The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government has secured a $3bn loan from the World Bank.According to the Finance Minister, the loan is to be used for reforming the nation’s power sector.Mrs Ahmed who announced the approval of the loan at a news conference to wrap up the
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Monday, announced that online registration of prospective 2019 batch C corps members begins today.The registration exercise will commence on Monday, October 21 till November 1, 2019.This was released in a statement on Monday on the NYSC official Twitter account.Prospective corps members have
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday slashed the bail term earlier imposed on the co-convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare.Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had imposed a N100m bail bond on Sowore while Bakare got N50m, following charges of treasonable felony levelled against them.Sowore, a former presidential candidate
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon left Abuja for Sochi, Russia, ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit.In the official Nigeria Presidency twitter, it reads “In Russia, he will meet with President Putin, and also attend an African Business Forum, which will bring together African and Russian business leaders”. The event will
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Minority leader of Nigerian Senate, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the impeachment of Kogi State Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba by the House of Assembly.Sen. Abaribe, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, urged Buhari to rise above party
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The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC) has said that it remitted N729.3billion and N602.30billion to the Federation Accounts and Joint Ventures (JV) respectively from July 2018 to July 2019.The NNPC July 2019 Monthly Financial Report that made this disclosure, added that the corporation also remitted N27.23billion to the Federation Account through the Federation Accounts
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