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— Chinua Achebe
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Two grandmothers held with cocaine at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by two grandmothers to unlawfully export narcotic drugs to New York, United States and Medina, Saudi Arabia. The suspects allegedly ingested 108 wraps of substances that tested positive for heroin and cocaine during outward screening of passengers at ...
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Italy, Nigeria to partner over human trafficking
The Presidente, Chambers of Deputie, Italy, Mrs Laura Boldirini, has given assurance that the Italian Government would strengthen its collaboration with Nigeria to tackle human trafficking. Boldirini gave the assurance on Saturday in Benin during her visit to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons facilities. Boldirini ...
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Boko Haram planning to kidnap expatriates, warn US, UK
Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict. The Foreign Office in London said it had received reports the Islamist militants were “actively planning” to seize ...
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AYE Kicks off AYEEN 2017 project
The Africa Young Entrepreneur (AYE) has announced the commencement of the 2017 edition of Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria (AYEEN) project. The president Mr. Summy Smart Francis disclosed this at a press conference with newsmen in Lagos on friday. The conference also flagged off the partnership between AYE and Airopay. ...
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CBN’s new forex policy boosting manufacturing, says MAN
Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria’s creation of a market-driven foreign exchange window has given hope of revival to manufacturers faced with closure or shrinking capacity by easing their raw material imports, an industry group has said. “The recent pronouncement of the CBN comes as a ...
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Fulani herdsmen have taken over 12 LGs in Benue – Gov
Friday Olokor, Jos Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that 12 out of the 23 Local Government Areas of the state have been taken over by Fulani herdsmen. To this end, the governor was said to have backed the law outlawing open grazing, saying it would promote the economy ...
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Nigeria: Set Up Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria, Adeosun Tells Japanese Investors
[This Day] Abuja -The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has urged Japanese investors to set up manufacturing plants in Nigeria.
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Business News: Industrial leaders: Africa can prosper if Nigeria and S. Africa succeed
Some captains of industry said Thursday the African continent can only proposer if two of its biggest economies succeed.
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Business: Industrial leaders: Africa can prosper if Nigeria and S. Africa succeed
Some captains of industry said Thursday the African continent can only proposer if two of its biggest economies succeed.
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Lagos@50: Eko Club seeks focus on informal sector
…Plans international colloquium on state’s economy A foremost indigenous social club in Lagos, Eko Club Friday called for concerted efforts from key players to fully harness the potentials of the informal sector in Lagos State, saying that such would go a long way in growing the Gross Domestic Product ...
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WFP study finds food insecurity accelerates global migration
Source: World Food Programme Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Gambia, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldThe report clearly establishes that high levels of food insecurity lead to higher levels of migration across borders. ROME – At a time when a record-high number of people ...
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Police probe strange death of female UI student
The Oyo State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of Miss Deborah Effiong, a 100-level Law student at the University of Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Odude, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Thursday, in Ibadan. ...
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Health insurance crisis: HMOs drag NHIS to court
Niyi Odebode, Abuja The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Yusuf Usman. In the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/347/2017, HMCAN, which is an umbrella body of health maintenance organisations in ...
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N200bn unpaid salaries: Federal civil servants threaten indefinite strike
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike to protest the non-payment of their N200bn promotion and salaries and death benefits. The National Executive Council of the ASCSN, which took the decision during its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, ...
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Japanese firms plan $30bn investments in Nigeria, others
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Shunsuke Takei, on Thursday said businessmen from his country would be investing about $30bn in Nigeria and other African nations. He stated this when he led a delegation of 32 Japanese investors to meet separately with the Minister of ...
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Sterling Bank restates commitment to FX availability
Sterling Bank says transparency, continuous engagement, proper documentation and promptness in sending returns of unutilised foreign exchange to the Central Bank of Nigeria are the main factors that helped the bank to escape the regulator’s ban from its Small and Medium Enterprises FX window. The CBN had on Wednesday announced ...
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Kaduna car dealers set Customs vehicle ablaze over import duty
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna But for the timely intervention of the Kaduna State security outfit, code-named ‘Operation Yaki’, the state capital would have been thrown into another crisis as car dealers and Customs officials clashed on Thursday. In the melee, the car dealers set ablaze a Customs’ patrol vehicle. The incident, ...
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NIBF to address challenges in book industry
The 2017 Nigeria International Book Fair will proffer solutions to the challenges hampering the growth of the book and knowledge industry, the Chairman, Nigeria Book Fair Trust, Alhaji Rilwanu Abdulsalami, has said. Abdulsalami added that participants and libraries would have access to the latest local and foreign titles as well ...
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Forex stability excites Buhari, says Emefiele
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari was excited at the current stability being witnessed in the foreign exchange market. Emefiele told State House correspondents that Buhari was delighted to learn about the stability when he (the CBN governor) ...
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LASG fetes pupils with folklore, quiz
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, has said that familiarising pupils with the histories of cultural heroes and heroines will inspire them and prevent the deterioration of edifices built in their honour. Dabiri said this on Thursday during a programme organised ...
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Police probe female student’s death
Oyo State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of Miss Deborah Effiong, a 100-level Law student at the University of Ibadan. Police Commissioner Mr. Abiodun Odude, in a phone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Ibadan, said the investigation followed a report by the university authority. He said the outcome ...