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FG, U.S. sign agreement on management of forfeited $23m Abacha loot
The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the United States of America regarding the management of some forfeited assets in relation to the MECOSTA/Sani Mohammed assets known as Abacha V. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday in Abuja, signed the agreement on the sharing, transfer, repatriation, disposition and management of the said asset.…
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FG inaugurates Council on public-private partnership
Collaboration between the Federal Government and the private sector will not only ensure effective coordination of the infrastructure development across the nation, and all sectors of the economy, it will also bridge the nation’s infrastructure gaps, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.This is a major reason why the Buhari administration has set up the National Council on Infrastructure, the…
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Fire ‘ignited by cell phone spark’ razes filling station in Badagry
The Lagos State Fire Service said one person was injured when an explosion rocked an independent marketing filling station in Badagry, on Monday night. Abel Husu, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. He said the station got wind of the Yemoral oil and gas filling station fire incident…
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Nonso Miraj, popular content creator laments London’s expensive living cost
…advices Nigerians to stay away A popular social media content creator, Nonso Miraj has strongly advised Nigerians to put away the idea of moving to London, United Kingdom due to rising costs of living. She lamented she was charged $100 for a ride in London, translating to N100,000 for an 80-mile trip. According to her, she pays less for such…
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We’ll resist any attempt to undermine development of football in Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja declared that football remains the number one sport in Nigeria and a national asset, therefore his administration will resist any attempt to undermine its development.The President made the pledge while receiving the 10-year Football Development Masterplan submitted by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare.Describing football as ”our passion and a…
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Termites are suing for libel, By Mahmud Jega
As a trained Zoologist, former ground-level lecturer in Biological Sciences and a one-time ASUU member who has long since forgotten how to go on strike, I cannot stand idly by and watch human beings malign, ridicule, besmirch and smear the names of other animal species. Rising to the defence of animal species is my equivalent of constituency project. I am…
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APC should have been sensitive on choice of Muslim-Muslim ticket, says Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) should have been sensitive enough and avoids needless controversy in its choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. Controversy has continued to trail the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima, a Muslim, as the vice presidential candidate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is also a Muslim.…
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Kashim Shettima: the starboy of the NBA show, By Bayo Onanuga
If someone had landed in Nigeria from Mars on Monday and read treads on Twitter Nigeria, he would have thought Senator Kashim Shettima was one tasteless, uneducated Nigerian. But the man so derisively targeted by a section of Twittersphere was nothing of such. He was a victim of the Twitter herd, people who behave like the herdsman’s cows, without any…
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BREAKING: Tinubu meets Wike, Ortom, others abroad
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike outside the country in preparation for the 2023 general elections. According to The Cable, Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde in France. Sources close to Wike who confided in…
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FG bans use of foreign models, voice-over artists for adverts
The use of foreign models and voice-over artists for adverts in Nigeria has been banned by the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, Olalekan Fodolapo. According to the statement, the move was to develop local talents in the country. While the ban takes effect from October…
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