The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed January 20 for judgment on the Kano State governorship dispute following the March 9, 2019 election in the state.A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, fixed the date for judgment after hearing the appeal by the Peoples Democratic
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has given condition to motorists who want to use Google map while driving.FRSC corps marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, in a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said road users could use Google map with the aid of car-holding phone devices.According to him, anyone caught holding their
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Anietie Udobit, Agency reportsUS President Donald Trump said on Dec. 31 that the Phase 1 deal with China would be signed on Jan. 15 at the White House. Trump also said he would sign the deal with high-level representatives of China, and that he would later travel to Beijing to begin talks on
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Central Bank of Nigeria economic report for November 2019 has shown that Commercial and merchant banks have accessed N662.44 billion loans from the apex bank to control their liquidity and maintain stability.The report also showed that the loans, which came through the Standing Lending Facilities (SLF), were meant to allow the lenders raise
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Anietie UdobitPetroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) report has shown that over 18 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also called petrol, were supplied in Nigeria in 2019.According to the Executive Secretary of the agency, Abdulkadir Saidu, in a report yesterday, the total quantity of PMS supplied across the nation as at November
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned Iran against attacking Israel in response to the American killing last week of senior military commander Qassem Soleimani.“We’re standing steadfast against those who seek our lives. We’re standing with determination and with force. Whoever tries to attack us will receive a crushing blow in return,” he declared
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Immediate-past Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, has assumed duty at her new job at the United Nations.A UN spokesman, Mr Farhan Haq, made this known to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Tuesday.Haq said Ogunbiyi, who was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on
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A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 carrying 176 people on Wednesday crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing everyone on board.The circumstances of the crash are not fully known. The Iranian state news media cited technical problems on the plane, which was bound for Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.The disaster happened against the backdrop of the escalating tensions
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Air Peace has received its third International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification.Mr Stanley Olisa, the Corporate Communications Executive of Air Peace, stated this in a statement he released to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.He said that the new certification had reaffirmed the airline’s commitment to safety and set the tone for
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued to give directives that deepen its cashless policy with its new rule for e-payment channels, especially the Point of Sale (PoS) machine. This new directive is coming barely a month after the CBN ordered that customers should no longer be charged N50 for transactions on the
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