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FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday Eid-el-Kabir holiday

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 20, and Wednesday, July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s…

3 years ago

Folorunso Alakija At 70: What Has Kept Me This Far

In the global business circuit, Mrs. Folorunso Alakija, who clocks 70 today, needs no introduction. As a dynamic businesswoman and…

3 years ago

Death toll rises to 72 in South African riots

LOOTERS yesterday again attacked shopping malls and other businesses in the nation’s industrial centre in Johannesburg and other cities in…

3 years ago

Protest in Kwara against overzealous security men

Scores of indigenes of Offa, Offa Local government area of Kwara state yesterday took to the streets to protest against…

3 years ago

FG frustrating repair of Lagos–Abeokuta highway, says Ogun gov

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has accused the Federal Government of frustrating his administration’s efforts to reconstruct the Lagos-Abeokuta…

3 years ago

Supreme Court Restrains FG From Ceding 17 Oil Wells From Rivers To Imo

The Supreme Court Wednesday issued an order of interim injunction stopping the federal government and its agencies from ceding 17…

3 years ago

Buhari’s Govt Is Helpless, Kukah Tells US Congress

Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has told the United States Congress Commission that the government of President Muhammadu…

3 years ago

We don’t have gas to run power plants, says NDPHC MD

Chiedu Ugbo, managing director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), says there is no gas to run the power…

3 years ago

NGF: States to reintroduce COVID protocol, fast-track vaccine procurement to prevent third wave

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says states will reintroduce measures for curbing the spread of the coronavirus to prevent a…

3 years ago

NNPC failed to remit N3.87trn crude oil proceeds in 2015, says senate

The senate has criticised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for not remitting N3.87 trillion revenue from domestic crude oil…

3 years ago