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Yearly Archives: 2020

FG still wants $5.3bn loan from China for Ibadan-Kano rail project

The federal government has insisted that it requires about $5.3 billion loan from China to fund the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project.  The Minister of...

DSS issues fresh invitation to Mailafiya

  The Department of state Security Service, DSS, has re-invited the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya. Last Wednesday,...

Nigerians in South Africa decry gender-based violence

Nigerians in South Africa have called on authorities in that country to end all forms of gender based violence and encourage gender equality. The National...

298 new COVID-19 cases, Nigeria almost on 50,000

Nigeria now has 49,068 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 298 new cases recorded on Sunday. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control,...

New Zealand postpones election amid coronavirus resurgence

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday postponed the general election by four weeks to October 17 but ruled out delaying it any...

Lekwot to Shari’ah Council: Calling for my execution laughable

Former military governor of old Rivers State, Major-General Zamani Lekwot, has told the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) that the call for...

Obi lied on N35bn pension, gratuity arrears –Ngige

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has described recent claims by former Anambra Governor, Mr. Peter Obi of inheriting  N35 billion arrears...

Tax relief: Fed Govt, World Bank plan $2.5m grant for each state

Some states that began implementation of tax relief for individual taxpayers and businesses by September 31 are to be compensated. Such states will partake in...

Presidency to Na’Abba: leave Buhari out of your issue

The Presidency last night advised a former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Umar Na’Abba not to bring President Muhammadu Buhari into whatever...

Shoprite battles $10m judgment debt, barred from transferring assets

THE Federal High Court in Lagos has made an order of mareva injunction stopping Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited from disposing of or transferring its...

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