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Nigeria to host single African market summit next year as continent strives to combat poverty
NIGERIA intends to host the World Summit for a Single Market in Africa in March next year as part of a renewed drive towards consolidating the continent's disparate economies and forging a stronger entity that can compete on the global...
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Federal government says it will only introduce a new lockdown as a last resort as Covid-19 cases rise
NIGERIA'S federal government will not introduce a fresh coronavirus lockdown despite the outbreak of a second wave of the virus unless it is totally necessary and unavoidable with no other option available. In April, President Muhammadu...
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Air Peace begins flying between Lagos and Johannesburg as its expands across Africa
NIGERIAN domestic airline Air Peace has commenced international operations to South Africa with the company's inaugural flight between Lagos and Johannesburg taking place yesterday morning. Highly praised for its role during the...
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Buhari to meet with abducted Kankara schoolboys in Katsina today following their release
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is to meet with the just-released Government Science Secondary School Kankara schoolboys at the presidential villa in Kastina today to show his solidarity with them. Last weekend, the boys were abducted from...
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Armed gunmen abduct traditional monarch in Kogi State as he enters mosque for Friday prayers
ARMED gunmen have kidnapped a first class traditional ruler in Kogi State whisking away Alhaji Shaibu Usman the acting Ejeh Of Ankpa while he was about to enter a mosque for his Friday Jumat prayers. Coming just after 340 schoolboys...
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Given how much Ndigbo travel especially at Xmas I am surprised that the South East Governors Forum does not have a national transport programme
Ayo Akinfe (1) It is Xmas again and as from this weekend, our Igbo brethren will be converging on the southeast, coming from all over Nigeria (2) Transport fares to cities like Enugu, Umuahia, Aba, Awka, Owerri, Onitsha, etc will double....
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Nigeria faces more bleak times as crude oil output falls to 1.3m in line with Opec requirements
NIGERIA is facing a fresh additional revenue crisis after the petroleum ministry was forced reduce crude oil output to 1.32m barrels a day as part of its obligations to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Being...
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CBN governor faces two year jail sentence for failing to pay Ogoni people for oil spill
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele is facing the prospect of a two year jail term for contempt of court after he failed to honour a judgement mandating the federal government to pay a N182bn ($475.66m) fine to the Ogoni people of...
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