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Dignitaries Confirm GOCOP Conference Attendance
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), a group for the highest strata of Nigerian media professionals in online publishing, has secured firm...
CDAs Opposes el-Rufai’s restructuring of traditional institutions in Kaduna State
By Amos Dunia, [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Southern Kaduna Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities (CDAs Forum) has denounced and rejected the plot by the Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led administration...
Heritage Bank partners Oyo State on N50bn Healthcare Endowment Fund
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]eritage Bank Plc has partnered Oyo State Government in transforming the healthcare sector through the N50billion Healthcare Endowment Fund, as part of its...
Nigeria Youths: Celebrated Abroad, Despised At Home
By Jerome-Mario Utomi It gladdens my heart seeing the youths of Nigeria occupy some top diplomatic positions in global bodies, while also calling...
US Military Calls off Search for 3 Missing Marines
The U.S. military says it has called off the search for three U.S. Marines who are missing after their tilt-rotor aircraft crashed into...
FG Offers Monthly Savings Bond At 13.535%, 14.535% for Retail Investors
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Government has offered for subscription two-year and three-year Savings Bonds to investors at 13.535 per cent and 14.535 per cent, respectively...
Anambra Governor appoints Tony Nezianya media aide
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State has appointed Tony Nezianya, a veteran journalist and a former director of the News Agency of Nigeria,...
Buhari Recovering Rapidly, Says Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said he was delighted to see the rapid recovery President Buhari has made from his health challenges. Welby made...
Flouting his own advice, Trump will take extended vacation
(AP) — Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is getting ready...
NNPC Commended For Clean, Updated Audit
Once again, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has received a positive audit report. ‘’Let me at this juncture commend the Group Managing Director,...
Creative Industry Gets Pioneer Status’, Qualifies For Tax Holiday
The Federal Government has granted ‘Pioneer Status’ to the Creative Industry, in a landmark move aimed at transforming the industry to a creative...
Feeding Nigeria’s 200 million people will be huge business- First Bank CEO
Nigeria imports nearly a shipload of rice every week. But it is one of the most agriculturally fertile countries in Africa. The challenge,...
NNPC, Shell, Chevron Sign Agreements to Boost FG Revenue by $16 billion
Two sets of alternative financing agreements on Joint Venture (JV) projects to boost reserves and production in line with government’s aspiration were executed...
Saraki: APC Docile, Inactive And Not Same As Years Ago, Says I’m a Member ‘Body and Spirit’
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that he has no plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the he is...
Despite IMF’s Forecast, Nigeria Economy To Grow 2.2 Per cent in 2017 Says FG
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he federal government expects the economy to grow 2.2 percent this year, according to a strategy document cited by Reuters on Thursday. The...
Poverty-stricken Calabar man sells 2-year-old son for just N150, 000
Apparently ravaged by the current economic hardship, 52-year-old Abraham Udoh, has sold off his two-year-old son for N150,000 in Calabar, Nigeria. Udoh bargained...
