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The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday said that the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation increased year-on-year from 17.1 per cent in July to 17.6 per cent in the month of August. The bureau in the CPI report for the month…
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The official confirmation that the Nigerian economy is in recession by the Federal Government on August 31, appears to have further stimulated more suicide cases across the nation. In the last six months, seven out of the 36 states of the…
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As controversies continue to trail President Mohammadu Buhari’s plagiarised speech during the launch of "Change Begins With Me" reorientation campaign in Abuja last week, it has also been discovered that his inaugural speech was…
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The National Examination Council (NECO) on Friday released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination it conducted in and outside the country between June and July this year, with Ekiti State having the best performance with…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign suffered a setback Friday following a newspaper report that the president allegedly plagiarised President Barack Obama in the speech he delivered while launching the project.…
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Tokyo authorities have imposed a back tax of $118 million on an Apple subsidiary over money transfers to Ireland, reports said Friday, as the IT giant’s tax payments come under global scrutiny. The Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau ordered…
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Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, said on Thursday that postponement of governorship election in Edo State would not affect the party’s victory. He stated this while speaking…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday challenged participants of the 2016 Cabinet Retreat on the economy to formulate pragmatic proposals on how best to tackle Nigeria’s economic recession. Speaking at the opening of the retreat in Abuja,…
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A salesgirl, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested by the police in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, for allegedly dumping her day-old baby girl by the roadside. Our correspondents learnt that Eme, who hails from Enugu State, was arrested on…
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A 30-year-old man, Bature Iliya, on Thursday confessed in a Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court that he only attacked his victim with a machete and not a gun. Iliya is being tried on a two-count charge of alleged criminal conspiracy and armed…
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