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Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:22:05 GMT
Empowering Youths Alone Can't Solve Unemployment Challenge - Govt
[This Day] The federal government yesterday said empowering youths in the country alone might no longer solve the problem of unemployment in the country.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:40:50 GMT
Over 5.7 Million Nigerians Receive Covid-19 Vaccines, Govt Reveals
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has disclosed that a total of 5,770,899 persons have been vaccinated so far in the country against COVID-19.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:41:37 GMT
Govt to Reduce Illegal Importation of Rice Via Land Borders, Says Minister
[This Day] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said the ministry will continue to strategise and collaborate with security agencies, to reduce the illegal importation of rice through land borders.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:38:41 GMT
Fuel Scarcity Hits Abuja, Other Nigerian Cities
[Premium Times] The NNPC says there is no plan to increase fuel prices and advises customers against panic-buying.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:20:45 GMT
Benin Bronzes - What Is the Significance of Their Repatriation to Nigeria?
[The Conversation Africa] After years of pressure, western countries are finally returning priceless artefacts and artworks that had been looted from Nigeria during colonial times and were on display in foreign museums.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 06:40:09 GMT
Nigeria Facing 'New Dimensions of Threats' - Defence Minister
[Premium Times] The minister says the prevalence of the various security threats in the country has adversely affected food security.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:21:42 GMT
No, Nigerian Civil Servant Pensions Not At Risk, Despite Claims in Much-Shared Screenshot
[Africa Check] In September 2021 a screenshot spread on WhatsApp in Nigeria claiming that the federal government had borrowed N6.16 trillion from the country's pension fund, valued at N8.499 trillion (US$20.675 billion at current rates).

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:37:00 GMT
Ikoyi Building Collapse - Death Toll Reaches 44
[Premium Times] Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the scene of the accident on Saturday, had put the death toll, as of that day, at 42.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 04:34:18 GMT
One Million Nigerians Displaced in 12 Months - Refugee Commission
[Premium Times] The Refugee Commission says there are about three million IDPs in Nigeria.

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:42:50 GMT
Village Head to Pay Woman for Encroaching On Her Land
[Vanguard] A Kaduna State High Court has ordered a Kaduna Village Head, to pay N8,500,000 to one Hajia Binta Shagamu, over encroachment of her land in Kakau area of Chikun Local Government Council of the state.

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:44:47 GMT
Made Kuti Thrills Lagos Fans At Sold-Out Concert
[Premium Times] One of the high points of the evening was when Made performed alongside his dad, Femi Kuti, to the delight of the audience.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:44:25 GMT
Time to Save the Gasping Textile Industry
[This Day] The ailing Nigerian textile industry needs urgent surgical operation and resolute determination of the federal government to bounce back to reckoning again.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
Bandits Attack Zamfara Village, Kill 6, Abduct Many
[Vanguard] Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Rijiya village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, during which they killed six people and several others abducted.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
Tinubu With Blueprint to Create Jobs, Promote Youth Talent - Support Group
[Vanguard] The Edo Volunteers for Tinubu 2023, led by Ms Owolabi Adetutu, has asserted that former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu, who enjoys national support for a Presidential run in 2023, possesses and has demonstrated a sound economic blueprint guara...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
15 Die in Niger, Bauchi Auto Crashes
[Vanguard] Fifteen persons were reportedly died in auto crashes in Duma village, Edati Local Government Area of Niger and in Bauchi states between Sunday and yesterday.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
Ondo PDP, APC Trade Tackles Over Mimiko's Defection
[Vanguard] THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, yesterday, traded tackles over the defection of former governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to the PDP.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
Human Rights Activist Petitions Woman Over Child Abuse in Delta
[Vanguard] A Human Rights Activist and Director-General of Justice for All Citizens, JFA, a Non-Governmental Origination, Comrade Marvin Mordi has petitioned one Mrs Chinwe Obi for alleged attempted murder, child molestation, battery and other forms ...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:43 GMT
Tension in Ihiala As Supplementary Poll Holds Today
[Vanguard] Following attacks on journalists and observers in Ihiala LGA and declaration of the Anambra State Governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, there is tension as the electoral umpire holds s...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:42 GMT
Ikoyi Building Collapse - How Developer Ignored Directive to Insure Property
[Vanguard] Femi Osibona, the deceased developer of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, in Ikoyi area of Lagos, ignored a directive by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, LAPPPA, to insure the structure, Vanguard's i...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:42 GMT
Food Insecurity, Now a National Threat - Govt
[Vanguard] ... 'Security agencies must collaborate to tackle menace for economic activities to thrive'

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:42 GMT
Covid-19 - Finance Minister, AGF to Engage State Officials On Revenue Challenges
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, are set to engage officials of state governments on resolution of the revenue challenges confronting the nation following th...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:42 GMT
Transactions in Fixed Income, Currency Market Up 94.9 Percent
[Vanguard] Turnover in the fixed income and currency (FIC) market rose to N24.03 trillion in September, 2021, representing a 94.89 percent Month-on-Month (MoM) increase compared to N11.7 trillion in August.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:03:40 GMT
Budget 2022 - Govt Appropriates N24bn for Group Life Insurance
[Vanguard] *Remits 50% of 2021 premium

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:06 GMT
Bandits' Siege to Abuja
[Vanguard] IT was only a matter of time before the terrorists which the Federal Government refers to as "Bandits" would descend on Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:06 GMT
Delta Assembly Suspends Budget Defence for Higher Education Over Irregularities
[Vanguard] The Delta House of Assembly Committee on Education has suspended the budget defence deliberations on higher education due to irregularities in the budget documents.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:06 GMT
Fuel Scarcity - Ipman Constitutes Task Force to Check Hoarding - Official
[Vanguard] The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has constituted a taskforce to check hoarding of products by fuel station operators.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:06 GMT
NAF Sergeant Arrested in Connection With Attack On NDA
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Air Force has arrested Torsabo Solomon, a sergeant, in connection with the attack on Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, in Kaduna.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:05 GMT
Legalisation of Marijuana - Danger Nigerian Govt Must Avoid - Thompson
[Vanguard] FOLLOWING debates over official acceptance of marijuana cultivation, processing, utilization, exportation and profitability in Nigeria, an agricultural economist and Chairman of SWEER Global Farms, Dr Thaddaeus Thompson, Monday, expressed ...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:05 GMT
Inadequate Jetties, Arms, Ammunition, Others Hampering Our Performance - Navy
[Vanguard] The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, has said that inadequate platforms, jetties, arms and ammunition were hampering their mandate.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:59:05 GMT
Compromise Standards, Safety, Go to Jail, Abiodun Warns Building Officials
[Vanguard] GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, vowed to prosecute any official of the state government or contractor indicted for compromising standards in erecting structures that threaten life and property.



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