The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, met behind closed doors with the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Mela Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the agenda of the meeting was unknown as of the time of filing this report.NAN reports
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court will rule on four different governorship election trials today.The states are Delta, Abia, Taraba and Niger.A seven-man of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, has fixed judgment for 2pm for Taraba and Abia, while hearing is ongoing for Niger and Delta.Abia State governorship dispute is between Okezie Ikpeazu
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Anietie UdobitSenator Mao Ohuabunwa has said that no senator can stop people of Abia North from having voice in Senate. Ohuabunwa, who made the call while answering questions from journalists in Umuahia yesterday, said the upper chamber of National Assembly had not said anything about the vacant seat of Abia North in the Senate.
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The 3rd Edition of the Nigeria Petroleum Summit, tagged NISP 2020 has been scheduled to hold from 9th to 12th, February 2020 in Abuja.President Muhammadu Buhari will be chief host of the event with support from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Marlin Sylva, alongside the Group Managing Director of the
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Anietie UdobitFollowing the death of Iranian military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a United States airstrike in Iraq, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has placed Police Commands and Formations nationwide on red alert.Soleimani spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force
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Anietie UdobitAn anti-corruption advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,SERAP has urged President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and governors of the 36 states to publish the contents of their asset declaration forms submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau.SERAP said in a statement by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, on Sunday that
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Thursday said construction work on the over $1.5bn Lagos-Ibadan railway project was moving ahead of the scheduled time for its completion.It also stated that concerns in some quarters that funding might have slowed work on the project were not necessary, as funds meant for the construction of the railway
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Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, started the new year with a lot of cheer as the bank yesterday announced its promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January.Those who are beneficiaries of this exercise will receive up to 170% increase in
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The Minister of State for Transportation, Mrs Gbemisola Saraki, has condemned the demolition of the building belonging to her late father, Olusola Saraki, by the Kwara State Government.Gbemisola, who belongs to the same party, the All Progressives Congress, with the state Governor, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, accused him of using security agencies to settle family political
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Donald Trump said he was not seeking a war with Iran, or "regime change," after assassinating the country's top general in an audacious drone strike.The US president said he had acted to prevent a plot against America by General Qassim Soleimani, who he called a "sick monster"and "the number one terrorist anywhere in the
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