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Sep 10, 2020

Nigeria’s debt hits N31tr

Nigeria’s total debt stock has risen in the last three months to N31.009 trillion ($85.897 billion), from N28.628 trillion ($79.303billion), according to the De...

Sep 10, 2020

COVID-19 cases reach 55,632 in Nigeria

Nigeria now has 55,632 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 176 new cases recorded on Wednesday night According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Con...

Sep 09, 2020

Buhari orders quick release of N2.3tr stimulus funds •Millions of jobs coming, says Osinbajo

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the “speedy and timely released” of the N2.3 trillion Economic Sustainability Package to “cushion the effect of Co...

Sep 09, 2020

Obaseki: I will accept defeat if I lose fairly

Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he will accept defeat if he loses in a fair election. Obaseki, who spoke with reporters yesterday after visiting Inspector-G...

Sep 09, 2020

Buhari: Trump asked me about killing of Christians

PRESIDENT Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday poured out his mind on some of the critical issues especially misconceptions on the state of the nation. Speaking extemp...

Sep 09, 2020

Buhari urges ECOWAS leaders to resist temptation of tenure elongation

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders not to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitu...

Sep 08, 2020

Police retirees captured in NHIS

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has kick-started the inclusion of retired policemen in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to expand we...

Sep 08, 2020

Registration for 774,000 jobs ends in two weeks, says Fed Govt

The Federal Government has said registration for the 774,000 Special Public Works Programme will end on September 21, 2020. The government, which announced t...

Sep 07, 2020

BREAKING: Ghana president Akufi-Addo elected new ECOWAS Chair

The President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the ongoing 57t...

Sep 07, 2020

Why NWC was dissolved, by APC

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) sacked the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) to end its internal crises, documents sighted by The Nat...

Sep 07, 2020

Okorocha’s loyalists back Uzodimma’s bid to unite APC

Governor Hope Uzodimma’s bid to unite the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State has received a boost, following the signal coming from the camp of erstwh...

Sep 07, 2020

$9.6b P&ID judgment vindicates Magu, says lawyer

OFFICERS of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who investigated Process and Industrial Developments (P & ID), are still on suspension, despite...

Sep 07, 2020

Nigeria records 100 new COVID-19 cases, total now 55,005

Nigeria has recorded 100 new cases of coronavirus. A tweet from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night revealed that 39 of the cases w...

Sep 04, 2020

BREAKING: Messi to remain in Barcelona

Talisman Lionel Messi is due to announce his decision to remain in Barcelona any moment from now. The six-time Ballon D’or winner informed the club he wanted...

Sep 04, 2020

UPDATED: FG receives COVID-19 vaccine from Russia

The Federal Government on Friday received the sample COVID-19 vaccine from Russia. The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Alexey L. Shebarshin, who delivere...

Sep 04, 2020

11 win Dangote Cement promo

Eleven persons have joined the ranks of millionaires as they received dummy cheques of N1 million being their star prizes in the ongoing Dangote Cement Bag of G...

Sep 04, 2020

IBB Golf Club to host 2020 WCGC

The IBB International Golf & Country Abuja will come alive on October 2 to 4, as the Club hosts the return of the famous World Corporate Golf Challenge, (WCGC)...

Sep 04, 2020

Ayade opens school, others

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has inaugurated a school and staff quarters for headteachers as well as youth corps members in Abijang, a riverine communit...

Sep 04, 2020

Gbajabiamila warns against fiery utterances on Nigeria, Ghana face-off • Ghanaian minister insists Nigerians must obey trade law

House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has cautioned Nigerian and Ghanaian leaders against utterances that can escalate tension between both countri...

Sep 04, 2020

Police screen 1379 applicants in Lagos

A total of 1,379 candidates from 18 local governments areas (LGAs) in Lagos State have been screened in the ongoing police constable recruitment, the command sa...