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South South Governors To CJN Onnoghen: Ignore CCT Summons
Governors of the South-South geopolitical zone at an emergency meeting on Sunday urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to ignore...
Lagos Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal redeployed to Abuja
The Nigeria Police has redeployed the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal. Kayode Egbetokun has been asked to take over from...
There is Significant Opportunity for Consolidation in Banking Sector – Adeduntan
The Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Subsidiaries, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, in this interview reveals that with about 12,000 agents...
Ivanka Trump under consideration to lead World Bank
President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, who works as a White House adviser, is one of the names being considered as a replacement...
Rumblings over TFP surveillance contract
By Sufuyan Ojeifo When the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) issued a press statement on December 3, 2018, to explain the rationale...
Thousands of American Federal Workers Miss Salaries
Friday is payday for many Americans, but not for hundreds of thousands of federal workers affected by the government shutdown.They’re missing their first...
Atiku accuse Buhari of lying about using govt money for re-election campaign
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of lying that no government fund will be used...
Of INEC, Voting Point Settlements and gerrymandering
By Sufuyan Ojeifo In a situation of partisan frenzy in Nigeria, it is normal for political parties and their operators to perceive some...
APC Governors shun inaugural campaign council meeting
Governors who are to serve as State Coordinators in their respective states of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the...
Ibrahim, another Buhari’s minister resigns
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has resigned her appointment to run for the elections of February 16,...
Nigeria sees $5bn investment benefits in ATI Agency membership
Nigeria could receive as much as $5 billion in gross political and commercial risk insurance cover on total investments and trade from its...
Nigeria plans to raise N1.809trn in Treasury-bills in Q1 2019
The Nigerian government says it has concluded arrangements to raise a total of N1.809 trillion from the debt market, specifically through the Treasury-bill...
PDP will regret suspending me -Gamawa
The suspended deputy national chairman (North) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Babayo Gamawa, who has joined the governing All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Bismarck Rewane heads advisory committee on minimum wage
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday named Bismarck Rewane, financial and economic expert, as chairman of newly inaugurated Presidential Advisory Committee on New National...
Mo Salah Wins African Player Of The Year, Celebrates By Dancing With The Award
To the surprise of absolutely no-one, Mo Salah won the African Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year. After a...
Plot to Assassinate Atiku, Saraki at campaign ground uncovered
…As Frank writes UN, UK, AU, others The Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has...
