June 2018

The World Bank says it has approved a loan of $2.1 billion for seven projects in Nigeria. Earlier in the year, top executives from the bank toured some projects in the country.
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Thursday warned that if the issues that led to the federation accounts and allocation committee (FAAC) meeting with governors that ended in a deadlocked is not resolved; salaries might be affected in…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assented to two new bills, the Presidential Liaison to the National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has said. Enang said while briefing State House Correspondents that the new laws were the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described the fuel tanker fire experienced in Lagos on Thursday evening as one of the greatest tragedies witnessed in the country in recent times. Buhari states this in a statement made available to…
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A fuel-laden tanker has exploded along the Otedola Bridge axis of Berger in Lagos with the blaze engulfing at least 54 other vehicles. The tanker was heading out of Lagos towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the crash occurred,…
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the House will not relent until all allegations of misuse of N10.08 trillion (about $30 billion) by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is probed and unraveled.…
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The trial of Maryam Sanda, who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, was on Thursday stalled due to the ill-health of the prosecution counsel, Mr James Idachaba. Maryam, the first defendant, was alleged to have killed her…
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The Presidency has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of taking advantage of the nation’s security challenge to play ‘cheap politics’. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, made the allegation in…
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Amnesty International, says the failure of Nigerian government to hold alleged murderers to account is encouraging them and fueling rising insecurity across the country. The group made the observation on Thursday through a statement…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday said it did nothing wrong with the amount it deposited for distribution to the three tiers of government in June. The NNPC was responding to the decision of the Federation…
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