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Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:07:04 GMT
Mali: Latest Attack Against Peacekeepers Leaves Guinean 'Blue Helmet' Dead - UN
[UN News] The Secretary-General strongly condemned on Sunday, an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:38:07 GMT
Nigeria: Three Killed, Many Kidnapped As Gunmen Attack Churches, Villages in Kaduna
[Premium Times] The government said the bandits attacked worshippers at the Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:22:03 GMT
Nigeria: #EkitiDecides2022 - the Real Winners, Losers of Ekiti Governorship Election
[Premium Times] A two-term governor of the state, Ayo Fayose is believed in some quarters to be the biggest loser of the Ekiti governorship election.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:21:58 GMT
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Rejects Degrees From Online Medical Schools in Ukraine, Other Countries
[This Day] Federal government has disapproved the medical and dental degree certificates issued through online training by Medical Schools in Ukraine and other countries of the world.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:54:52 GMT
Nigeria: Borrowing to Pay Salaries Violates Fiscal Responsibility Act, Teriba, Others Tell FG
[This Day] -Canvass debt issuance tied to assets, not revenue

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:53:45 GMT
Nigeria: APC's Oyebanji Wins Ekiti Guber Election
[This Day] All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has won the Ekiti Governorship Election. He polled 187,057 votes.Oyebanji won in 14 of the 16 local government areas in the election conducted on Saturday.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:15:24 GMT
Nigeria: High Cost of Living Cripples Artisans' Savings Culture
[Vanguard] It is not how much you make each month that matters; it is how much you save with the flexibility and time outside work that you have, says Francis Shenstone.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:15:21 GMT
Nigeria: Gospel Artist Ada Odia Drops New Music Video "Open Heaven"
[Vanguard] Gospel music worshiper and minister Ada Odia has released her much anticipate music video: 'Open Heaven'.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:33 GMT
Nigeria: 19 Die in Niger, Oyo Road Accidents
[Vanguard] NINETEEN persons lost their lives in two separate accidents in Niger and Oyo states, weekend, while many sustained injuries.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:30 GMT
Nigeria: 2023 Presidential Poll - Everything'll Work in Your Favour - Oba of Lagos, Akiolu, Blesses Tinubu
[Vanguard] Amid a large crowd, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Bola Tinubu, arrived, yesterday, at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Local Airport, Ikeja, from A...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:26 GMT
Nigeria: Bobrisky Unveils N400m Smart House, Throws Party
[Vanguard] Popular lifestyle influencer, Idris Okuneye popularly called, Bobrisky has finally unveiled his long-awaited N400M house with a grand housewarming party.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:24 GMT
Nigeria: Govt Borrowing From Bonds Market Declines 73.6 Percent to N600bn
[Vanguard] The Nigerian financial market has recorded a major shift as the Federal Government and companies pull back from bonds segment of the market while equities market record a major rebound.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:21 GMT
Nigeria: Terrorists Attacks - We Can't Bear Arms - Knights of Saint Mulumba
[Vanguard] The Knights of Saint Mulumba, KSM, Nigeria, has said its members would not bear arms to defend themselves against attacks by bandits, terrorists, others but continue to use advocacy to sensitise the general public and government.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:15:18 GMT
Nigeria: Fuel Shortage Hits Lagos As Scarcity Bites Harder in Abuja, Oyo
[Vanguard] There were indications, weekend, that the fuel shortage noticed in Lagos and its environs would worsen, as independent marketers said they have not been supplied for days.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:11:22 GMT
Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts 'Mkpuru Nmiri' Consignments in Lagos Airport
[Vanguard] Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled an attempt by drug traffickers to export parcels of methamphetamine, popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:33 GMT
Nigeria: UN High-Level Climate Action Champion Rallies Support for Green Energy Transition
[This Day] The United Nations High Level Champion for COP26, Nigel Topping, has emphasised the importance of enhanced resilience to climate change, even as he rallied support for green energy transition during his two-day official visit to Nigeria.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:30 GMT
Nigeria: Intels Graduates 38 Beneficiaries of Women Empowerment Scheme
[This Day] Nigeria's oil and gas logistics giant, INTELS Nigeria Limited, has graduated 38 women under its Women Empowerment Project Scheme Synergy (WEPSS).

