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Recession: Senate rejects sale of national assets After much condemnation by various stakeholders in the domestic economy, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday rejected the calls for the sale of the country’s national assets. On its social media handle, the Senate said it “rejected prayer 3 of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee which sought for the sale of National Assets …

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FG, States, Others Meet on Economy as NACOFED Opens in Ogun Tuesday The National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) 2016 conference, which opens in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Tuesday, will examine options available to government to improve its revenue streams especially in a period of low earnings from crude oil. The conference, which is being hosted by the Minister of …

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  Today’s headlines   Four dies in Tompolo’s father’s burial Man nabbed for raping teenage daughter Boko Haram: UK to support with 80m pounds, US, $41m FUNAAB students to resume 3 October Edo declares two days public holidays for election Sokoto Govt lays foundation of N1.2bn school complex 8 truck drivers arrested in Ekiti during monthly sanitation exercise Militancy: Nigeria …

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  President  Buhari          Minister for Finance, Adeosun Economic growth as panacea for employment creation The growth of an economy, especially as it relates to the wellbeing of its citizenry, is best measured by the numbers of its productive class that are meaningfully employed. In this piece FRIDAY EKEOBA x-ray government claims to growth in the face of dwindling economic indicators. …

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PFN Blames Buhari’s Silence for Herdsmen Attacks Worried by the incessant attacks by some herdsmen on innocent Nigerians in all parts of the country, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) says the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari has fuelled the rampaging activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country. According to an agency report, the PFN in a statement, by its …

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Nigeria officially in recession, GDP growth drops to -2.06% The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS will be releasing the second quarter GDP which will show that the country is officially in recession because the economy shrank by -2% in the second quarter of the year. Key indices that let to this result includes the sharp drop in Nigeria’s soverign revenue. …

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Giving Credit to Whom It is Due By Tope Bankole and Uzoma Ngozi   On July 26, the media was awash with news of the commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna railway project. The news elicited a tweet from the PDP via their official twitter handle. This eventually sparked off a controversy on who should actually take the credit for the completion …

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The controversy raging in the Nigerian Senate between Senator Dino Melaye and Senator Oluremi Tinubu has generated several comments nationwide in the past few days. Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has come to the open to deny some of the utterances attributed to him. According to him, it is impossible for him to impregnate wife of …

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Great Nigerian Workers! Great Nigerian Workers! I bring you greetings. It is with great pleasure that I honour the invitation by the two Federations of Trade Unions, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to attend the 2016 National May Day celebrations. As you all know, this is my first outing in this forum which has …

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Contrary to rumour making the rounds at the wake of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the People’s Republic of China that the Nigerian leader would sign a $2bn loan deal with China to fund the over ₦2tn budget deficit, Africa’s largest population however has gained more from the President’s visit to the Asian giant. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina had refuted …

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