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June, 2022

  • 28 June

    TINUBU’S CERTIFICATE SAGA, A NON-ISSUE IF INEC’s RECORD IS EFFICIENT – UZODIMMA

    The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday described the certificates controversy around the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu as a non issue. Uzondinma argued that as long as the records of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are efficient with a functional server Tinubu …

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  • 28 June

    NAICOM Cancels Licenses Of Niger Insurance, Standard Alliance Insurance

    The National Insurance Commission, on Tuesday cancelled the Certificates of Registration of Niger Insurance Plc and Standard Alliance Insurance Plc. The apex regulator of the insurance industry revealed this in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications and Market Development, ‘Rasaaq ‘Salami. Following the cancellation of the license, the …

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  • 28 June

    WE ARE FIGHTING TO DEFEND, NOT TO KILL OUR PEOPLE -NNAMDI KANU

    The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, granted an interview after one year of detention by the security agencies. Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court dismissed his bail application on the grounds that he failed to convince he court why he must be …

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  • 28 June

    Fuel subsidy, refinery rehabilitation gulped N1.3tn in five months – NNPC

    The amount spent as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and on refinery rehabilitation between January and May this year was N1.301tn, figures released on Monday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited showed. NNPC disclosed this in its latest presentation to the Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting …

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  • 28 June

    Buhari jets to Portugal to receive National Honour

    President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. According to a statement signed on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President will be conferred with the country’s National …

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  • 27 June

    Police Arrest Suspected Killer Of Ahmed Gulak

    Police authorities in Imo State say they have arrested one of the suspected killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak. The former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was reportedly killed on Saturday, 29th May, 2021, while returning to Abuja from Owerri, the Imo state …

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  • 27 June

    FG To Reduce Housing Deficit Before May 2023

    The Federal Government has vowed to considerably cut down the about 17 million housing deficits across the country before the end of the current administration in May 2023. Although it argued that the projected 17 million housing deficits in Nigeria had not been scientifically proven, the government insisted that it …

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  • 27 June

    We ‘ll Strengthen SEC To Reposition Nigeria’s Capital Market—FG

    The Federal Government has said it would strengthen the Securities and Exchange Commission to reposition the Nigeria’s capital market to be at par with its peers globally. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made the commitment in Abuja Monday, when she received the Revised Nigerian …

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  • 27 June

    AfDB approves Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation to transform Africa’s pharmaceutical industry

    The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the manufacture of medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said: …

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  • 27 June

    Tinubu travels to France amid running mate controversy

    The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, left the country for France. Tinubu departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the morning. This was contained in a statement …

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