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Ekiti House of Assembly didn’t stop airport project, court did
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has said that the State airport project was stopped because of subsisting court judgment secured by land owners and plantation farmers displaced from the project’s proposed site, adding that; “the House of…
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House of Reps in rowdy session over Dogara/Jibrin faceoff
The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session following what some suspect was an attempt to suspend Abdulmumin Jibrin.
Trouble started when the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Emmanuel Orker-jev,…
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PDP: Jonathan, IBB, Gusau facilitate Sheriff, Makarfi reconciliation moves
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ex- military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and former National Security Adviser, NSA who also served as Jonathan’s Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau were the principal leaders who…
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Recession: Hospitals jack up prices of surgeries, others
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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CBN rejects Finance minister’s call for interest rate cut …retains benchmark rate at 14%
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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Boko Haram kidnapped Chibok girls not Buhari, stop coming to Aso Rock – Ojudu blasts BBOG group
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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Budget padding: Dogara supporters, Jibrin clash over resignation calls
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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Under Buhari, Nigeria’s debt rises by N4.17tn in one year
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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Lai Mohammed: Implementation of ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign ‘started from the top’
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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Lagos to shut 10,000 schools
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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