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Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:04:52 GMT
Govt Plans to Lift 35m Nigerians Out of Poverty in Five Years
[This Day] The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has stated that the federal government planned to take 35 million Nigerians out of poverty through the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021- 2025.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:41:43 GMT
IMF Tells Nigerian Govt to Remove Fuel, Electricity Subsidies Early 2022
[Premium Times] The organisation said slow FX reforms and uncertainties regarding the ability to repatriate foreign funds have discouraged new capital inflows.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:05:02 GMT
46 Million Nigerians Still Practice Open Defecation - UNICEF
[This Day] As the world celebrated 2021 World Toilet Day (WTD) on November 19, UNICEF has decried the staggering figure of over 46 million Nigerians that are still practicing open defecation.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:34:46 GMT
Ndigbo Should Allow Kanu Go Through Due Process of Law - Anthony Sani
[Vanguard] Elder statesman and chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony NZ Sani, has appealed to the Ndigbo to allow acclaimed separatist agitator, Nnamdi Kanu to follow the due process of law instead of begging for his unconditional ...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:34:43 GMT
2 Die, 8 Injured in Ore-Benin Expressway Crash
[Vanguard] Two persons died in an accident involving two vehicles on the Ore-Benin Highway on Sunday.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:57:48 GMT
Covid-19 - Nigeria Records One Death, 57 New Infections Sunday
[Premium Times] The centre added that the new cases have increased Nigeria's infection toll to 213,589.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:34:10 GMT
Police Arrest Nigerian Professor for Allegedly Raping Minor
[Premium Times] The police allege that the professor has been 'sexually violating' his 13-year-old house help.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:09:03 GMT
PDP Tackles Akeredolu Over Lawyers Condition of Service
[Vanguard] The opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state has tackled the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu over the alleged deplorable and inhuman conditions of lawyers in the state ministry of Justice.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:07:58 GMT
I'm Propelled By Love for Humanity - Funke Awodiya, Poet, Entrepreneur
[Vanguard] Every year, the National Festival of Arts & Culture, NAFEST, through its Entrepreneurship Roundtable, discovers young men and women who are bracing the odds and doing extraordinary and innovative things in medium and small-scale enterprise...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:00:02 GMT
CBN Moves Agric Loans Closer to Applicants
[Vanguard] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opened Development Finance Offices in all its branches across the nation in order to move the administration of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS) closer to farmers.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:59:58 GMT
Northern Groups Allege Ndigbo'll Subvert Due Process to Release Nnamdi Kanu
[Vanguard] The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has noted with utter perplexity and concern, the unrelenting desperation by certain interest groups in the South-East, to subvert the due process of justice and secure the unconditional release of Nna...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:42:55 GMT
Forex Row Threatens Fuel Supply, Price Stability
[Vanguard] The lingering row between private depot owners and the Federal Government over dollar payment of dues and levies is set to shatter the stability of fuel supply and price across the country this week.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:25:27 GMT
Why Every Nigerian Should Be Proud of the Sokoto Caliphate - Prof Murray Last
[Premium Times] Murray Last says Nigeria could do with those same principles - justice, peacefulness, honest trade - that the Sokoto caliphate stood for.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:25:23 GMT
APC Governors Meet in Abuja
[Premium Times] The APC meeting was expected to, among other things, discuss the party's forthcoming National Convention, its zoning arrangement, direct primary and others issues.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:20:50 GMT
Bandits Kill Zamfara Governorship Aspirant
[Premium Times] The victim was a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:19:55 GMT
Wizkid Shines At AFRIMA Wins Best African Artiste Award, 2 Others
[Vanguard] Barely a week after he won the Best African Act in this year's edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards, EMA, Wizkid has made another history as he won three AFRIMA awards.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:19:47 GMT
Nnamdi Kanu - How We Brokered Meeting With Buhari - Ngige
[Vanguard] THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday, disclosed how Friday's meeting of President Muhammadu Buhari with Igbo leaders and serving ministers was brokered.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:04:57 GMT
Panic As Militants Blow Up AGIP Facility in Rivers
[This Day] Port Harcourt -- Host communities of oil well, Obiavu-5 (OB5), operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, (NAOC), in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, are now living in fear following attack on the company's fa...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:04:44 GMT
AfCFTA - Why Nigeria May Lose Out in Agro Export
[This Day] The African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty and end food insecurity on the Continent, but Nigeria has not been positioned as the 'real' stakeholder for agro-export under this agreement, ...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:04:40 GMT
Govt Must Honour Agreements With ASUU to Avert Strike, Says Olanipekun
[This Day] A legal luminary and Chancellor, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, Chief Wole Olanipekun(SAN), has appealed to the federal government to honour all the agreements reached with the Academic Staf...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:04:30 GMT
IPOB - Abia Judge Bans Security Agencies From Blocking Access to Courts
[This Day] Umuahia -- The Nigerian Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies have been banned from blocking access to the premises and court rooms of Abia State High Court or any other court when it is in session.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:50:09 GMT
AGF, DSS Deny Seizing El-Zakzaky, Wife's Passports
[Leadership] Attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and the director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS, have refuted a report of their seizing the international passports of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahi...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:09:02 GMT
2023 - Stop Running Away From Politics, Get Involved - - Cleric Tells Christians
[Vanguard] The President and General Overseer of the United Apostolic Church of Christ(UACC), Dr James Bayo Owoyemi weekend asked Christians to stop their non-challant attitudes to active politics and get involved ahead of the 2023 election

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:20:56 GMT
Timothy Adegoke's Murder - Deceased's Family Accuses Police of Not Carrying Them Along
[Premium Times] "We would like to stress that the family's concern is not out of place, going by the report about Adedoyin who is being touted to be an influential personality.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:20:45 GMT
WAEC to Release SSCE Results Monday
[Premium Times] Mr Areghan cited various challenges including the stay-at-home-order in the South-east as part of the reasons for the seemingly delay in the release of the results.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:42:00 GMT
Operation Hadin Kai, MNJTF, Cameroun Change Strategies Against Boko Haram, ISWAP - Official
[Premium Times] Mr Musa stressed the need for more collaboration in order to totally eradicate the terrorist groups.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:41:58 GMT
Project Appraisal As a Litmus Test for Business Take-Off
[Premium Times] ... despite any shortcomings of particular techniques a company may wish to adopt, the importance of appraising projects before they are ever accepted cannot be over-emphasised. If this had been the norm rather than the exception, bus...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:41:54 GMT
Bailout Fund Scandal - Kogi Govt Denies Ownership of Returned N19.3 Billion, Demands Apology From EFCC
[Premium Times] Mr Fanwo said the whole saga was aimed at tarnishing the rising political image of Governor Yahaya Bello, bringing him to disrepute by portraying him as a corrupt governor/person.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:41:47 GMT
Aisha Buhari Receives African First Ladies Ahead of AFLPM Summit
[Premium Times] Mrs Buhari, who welcomed the visiting first ladies to Nigeria, expressed delight for the visit.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:39:35 GMT
Drug Dealer Behind Cocaine Hidden in Lagos Airport Toilet Arrested - NDLEA
[Premium Times] Mr Babafemi said the drug was discovered in the toilet of the airport on Friday November 12, after it was dumped there by a trafficker who was obviously scared of being caught by narcotic officers positioned at the airport.



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