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Nollywood, Bollywood collaboration yielding results – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the collaboration between Nigeria and India in the creative industry has begun to yield fruit, with the impending launch of the all Nigerian-Indian cast movie, entitled “Post Card from India”. The minister made the remarks in Abuja on Thursday when he received the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Shri…
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NCC clarifies reports of N17bn deficit in 2021 budget
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed an online publication claiming that it incurred a deficit of N17billion in its 2021 budget. According to the publication, the NCC spent N35.2billion on personnel and consultancy fees, leading to the deficit. However, in a statement, the Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Muoka, said: “The Commission incurred a surplus/(deficit) of N17.3billion for…
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PSC approves appointments of 12 Commissioners of Police to state commands
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of 12 new Commissioners of Police to various state commands. According to the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, the newly appointed CPs and their respective states of posting are: Mohammed Usaini Gumel – Kano State Command; Haruna Gabriel Garba – FCT Command, Abuja; Tajudeen A. Abass – Delta State Command; Oladimeji Yomi…
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PHOTO NEWS: APC leaders, others visit Tinubu after return to Nigeria
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and other party leaders like House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Jibrin Barau visited President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday. Others who visited include Senator Olamilekan Adeola, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Emma Bwacha, Senator Tokunbo Abiru…
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Tinubu mourns exit of doyen of journalism, Peter Enahoro, at 88
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said the death of Mr. Peter Enahoro, a doyen of Nigerian journalism, marks the end of a very accomplished and extraordinary life of devotion to media excellence and national development. Asiwaju Tinubu recalled the virtuous role the late Enahoro played in Nigeria’s march to nationhood through the instrumentality of the media as a journalist of…
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PHOTO NEWS: Nigerian Embassy in Netherlands hosts Olu of Warri in The Hague
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Hague, Netherlands on Monday hosted the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atunwase and his Olori at the Ambassadors Residence. The monarch is in Netherlands to lead investment drive into his kingdom. The Nigerian Ambassador to Netherlands, Dr. Eniola Ajayi shared the pictures of the visit on her social media…
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ANALYSIS: Jay Jay Okocha’s self-valuation: my uninformed view, By Bamidele Johnson
Jay Jay Okocha’s subjunctive valuation of himself (€150m) is an interesting one. Would he have cost that much if he was playing today, as he has claimed? Would the version of Jay Jay we knew, an undoubted dazzler, who decorated rather than consistently dominated or influenced games, be valued so highly in today’s game? Hard, if not impossible to give…
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Nigeria faces surging energy costs as subsidy removal nears
By Folasade Kolawole As the average cost of a litre of petrol reaches nearly N400 in several states in Nigeria, while the price of diesel reaches nearly a thousand naira, Nigerians are bracing for a challenging year as energy costs is expected to skyrocket when the Federal Government finally scraps fuel subsidy payments. Last month, Nigerians paid N264.29 as the…
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Foreign portfolio investments drop by 53% in Nigerian bourse
By Folasade Kolawole Investors in the Nigerian market have kept their exit streak in place, as foreign portfolio investments or FPIs have plummeted by a further 53% in one month, new data from Nigerian Stock Exchange shows. Of the total investment into the country, foreign investors contributed only 6% of the investment volume at N9.19 billion in March this year,…
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Lessons Nigeria can learn from UK’s Vehicle Licencing Agency, By Kayode Adebiyi
I am not surprised that Britain is in the top 5 lowest road accident rate in the world. It is also one of the top toughest countries in the world to obtain a driver’s licence. People celebrate passing a practical driving test to obtain a UK drivers licence like they just passed a difficult university exams. Personally, with the fact…
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