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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:41:59 GMT
How Muslims, Christians Work for Peace in Troubled Plateau State
[Premium Times] Years of ethnic and religious crises in Plateau State have thought residents to live among their own people.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:19:13 GMT
Minister Orders Prison Officials to Shoot Jailbreakers
[Leadership] The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has ordered officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to shoot dead any person who attempts to attack a prison facility across the country.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:35:59 GMT
Buhari Says Price of Rice to Fall After Launch of Pyramids
[Premium Times] The president launched 13 pyramids of rice paddy.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:03:28 GMT
Buhari Has Broken Jinx of Presidents Enriching Themselves, Cronies - Presidency
[This Day] The presidency, yesterday, declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has broken the jinx of sitting Presidents and cronies enriching themselves at the expense of the state.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:36:30 GMT
220 People Killed, 200 Kidnapped in Niger State Between January 1 & 17 - Governor
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced a major military operation in Niger to tackle the terror groups there.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:35:02 GMT
Sudden Amended Charges Interrupt Nigerian Separatist Leader's Trial
[VOA] Abuja -- Nigerian prosecutors added charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu ahead of his trial Tuesday. Kanu's lawyer describes the new charges as a "joke" and says authorities are trying to expand his time in detention.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:34:06 GMT
Why Inflation Rose in December After Eight-Month Fall - Analyst
[Premium Times] Nigeria's headline inflation rose to 15.63 per cent in December 2021 compared to 15.40 per cent in November.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:19:15 GMT
Nigeria to Retrieve 1,030 Benin Bronzes From Germany - Commission
[Premium Times] Many artefacts had been received from Germany but the commission would receive at least an additional 1, 030 in 2022.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:36:58 GMT
Heavy Security As Court Set to Deliver Judgement in Nnamdi Kanu Vs Govt Suit
[Vanguard] Heavily armed security operatives have cordoned off the roads leading to the premises of Abia State High Court complex located on Ikot Ekpene Road Umuahia as the court is set to deliver judgement today on the suit filed by the Leader of th...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:34:04 GMT
Why I Accepted to Join Obi Asika, Simi As New Judges On Nigerian Idol Season 7 - D'Banj
[Vanguard] Multiple award-winning entertainer, D'banj alongside songbird, Simi, have been unveiled as new judges for the seventh season on Nigerian Idol.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Ooni of Ife Urges Stakeholders to Build On Legacies of Founding Fathers of Nigerian Film Industry
[Vanguard] The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has called on the stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry to endeavour to build on the legacies of those who laid the foundation of the industry.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:31:52 GMT
Ebeano Supermarket Opens in Canada
[Premium Times] The Ebeano store is located on 358-360 Ontario street, St Catharines.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:31:51 GMT
Covid-19 - Nigeria Records Six Deaths,163 Infections Tuesday
[Premium Times] NCDC added that the FCT accounted for four of the six fatalities

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:31:50 GMT
Shoot to Kill, Aregbesola Tells Prison Operatives
[Premium Times] The minister says operatives should defend prison facilities at all cost.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:44:13 GMT
No Poll Timetable Till Electoral Bill Is Signed Into Law - INEC
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said yesterday it would not release the 2023 general elections timetable until the Electoral Act Amendment Bill was signed into law.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:29:19 GMT
Biting Economic Hardship - How We Are Surviving - South-East Residents
[Vanguard] The excruciating hardship resulting from the bad shape of the nation's economy is terribly affecting the residents of the South-East region. Not many presently can afford one, let alone three square meals a day. Survival in Nigeria today i...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:27:17 GMT
Doctors Decry Escalation of Child Abuse in Nigeria
[Vanguard] Uyo -- The Paediatric Association of Nigeria, PAN, has decried the escalation of child Abuse menace in the country despite the existing Child Rights Act which was passed into Law in 2003.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:21:02 GMT
Nigerian Companies'll Pay Huge Ransom On Ransomware
[Vanguard] The year 2021 witnessed massive cyberattacks that affected private organisations, government agencies, individuals, and supply chains globally. Nigeria had its fair share of cyberattacks and compromise albeit largely underreported.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:01:42 GMT
Prices of Rice, Other Food Items to Crash Soon, Buhari Assures
[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that prices of food items, especially rice will soon come down.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:01:39 GMT
Nigeria's Production Underperformance Hits 2.4m Barrels in December - OPEC
[This Day] With a daily underperformance figure of 78,000 barrels per day in December, Nigeria lost as much as 2.418 million barrels of crude in the last month of 2021, data released by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) showed ...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:01:34 GMT
Bodo Vs Shell - Over 14,000 Beneficiaries Accuse British Lawyer of Underhand Dealings in £55m Oil Spill Compensation
[This Day] Bodo community in Rivers State has accused its British Solicitor and Senior Partner, Leigh Day & Co, Mr. Martyn Day, of short-changing over 14,000 beneficiaries in the £55 million compensation paid by Shell Petroleum Development Company (...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:47:50 GMT
Buhari Never Directed Fuel Subsidy Removal, Says Lawan
[This Day] Abuja -- The Senate President yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari had not directed anyone in his government to implement the removal of petroleum subsidy.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:41:59 GMT
APC Member Writes Buhari, Asks President to Intervene in Aregbesola, Oyetola Feud
[Premium Times] Mr Aregbesola was recently seen on video addressing a gathering in Osun where he told them that the APC in the state had split into two and he controlled one of them.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:41:59 GMT
Osun 2022 - Why We Cleared All Aspirants Despite Litany of Petitions - PDP Panel
[Premium Times] The PDP Screening Committee recently cleared the six aspirants to contest the party's governorship primary election.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:41:58 GMT
Nigerian University Students Protest Poor Facilities, Demand Better Welfare
[Premium Times] "The locking of these gates or all the other gates here does not address any of these issues. I think we should outgrow this approach of getting things done... " the university's vice dean of student affairs, said.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:41:58 GMT
P&ID Saga - EFCC Quizzes Ex-Lagos Attorney-General Supo Shasore
[Premium Times] As of 9.17p.m. on Tuesday when this newspaper got to know of the development, the source confirmed that Mr Shasore was still being grilled by operatives of the commission over the P&ID saga.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:32:24 GMT
Enugu Community's Fight for the Soul of Their Ancestral Land
[This Day] Ugwuoba Community in Enugu State is currently accusing the state government of plotting to hijack 88.9 hectares of their ancestral land within the 150 hectares by force, and appropriate said land, under the guise of developing Ibrahim Abac...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:50:47 GMT
Bandits Attacked 300 Niger Communities, Kidnapped 200 in 16 Days - Niger Gov
[Leadership] Niger State governor Abubakar Sani Bello has disclosed that this year alone not less than 300 communities have been invaded by bandits and 200 people have been kidnapped.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:50:44 GMT
Nigeria Is Becoming Self-Sufficient in Food Production - Buhari
[Leadership] For President Muhammadu Buhari, the commissioning of rice pyramids in Abuja yesterday is an indication that Nigeria is making steady and assured progress towards self-sufficiency in food production.

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:50:43 GMT
Buhari Never Directed Removal of Fuel Subsidy - Lawan
[Leadership] Senate President Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has never directed the removal of fuel subsidy.



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