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President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of Yokohama, August 28-30, 2019. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity on Friday, said President Buhari’s participation will be his
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Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) on Friday, described the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal judgment nullifying his March 22 election, as a miscarriage of Justice. The tribunal sitting in Abuja, while delivering judgment in the petition filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress(APC), nullified the election and
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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has pledged to ensure the urgent rehabilitation of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja in line with international best practice. The minister made the pledge on Friday in Abuja when he inspected facilities at the stadium. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
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August 22, 2019 9:19 pm by david.adeoye - Nigeria - MinisterBy David AdeoyeIbadan, Aug 22, 2019 (NAN) Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has congratulated the newly-appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, charging him to be a good ambassador of the state.In a statement signed in Ibadan on
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OPEC Hails Sylva's Appointment as Minister of State, Petroleum The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mr Mohammad Barkindo, has congratulated Mr Timipre Sylva on his appointment as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. Barkindo disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He described the
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NAF Destroys insurgents’ logistics Base, Assembly Area in Bula Bello, Borno The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) logistics base at Bula Bello on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno. The service said the ATF
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From Haruna Aliyu Usman, Birnin Kebbi As president Buhari Wednesday inaugurated his cabinet who for the next four years will pilot the affairs of the country in their respective ministries, he has put to paid rumours making the rounds in Kebbi and outside that Abubakar Chika Malami would not
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N769.523 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of July 2019. The N769.523 billion comprised revenue from Value Added Tax (VAT), Exchange Gain and Gross Statutory Revenue. The Committee announced in a communique at
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As CBN plans support for Diagnostic Centres By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to providing quality of education in the country. The President gave the assurance when he inaugurated the newly completed Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, constructed and donated
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Federal Government on Thursday, asked state governments to pay back the N614 billion given as bailout support funds from 2016 to 2017 to cushion the effect of the recession. The debt profile formed part of deliberations at the National Economic Council(NEC) meeting chaired by Vice President, Yemi
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