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Gambia: Finally, Jammeh surrenders, asks for extension to 4pm deadline to pack
Embattled out-gone President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia has asked a shift in deadline of midday to 4pm to vacate office ...
Read More »Emirates introduces blankets from 100% recycled plastic bottles
Emirates has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The soft and warm blankets are made using ecoTHREAD™ patented technology and is ...
Read More »Death toll on accidental air strike may rise to 170, says MSF
The Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) on Friday said the death toll from an accidental Nigerian air strike on a refugee camp in the town of Rann ...
Read More »FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N400bn in December
A total of N400 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of December , 2016 ...
Read More »Supporters Club congratulates Pinnick on FIFA job
The Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick on his appointment by FIFA as a member ...
Read More »Buhari leaves for London on medical leave, Osinbajo becomes acting President
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday left Nigeria for the United Kingdom for what the Presidency described as “a short leave.” ...
Read More »FG insists on borrowing $30bn to support economy
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday said that the inability of the Federal Government to generate enough revenue to meet its obligations ...
Read More »Fed Govt declines financial support to power sector operators
The federal government will not provide monetary assistance to operators in the power sector ...
Read More »Presidency bars MDAs from spending internally-generated revenues
The Presidency has barred Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from spending Internally Generated Revenues that are not appropriated in their annual budgets ...
Read More »Police bow to pressure, release detained PREMIUM TIMES journalists
The police in Abuja have released the two PREMIUM TIMES journalists that were arrested on Thursday afternoon. Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the newspaper, was arrested ...
Read More »Naira depreciates further against dollar
The Naira on Thursday remained indifferent to the sale of over $250m to licensed Bureau De Change operators nationwide as it suffered another loss against ...
Read More »DMO sells N215bn bonds in Q1
Nigeria has raised N214.95 billion in local currency bonds at its first auction within the first quarter of 2017, with the debts sold at yields ...
Read More »Oil workers reject planned sale of refineries
As the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) plans to rehabilitate refineries to optimise capacity utilisation in the year, oil workers in the ...
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