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Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:55:47 GMT
Lagos Governor Declares Three Days of Mourning After Ikoyi Building Collapse
[This Day] Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared three days of mourning in Lagos State over the Ikoyi building collapse tragedy which occurred on Monday.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:37 GMT
Govt Set to Monitor Implementation of National Minimum Wage
[Premium Times] "For those who have complied fully will be put on honors list and sanction (for) those who have not and have no good reason."

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:55:42 GMT
MTN Nigeria to Launch First Public Shares Sale, Offers 575 Million Units
[Premium Times] It is the first time the local unit of Johannesburg-based MTN Group will welcome subscription from the public roughly two and a half years after it debuted on the NGX.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:54:29 GMT
Lagos State Governor Declares 3-Day Mourning for Victims in Ikoyi Building Collapse
[Premium Times] "All flags are to be flown at half-mast in public and private buildings and official engagements cancelled during the mourning period,"

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:33:30 GMT
Fuel Subsidies - They're Bad for the Economy, but the Lifeblood of Politicians
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, has come under fire from the International Monetary Fund as well as World Bank for the heavy financial burden it carries in providing subsidies for fuel and kerosene. The criticism is ...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:36 GMT
Anambra Decides 2021 - Key Campaign Promises of Seven Major Candidates
[Premium Times] A total of 18 political parties are presenting candidates in Saturday's governorship election in Anambra State.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:55:29 GMT
Pirates' Attacks - Navy Deploys 13 Warships, 1,500 Troops in Gulf of Guinea
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Navy says three foreign navies would also participate in the exercise in the Gulf of Guinea.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:29:05 GMT
MTN Nigeria to Launch First Public Shares Sale, Offers 575 Million Units
[Premium Times] It is the first time the local unit of Johannesburg-based MTN Group will welcome subscription from the public roughly two and a half years after it debuted on the NGX.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:15:56 GMT
Nigerian Army Remains Apolitical - Spokesman Nwachukwu
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Army says it remains apolitical whenever called upon by civil authorities to provide internal security.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:09:29 GMT
Prominent Woman Leader Urges Nigerian Women to Support Amaechi in 2023
[Vanguard] The National Woman Leader for Coalition for Progress and Continuity (CPC), Princess Sandra Onoja has beckoned on Nigerians especially women to be careful of the choices of who will be President of Nigeria in 2023.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:08:57 GMT
What Happens in Anambra On Saturday? It Depends
[Vanguard] JUST hours before voters in Anambra State decide the next governor, a party not on the ballot is getting serious attention. The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, the separatist group demanding an independent homeland, has declared there ...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:55:49 GMT
IGR - Ogun Generates N75 Billion in Nine Months
[This Day] Abeokuta -- The Ogun State Government has realised not less than N75 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the last nine months.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:55:49 GMT
'Adoption of Online Strategies, Improved Social Media Presence Vital for Brand Competitiveness Post Covid-19'
[This Day] The Chief Executive Officer, ADSTRAT Branding Management Consortium, Charles O'Tudor, has stated that for brands and corporates to remain competitive in the post-COVID-19 era, there is need to adopt effective online strategies and improved...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:55:49 GMT
Need to Take Aghan Threat to Aviation Sector Seriously
[This Day] Chinedu Eze

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:33:52 GMT
House - Designating Bandits As Terrorists Will Empower Military to End Insecurity
[This Day] Abuja -- The House of Representatives has said designating bandits as terrorists would give security forces more power to deal and curtail the spread of banditry.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:20 GMT
Power Minister - Why Mambilla, Kashambilla Projects Have Not Been Completed
[This Day] The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu yesterday explained why Mambilla and some other power projects across the country were yet to be completed.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:17 GMT
Nigeria, Other African Countries to Benefit From UK's £143.5m Climate Change Support
[This Day] In a bid to tackle the impact of extreme weather and climate change, the United Kingdom (UK) government has announced a £143.5million funding to support Nigeria and other African governments to roll-out critical adaptation projects.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:14 GMT
Cost of Governance - Govt Moves to Scrap Agencies Created Since 2014
[Vanguard] The Federal Government has announced its decision to review the propriety or otherwise of agencies created since 2014, after a White Paper was released on the report of the Committee on the Restructuring and Rationalization of Federal Gove...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:11 GMT
Insecurity, Bad Governance, Nepotism Bane of Nigeria's Unity - Atiku, Udom
[Vanguard] Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State have identified insecurity, bad governance, poverty and nepotism as factors affecting unity in Nigeria.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:08 GMT
Illegal Sell of Vessel in Port Harcourt - Police Arrest Key Suspect
[Vanguard] Detectives from Force headquarters, Abuja have succeeded in arresting a key suspect allegedly involved in the illegal sell of the vessel named MT Okiki belonging to one Dr. Henry Okechukwu Obi in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, last year.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:32:01 GMT
ASUU Gives Govt 48hrs to Rescue Victims of UniAbuja Kidnap
[Vanguard] The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has given the Federal Government a 48-hour ultimatum to rescue victims kidnapped from the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, early Monday morning.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:15:03 GMT
Senators Lambast Amaechi Over Kano-Niger Republic Rail Project
[Premium Times] The senators accused the Transportation minister for discrimination against some geopolitical zones in the country in the area of rail projects execution.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:36 GMT
Journalism in Africa - Its Soldiers and Protectors - Enemies and Executioners
[Premium Times] I will like to begin this Keynote Address by congratulating the mass media across the world, especially the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) for the Pandora Papers. They leaked 11.9 million documents and 2....

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:25:34 GMT
How Aircraft Underutlisation Affects Airlines' Profitability
[This Day] Chinedu Eze writes that due to infrastructural, environmental and managerial factors, Nigerian airlines underutilise their aircraft, which has negative impact on their profitability.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:25:29 GMT
MTN to Offload 14 Percent Equity to Nigerian Public
[Leadership] MTN Nigeria said its parent company, MTN Group Limited, has given it go-ahead to proceed with a public offer for sale of up to 575 million shares in MTN Nigeria by way of a bookbuild to institutional investors and fixed price to retail i...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:25:25 GMT
NASS Tackles Amaechi Over $1.3bn Kano-Maradi Rail Project
[Leadership] The National Assembly, on Thursday, tackled the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, over plan to construct a standard gauge for Kano-Maradi rail line and a narrow gauge for other rail projects in the country.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:38 GMT
Court Jails Civil Servant Seven Years for N86.1 Million Fraud
[Premium Times] The judge found him guilty of four counts of fraud out of the six preferred against him and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on each count.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:38 GMT
Woman Who Drowned Daughters Inside Well to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation
[Premium Times] "She is still with the state CID and the bodies of her daughters (aged five and eight) were recovered yesterday (Wednesday), with the help of fire service..."

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:37 GMT
Ikoyi Building Collapse - Corpse of Developer, Osibona, 'Retrieved From Rubble'
[Premium Times] There is no official confirmation yet on Mr Osibona, but a close friend of his, Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation Magazine, mourned him on his Instagram page.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:15:36 GMT
Mary Odili's House Raid - Denials By AGF, Police, Others, Not Satisfactory - NBA
[Premium Times] The NBA vows not to leave no stone unturned in its bid to unmask all those behind "this attack" on Mary Odili's home and bring them to justice.



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