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Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:28:47 GMT
Six High Profile Student Kidnaps After Chibok Schoolgirls' Abduction
[Daily Trust] On this day, eight years ago, Boko Haram insurgents invaded a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, at dead of night and abducted hundreds of teenage schoolgirls.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:13:43 GMT
U.S. Approves $1 Billion Arms Sale to Nigeria
[Premium Times] According to a statement Thursday by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the equipments are to cost Nigeria about $997 million.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:57 GMT
Nigerians Eagerly Await Goodluck Jonathan to Declare Intention for President - Report
[This Day] It has been revealed from behind the scenes in the political circles that Nigerians of different ethnic extraction, political organisations and power brokers among major political parties are now eagerly waiting for former President Goodlu...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:44 GMT
Buhari Will Implement Judgement On 35% Affirmative Action for Women - Minister
[Premium Times] The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, informed of steps being made to fulfil the implementation of 35% Affirmative Action for Women in public offices

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:42:36 GMT
Buhari Seeks Passage of Money Laundering, Terrorism Prevention Bills
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari said the deficiencies in the country's Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism regime (AML/CFT), make it imperative for the passage of both bill.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:31:00 GMT
Is TikTok's Influence On the Music Industry a Fad or Here to Stay?
[This Day] To a large extent, the gap between Nigerian artists and their foreign counterparts is continually bridged by technology. Unlike in the 1990s, various advancements in technology have led to the birth of platforms that have increased the rea...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:13:44 GMT
Buhari Pardons Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame Serving Jail Terms for Corruption - 157 Others
[Premium Times] Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, convicted for corruption, were pardoned on health and age grounds when they still have several years to complete their jail terms.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:30:53 GMT
How Bride-to-Be, 28 Others Died in Sokoto Boat Accident
[Daily Trust] Twenty-nine persons, among them a bride-to-be, have died in a boat mishap that occurred on Wednesday in Shagari River at Gidan Magana in Shagari LGA of Sokoto State.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:14 GMT
Buhari Writes National Assembly, Seeks Passage of Money Laundering, Terrorism Prevention Bills
[Vanguard] The two arms of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, yesterday, received the Money Laundering and Terrorism Prevention Bills transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari for expeditious consideration and passage.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:09 GMT
Plateau Massacre - How 106 Persons Were Killed, Over 100 Houses Burnt in One Night
[Vanguard] More facts, yesterday, emerged about how 106 persons were killed by bandits, who attacked about 10 communities in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau State on Sunday.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:08 GMT
Residents Lament Again As Water Scarcity Hits Plateau
[Vanguard] TYPICAL of a plateau, water scarcity has remained a lingering problem in Jos, the Plateau State capital with many sharing the few available water sources with lower animals in many parts of the town. The situation is worrisome as the probl...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:04 GMT
We May Dump APC - Aregbesola's Loyalist
[Vanguard] As the crisis between Osun state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola lingers, loyalists of the Minister of Interior said the group may dump the ruling party in the state.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:49:01 GMT
Benue Bandits Attacks - Two-Year-Old Battles for Life After Being Shot On Her Vagina
[Vanguard] Two years old Msurshima Iorshie is currently battling for her life at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, after she was reportedly shot on her vagina by the armed herdsmen who last Monday invaded Tiortyu community in Tarka...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:48:46 GMT
UN Allocates $15m to Address Rising Food Insecurity in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Around 4.5 million people across Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya are already, or soon will be, facing emergency levels of hunger.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:48:45 GMT
Veteran Saxophonist, Orlando Julius Dies At 79
[Premium Times] Orlando Julius, was a saxophonist, singer, band leader, and songwriter closely associated with afrobeat music.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:43 GMT
Didn't Tinubu Just Goof On MC Oluomo?
[This Day] Felix Oboagwina opines that the All Progressives Congress strongman and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu has shown clear bias in handling the crisis between the National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transpo...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:41 GMT
U.S. State Dept Approves $1 Billion Sale of Cobra Attack Helicopters to Nigeria, Delayed Over Human Rights Concerns
[This Day] The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:40 GMT
DJ Cuppy Urges Youths to Gear Up for 2023 Elections
[This Day] Nigerian Disc Jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy recently opined that Nigeria being a country with a huge youth population, would clearly be a deciding factor come 2023.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:37 GMT
USAID Launches $3.5m Activity to Improve Water Safety in Jigawa, Kano
[This Day] The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Partners for Development has launched a three-year $3.5 million Water Improvement and Sanitation Enhancement (WISE) activity to improve water safety in Jigawa and Kano ...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:37 GMT
FAO DG Urges Africa to Stand Tall Amid Complex Challenges, Worsening Hunger Crisis
[This Day] The Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, has urged Africa to stand tall in facing the many challenges in the continent amid worsening hunger crisis.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:34 GMT
Travel Agents - Airlines Don't Sell Tickets in Dollars in Nigeria
[This Day] President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mrs. Susan Akporiaye has denied the plan by foreign airlines to sell tickets in dollars following the forex scarcity and inability of airlines to repatriate their ea...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:31 GMT
NNPC Expecting First Gas From AKK Pipeline in Q1 2023, Says Kyari
[This Day] Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, yesterday said that the national oil firm and its partners expect first gas production from the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline p...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:28 GMT
Malabu - Transfer of OPL 245 Asset Got Presidential Approval, Documents Show
[This Day] The transfer of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 after a 2006 out-of-court settlement between the federal government and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited got the approval of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, new documents have shown.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:25 GMT
Govt Faults NLC's Demand for High-Powered Panel On ASUU Strike
[This Day] The federal government has described the call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the setting up of a high-powered committee to resolve the ongoing strike by university lecturers as unwarranted.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:34:20 GMT
We're Emboldened By Easter That Good Will Soon Triumph Over Evil - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his administration has been emboldened by the spirit of Easter that soon, Good would triumph over evil, adding that the recurring insecurity and uncertainties that currently prevailed across the ...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:52:36 GMT
CBN Earns N24.8bn From RT 200 Export Policy in 60 Days
[Daily Trust] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has realized $60 million (about N24.872 billion) from its RT 200 export policy it launched in February this year to boost foreign exchange (forex) repatriation to Nigeria.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:52:33 GMT
Higher Debts - Govt Blames Low Revenue, Diversifying Earnings
[Daily Trust] The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said the inability to generate more revenue is responsible for Nigeria's high Debt Service-to-Revenue Ratio just as the federal government is diversifying its revenue sources.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:51:28 GMT
Omo-Agege Joins Delta Gov'ship Race, Promises to End PDP's Rule
[Leadership] Senate Deputy President, (DSP), Ovie Omo-Agege has said his achievements in the Senate and in Delta State are enough for him to become the next governor of the state under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:51:23 GMT
Cholera, Measles Kill 61 in Adamawa, Benue
[Leadership] No fewer than 61 people have been confirmed dead from cholera and measles in Adamawa and Benue states, respectively.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:51:20 GMT
National Assembly Approves N4trn for Fuel Subsidy, $73pb Crude Benchmark
[Leadership] The House of Representatives yesterday approved the N4 trillion for fuel subsidy.



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