The senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has vowed to challenge the $800 million loan sought by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.The President had sought Senate approval for $800 million loan to finance the National Social Safety Network Programme.According to the President, the loan from the World Bank is
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THE Federal Government has warned the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) against its planned strike action, saying there would be no payment for doctors absent from work during the period.The warning was issued in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of
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Ebonyi State governor Dave Umahi has suggested a maximum tenure of three terms of four years each for federal lawmakers.Umahi also proposed an age limit for aspiring legislators.Speaking on Channels TV on Wednesday, May 17, the governor denied the allegation that former governors have turned the Senate to a retirement
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United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a phone conversation with President-elect Bola Tinubu ahead of the inauguration of Nigeria’s next administration on May 29.According to the spokesperson for the US State Department Matthew Miller, Blinken during the phone conversation on Tuesday, May 16, assured of the
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President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the application filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar for a live broadcast of the election petition proceedings.Tinubu, through his legal team, led by Wole Olanipekun, describes Atiku’s application as an abuse of the court’s
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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has presented a new curriculum for Nigerian universities, saying it will add value to the graduates from the universities.Adamu stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) Book 1 series for Nigerian universities and a book in his
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, May 19, inaugurate the Presidential/VIP Wing of State House Medical Centre, Abuja.“Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, President Buhari, accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijjani Umar, will embark on a guided tour of the hospital,” a statement signed by the State House
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress would have succeeded in moving Nigeria forward if it had chosen Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate.Obi said this while exchanging pleasantries with some guests at Dele Momodu’s
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two U.S. embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Anambra.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected persons were on official duty in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the
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Wema Bank has announced the launch of its flagship capacity- building programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria – the Wema SME Business School 5.0.The programme, according to Arthur Nkemeh, Head of SME Banking at Wema Bank, is aimed at equipping SME business owners and entrepreneurs in Nigeria
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