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— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria: Lagos Investment in Agriculture Will Hit $10bn By 2025, Says Sanwo-Olu
[Leadership] Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state's investments in the agriculture sector would run to $10 billion in the next five years.
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Don’t Link Yakowa’s Death To Pantami, CAN Warns
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has warned that the death of a former Kaduna State governor, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, should not be linked to the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami. However, CAN said sensitive documents including ...
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Don Seeks More Investments In Technology Education For National Devt.
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT A don, Prof. Samuel Ekanem, has called for more investments in technology education to enhance national development. Ekanem, a Professor of Technology at Federal University, Wukari, Taraba, made the call while delivering the institution’s first inaugural lecture, on Thursday in Wukari. According to him, Nigeria and Africa can only develop technologically, if effective home-grown ...
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Again, Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Attack Station In Enugu
BY EJIKE EJIKE, Abuja The attack on policemen and police facilities in the southeast continues as gunmen kill two police officers on duty and injured several others while burning down a police station in Enugu State yesterday. The gunmen, at the early hours of yesterday, reportedly attacked the Divisional Police ...
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Ignore Extremism Allegation Against Pantami, NYCN Tells President Buhari
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore religious extremism charges being made against the minister of communications and digital economy, Dr Ali Pantami. The group said the attacks were aimed at getting rid of the “best brains’” in the government. In a letter ...
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Nigeria Now Hard Drugs Consumer-nation – NDLEA
By Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared that Nigeria has transformed from a transit-nation for hard drugs to a consumer-nation. NDLEA commander in Rivers State, Ambassador Rachael Shelleng, made the declaration yesterday when the lead-ership of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria ...
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JUST-IN: 2 Nurses On Night Duty Abducted In Kaduna
BY ISRAEL BULUS, Kafancha Two Nurses have been confirmed kidnapped in Idon General Hospital of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State early hours of Thursday. The medical director of the hospital, Dr. Shingyu Shamnom, who confirmed the incident to LEADERSHIP, disclosed that the bandits stormed the general ...
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Customs Generates N39bn From Import, Processes $71m Export
BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos The Onne command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N39billion as revenue for the federal government for the first quarter of 2021. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP by the public relations officer of the command, Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, yesterday, the command exported ...
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Union Bank Unveils Initiative To Boost Local Trade, Commerce
By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Union Bank has unveiled UnionPro, a proposition designed to provide tailored financial services and solutions to supermarkets and large retail chain stores. With UnionPro, large retailers can now access a single platform offering a wide bouquet of solutions to enrich their businesses and optimise their offerings. ...
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World Leaders Have Much To Learn From Mr. Governor – LSETF
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), Mrs. Tejumola Abisoye, lauds the Lagos State Governor for exhibiting unusual bravery in the face of daunting economic challenges to invest in massive infrastructural development, even as the national economy is still recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 ...
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Gbajabiamila Rejects Motion Seeking Pantami’s Resignation
BY ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja | The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, ruled out the minority leader of the House, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, when the latter demanded the resignation of the minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami. Elumelu had during plenary ...
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Bill Seeking Security Trust Fund For Navy Scales 2nd Reading
BY ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for a second reading, a Bill for an Act seeking to establish the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund. While leading the debate on the Bill, chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, explained that the proposed ...
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African Heritage Institute Partners IPCR For 2021 ‘Big Ideas Podium’ Event
BY KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos Stakeholders in the African Heritage Institute (AfriHeritage) has formed partnership with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) to chart the way forward for peace and conflict resolutions, following the incessant security challenges in Nigeria. Through this partnership, AfriHeritage, IPCR and the Ministry of Foreign ...
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Customs Seizes 513 Bags Of Rice Worth N22m In Kwara
By Abdullahi Olesin. | The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Strike Force in Zone B, Kwara State axis, has intercepted smugglers and seized 513 bags of foreign par boiled rice at Jeunkunnu – Malete area in Moro local government area of the State. The seized bags of foreign rice is with ...
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Experts Charge Companies, Individuals On Protection Against Cyber Risks
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Insurance experts have charged corporate firms, religious organsiations and individuals to put in place, necessary measures to protect their database and computer networks from cyber attacks. The experts who spoke at a media virtual training organised by Leadway Assurance Company Limited for insurance correspondents, said this ...
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NNPC/CNL JV, EGCDF Commission 11 Projects In Delta State
By CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos The Egbema Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF), a community based organisation sponsored by the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Joint Venture, together with the Delta state government, has commissioned eleven infrastructural projects in Egbema and Gbaramatu Kingdoms of Warri North and Warri South West Local Government Areas ...
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Tambuwal Begs CBN, Finance Minister To Suspend Recovery Of States’ Debts
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has appealed to the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to shelve their plan to immediately demand the repayment of bailout loan facility that was given to bankrupt states of the federation between 2016 and 2017. He made ...
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#FARNESINAXLEIMPRESE - Ambasciatore Pontesilli: “Nigeria mercato in forte crescita per le esportazioni italiane, cresciute per tre anni consecutivi”
La Nigeria è l’economia più grande del continente africano. Le esportazioni italiane nel Paese, nonostante il Covid, nel 2020 sono cresciute del 6,5%. Nel Paese la presenza delle nostre imprese è antica: dal settore degli idrocarburi a quello dei macchinari, delle apparecchiature industriali, dei...
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Insecurity:Dambazau, Urges Journalist On Reportage
By ABUBAKAR YUNUSA Abuja Former minister of interior,Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd.),has charged Nigerian journalist to filter and shape conversion around national security, adding that media has a constitutional duty to check the activities of government and the the mouthpiece of the citizens. Dambazau made the comment during the virtual meeting organized ...
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Morgans Consulting Delivering On Mandate, Says CEO
Our Correspondent The Chief Executive Officer of Morgans Consulting Nigeria Limited Foluso Amusa has said that despite the challenges of the COVID-19, the firm has entrenched the culture of understanding and addressing clients’ needs, stressing that it is critical to business growth and development. Amusa told reporters recently that that ...
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FG Can Register 230m Nigerians For National ID By 2024 – Aladekomo
BY CHIMA AKWAJA | The federal government can identify and register 230 million Nigerians and residents easily by year 2024 if the right strategy is put in place and implement. The chairman of Chams Plc, Sir Demola Aladekomo who stated this after a presentation at the University of Lagos MBA ...