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Ijaw Nation Renews Hope With Economic Summit

By Nenghi Ilagha ON February 23, 2005, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, played host to what may well qualify as the largest assembly of Ijaw...

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*Abaribe: Votes and Proceedings Will Prove Senate Right Or Wrong *Akpabio Defends Mandatory Electronic Election Results Transmission Rejection *Says Process Not Complete, Amendments Can Still Be Made, But Chamber Won't Be Intimidated THE Senate would on Tuesday, February 10,...

Court Jails Ex-NEXIM MD, Orya, 490 Fears Over N2.4bn Fraud

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Thursday, February 5, sentenced a former managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 490 years imprisonment for N2.4billion fraud.Justice F.E. Messiri, handed Orya 10 years...

PDP Leadership Crisis: INEC Recognises Wike-backed Faction

*We’ll Field Candidates In 2027, Take Over Secretariat Monday, Says Mohammed-Led PDP *Turaki Faction Questions Recognition Of Wike Camp THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in compliance with a subsisting court order, has formally recognised the National Caretaker...

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*FG Clarifies Position, Insists No Final Decision Taken NIGERIA and Saudi Arabian oil company, Aramco, are struggling to reach an agreement on a record $5billion oil-backed loan after a recent slide in crude prices sparked concern among...

Senate Hold Emergency Sitting Tuesday

*Abaribe: Votes and Proceedings Will Prove Senate Right Or Wrong *Akpabio Defends Mandatory Electronic Election Results Transmission Rejection *Says Process Not Complete, Amendments Can Still Be Made, But Chamber Won't Be Intimidated THE Senate would on Tuesday, February 10,...

Court Jails Ex-NEXIM MD, Orya, 490 Fears Over N2.4bn Fraud

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Thursday, February 5, sentenced a former managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 490 years imprisonment for N2.4billion fraud.Justice F.E. Messiri, handed Orya 10 years...
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Price Drop Delays Nigeria’s $5bn Oil-backed Loan From Aramco

*FG Clarifies Position, Insists No Final Decision Taken NIGERIA and Saudi Arabian oil company, Aramco, are struggling to reach an agreement on a record $5billion oil-backed loan after a recent slide in crude prices sparked concern among...

FG Continues Naira-For-Crude Policy To Boost Economy

THE Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to implementation of sales of crude and refined product in Naira, which it described as a strategic, long-term policy to bolster Nigeria’s energy independence and ease pressure on foreign...

Petrol Price Hike Has Worsened Our Operational Difficulties, MAN Laments

CHAIRMAN of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in the Southwest, Mr. Lanre Popoola, said the difficult in the operations of manufacturers had been has been compounded by the recent fuel pump price increase. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Court Jails Ex-NEXIM MD, Orya, 490 Fears Over N2.4bn Fraud

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Thursday, February 5, sentenced a former managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 490 years imprisonment for N2.4billion fraud.Justice F.E. Messiri, handed Orya 10 years...

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Confusion Over Sit-at-home Cancellation In Southeast By Group

*IPOB: We Don’t Know Such People, They Are Criminals *‘Butchers Realised They Laboured In Vain’ CONFUSION has trailed the reported cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home directive...

Senate Hold Emergency Sitting Tuesday

*Abaribe: Votes and Proceedings Will Prove Senate Right Or Wrong *Akpabio Defends Mandatory Electronic Election Results Transmission Rejection *Says Process Not Complete, Amendments Can Still Be...

Court Jails Ex-NEXIM MD, Orya, 490 Fears Over N2.4bn Fraud

THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Thursday, February 5, sentenced a former managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to...

PDP Leadership Crisis: INEC Recognises Wike-backed Faction

*We’ll Field Candidates In 2027, Take Over Secretariat Monday, Says Mohammed-Led PDP *Turaki Faction Questions Recognition Of Wike Camp THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in...

At US Prayer Breakfast, Trump Calls Remi Tinubu Very Respected Woman

UNITED States (US) President, Donald Trump, has described Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, as a “very respected woman.”Trump's remarks while addressing participants at the...

Abducted Kaduna Worshippers Regain Freedom

THE worshippers abducted from three different churches in Kurmin Wali, Kufana axis of Kajuru Local Council of Kaduna State have regained their freedom.Recall that...

APC Plans Inclusive Convention, Congresses As Tinubu Meets Leaders

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, February 5, met with key segments of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), even as the party announced plans...

Police Elevates Spokesman, Hundeyin, To ACP

THE Nigeria Service Commission (PSC) has approved the elevation of the Force spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, from a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) to the...

U.S. Troops Deployment: DHQ Says Engagements For Training, Intelligence Support

*Respects Nigeria's Sovereignty Tinubu Dispatches Soldiers To Kwara After Bandits Massacre Over 100 On Bloody Tuesday *Terrorists Kill 75 Lives In Kwara, 21 In Katsina, 16...

Senate Passes Electoral Bill 2026, Rejects Electronic Results Transmission

*Approves Stiffer Penalties For Vote-buying THE Senate, on Wednesday, February 4, rejected a proposal to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory.While passing the...

Lagos Assembly Stops Makoko Demolitions As Protests Trail Exercise

*Govt Denies Exceeding Setback, Confirms Demolitions Halt THE Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered an immediate stoppage of ongoing demolitions in Makoko, a waterfront...

Akpabio’s Appeal Abuse Of Process, Akpoti-Uduaghan Tells Supreme Court

THE senator resenting Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has in a counter-affidavit at the Supreme Court challenging an appeal by Senate...