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Nigerians nowadays pay more for health care services in both private and public health facilities in the country, findings by our correspondent have shown. Many hospital owners, doctors, pharmacists and patients, who spoke to our…
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The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday retained the Monetary Policy Rate, which is the benchmark lending rate, at the current 14 per cent. The decision to leave the rate unchanged was contrary to…
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Ekiti State born Presidential Adviser on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has told the Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG) stop coming to Aso Rock Presidential Villa, saying, it was the Boko Haram insurgent that kidnapped the Chibok…
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A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, and supporters of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday clashed over Jibrin’s call for Dogara to resign. Jibrin, who addressed journalists…
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The country’s debt profile has risen to N16.29tn, the Debt Management Office has said. Statistics obtained from the DMO on Tuesday showed that the country’s total debt liability had risen to N16.29tn as of June 30, 2016. As of June 2015,…
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The Federal Government says the implementation of the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with Me’’ started from the leadership, contrary to the position of some critics. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai…
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Beginning from the next academic session, the Lagos State Government has said it would shut down more than 10,000 schools operating illegally in the state. Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, said operators of the schools, which…
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The Supreme Court ruled today that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, was duly elected governor of the state, thereby dashing the hope of James Faleke of becoming governor and that of Idris Wada getting a second tenure . The seven-man…
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The Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Primary Appeal Committee has recommended the cancellation of the disputed shadow poll that threw up Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as the governorship candidate. The committee headed by Mrs.…
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AN Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 19-year old man, Happy Okotie, to six years’ imprisonment for stealing. Okotie was sentenced along with a 25-year-old man, Kingsley Ebose, who was also jailed for six years…
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