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National Sugar Master Plan could fetch Nigeria over $700million annually — Dangote
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP)...
Despite UAE’s naming of Nigerians financing terrorism globally and in Nigeria, Presidency says no naming or shaming of the financiers
“Rest assured that these people (terror financiers) would be tried before justice and justice would have its way” Several days after the...
Calls for Emefiele’s resignation: An outburst of grief, balderdash from beneficiaries of rent-seeking practices in Nigeria’s parallel forex market – CBN
“The CBN will not be distracted in its mandate by yielding to the selfish tendencies of a few to the detriment of...
Attempted coup fails in Sudan
Sudanese authorities have foiled an attempted coup, the army said on Tuesday, warding off a challenge to a civilian-military council that has run...
Ex-President Obasanjo, Prof. Utomi unimpressed with Buhari’s quest for more foreign loans
“But if you are borrowing and accumulating debts for the next generation and the next generation after them, it is criminal”...
Petroleum Industry Act: Pres. orders incorporation of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd
In furtherance to the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National...
Social critic and ex-CBN Deputy Governor, Obadiah Mailafia, passes on
A social critic and former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has exited the world. Mailafia, who breathed...
United Airlines launches nonstops flights from Dulles, Washington to Lagos, Nigeria with Dreamliner
United Airlines is adding Lagos, Nigeria, to its international itinerary from Dulles International Airport, with the only nonstops from the D.C. region to...
Suspend your strike, go back to work, court orders resident doctors
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh After about 46 days of industrial action, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) was on Friday ordered...
Breaking: DSS loses as court awards N20bn damages in favour of Igboho over bloody raid of his Ibadan home
“Justice Ladiran Akintola condemned the DSS for acting based on what he described as arbitrary aggression and prejudices from Igboho’s agitation for...
Bank of America Says Oil Prices Could Climb Above $100
The price of oil could hit $100 per barrel over the next six months If winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere turn...
Why we backed out of dialogue with bandits — Zamfara Gov. Matawalle
Zamfara Gov. Bello Matawalle says he is backing out of dialogue with the bandits that had unleashed reign of terror on the...
It’s our constitutional right to collect VAT, Southern governors say
…no going back on anti-open grazing laws in their respective states “State Houses of Assembly in the South and their representatives in...
Bawa is hale and hearty, says EFCC
The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) has said its chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is hale and hearty. The announcement came against the backdrop...
Just in: EFCC chair, Bawa, slumps
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, has reportedly slumped at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on...
