Failed Party System
It is quite disturbing that a party which has a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) as it’s number two man is the one showing such a flagrant disregard for the rule of law. A party that rode on the back of hate speech and social media into the office now wants to censor social media and “hate speech”. The same …
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Trump Makes History As Third American President To Be Impeached
President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years.
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Supreme Court Affirms Makinde’s Victory As Oyo Governor
This judgment puts to rest the tussle for the position between the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Oyo State.
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Asiwaju Tinubu Honoured With Doctorate Degree
Pro Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University/Lapai Niger State, Dr Mohammed Kudu Santuraki; National Leader, All Progressives Congress/Awardee, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Raufu Aregbesola and Niger State Governor, Dr Abubakar Sanni Bello, during the 3rd Combined Convocation ceremony of the University/Award of Honorary Doctorate Degree on Asiwaju Tinubu in Niger State at the Weekend.
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AfDB Approves N44.7bn For Water Supply In Ondo
Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nigeria has received a boost as the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday approved a N 44.7 billion ($ 124.2 million) loan to finance the Urban Water Sector Reform and Akure. The amount also includes an African Growing Together Fund (AGTF) loan of $20 million, to finance the project …
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Nigerian Border Closure Didn’t Harm Benin Economy–IMF
Economic performance of The Republic of Benin remains strong despite a less supportive external environment and the border closure with Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund has said. The Brenton Woods institutions made this known on Friday after its Executive Board’s Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with that country. Though Benin’s real GDP is expected to slow down …
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Impunity, Frustration Cost PDP Bayelsa:— Former NBA Chair
Former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Yenagoa branch and onetime Executive Secretary,Federal Character Commission, Barrister Jude Rex-Ogbuku said impunity,disobedience to party rules and regulations and a collition of those frustrated out of the Peoples Democratic Party by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state made the party to lose the state to the All Progressives Congress,APC in the just concluded Governorship election.
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Bayelsa Assembly OK’s N1.741 billion Judiciary Loan, Approves Restructuring Of 2019 State Budget
The Bayelsa state House of Assembly Friday approved a total of 1,741,950,000b loan sought by the state judiciary.
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Extreme Poverty May Hit Nigerians Soon – World Bank Warns
The World Bank in its 2019 Nigeria Economic Update Report which was released on Monday Decemeber 2, warned that Nigeria might be home to 25 per cent of the world’s destitute people if the government fails to revive economic growth and create jobs.
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