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:27 GMT
Nigeria: Bank Asks Court to Stop Directors From Disposing Firm's Ikoyi, Agbara Properties Over N13. 3bn Debt
[This Day] First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) has approached a Federal High Court in Lagos for an order restraining six former directors of Commonwealth Consortium Limited and Agbara Estates Limited from disposing assets belonging to the two firms pending t...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:23 GMT
Nigeria: N800bn Judgment - Supreme Court Orders Shell, Others to Maintain Status Quo
[This Day] The Supreme Court has ordered all parties to maintain the status quo in a contempt proceeding filed against the Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Osagie Okunbor, and three management staff of the comp...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:20 GMT
Nigeria: Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, May Have Suffered Stroke
[This Day] Former Military Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar is ill and may have suffered stroke in a part of his body, sources revealed yesterday.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:17 GMT
Nigeria: Senatorial Ticket - Ekpoudom Optimistic of Victory As Akpabio Begs Him to Accept Party's Decision
[This Day] Despite the submission of the name of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswin Akpabio to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the national leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC), DIG Udom Ekpoud...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:15 GMT
Nigeria: OPEC Has Continued to Grow Despite Doomsday Predictions - Barkindo
[This Day] Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) , Dr Sanusi Barkindo, at the weekend stated that the oil producers' group has continued to grow strong in spite of the many predictions of its extinction.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:13 GMT
Nigeria: Interim Govt Solution to Nigeria's Challenges, Says Chris Okotie
[This Day] As the race towards the 2023 general election gain momentum, the Founder, House of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie has proposed interim government as solution to Nigeria's political problems

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:11 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Will Play Leading Role in Global Net-Zero Transition - Sylva
[This Day] Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipre Sylva at the weekend said Nigeria will play a key role in the global energy transition to achieve net-zero emissions, stressing that the country will stake natural gas as its favourite transition fuel.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:50:07 GMT
Nigeria: Niger PDP Guber Candidate Picks Christian As Running Mate
[This Day] The People's Democractic Party PDP has now jettisoned its long time Muslim -Muslim ticket for the governorship of Niger state.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:37:24 GMT
Nigeria: With Funding Sorted, Fashola Urges Contractors to Ramp Up Work On 1,048km Lagos-Badagry Road
[This Day] Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has urged the contractor handling the 1,048-kilometre Lagos-Badagry expressway to accelerate work on the critical project.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:37:20 GMT
Nigeria: On the Back of Inflationary Pressure, Banks Increases Maximum Lending Rate to 27.79%
[This Day] Following a pike in inflation in the month of April this year, Nigerian banks have increased maximum lending rate on loans and advances to customers from 26.61 per cent in March 2022 to 27.79 per cent in April, indicating an increase of 4....

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:36:56 GMT
Nigeria: Buhari Still Waiting for Tinubu's Shortlist of Running Mates
[This Day] Although it is the constitutional prerogative of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to choose his running mate for the 2023 presidential poll, a final decision has yet to be taken. Tinubu has not prese...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:36:55 GMT
Nigeria: Nigerian Navy's Fight Against Smuggling of Illicit Drugs
[This Day] As part of measures targeted at dissuading drug traffickers from indulging in such act, the Nigerian Navy Patrol Team recently intercepted a wooden boat and seized Cannabis Sativa bagged inside sacks estimated to worth over half a billion ...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:36:55 GMT
Nigeria: Edo to Benefit From $3.2bn U.S.-Nigeria Trade, Says Group
[This Day] Miami Trade Missionaries from District 2, Miami Florida at the weekend said Edo State would benefit from the United States of America and Nigeria bilateral trade relations estimated at $3.2 billion worth of investment annually.



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