Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act.“Today I signed into law the amended Deep Offshore Act. Nigeria will now receive its fair, rightful and equitable share of income from our own natural resources for the first time since 2003,” Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement.“In
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The Government of Japan has named former Minister of National Planning and Budget, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, as one of the foreign recipients of the 2019 Autumn Imperial Decorations.A press statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the Embassy of Japan said that Udoma would receive “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver
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Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the bumper harvest recorded this farming season will help stabilise the price of rice in Nigerian markets.Bagudu, who is the Chairman Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production in the country, made the statement on Monday in Argungu Local Government Area of the state in an
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Nigeria’s banking landscape is currently undergoing a huge transformation. For years, the country has been heavily cash-reliant with low levels of financial inclusion. But ever since the Central Bank of Nigeria unveiled plans for a nationwide cashless policy scheme in March 2019, more and more citizens have been engaging in digital transactions.A number of
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A disease suspected to be Yellow fever has killed 10 persons in different communities of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.Two health workers working at the Tipchi Primary Health Care Centre, have been infected with the disease which affected communities of Tipchi, Deru, Sabon Gari, Tudun Wada and Barawo, all of which
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As the battle to restore the mandate stolen by Orji Uzo Kalu in connivance with one Dr. Anumudu who worked as INEC's returning officer during the 2019 National Assembly election in Abia north continues, we take a critical look at the unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Cornelius Akintola led election petition tribunal panel at
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