The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says the payment of depositors in Heritage Bank will commence in one week.The Managing Director of NDIC, Bello Hassan, disclosed this in a briefing on the liquidation of the bank in Abuja on Wednesday.Hassan said the total bank deposits at Heritage Bank stand at
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum on her historic election as the first female President of the United Mexican States (Mexico).Sheinbaum won the Mexican presidential election by a landslide, becoming the first female president in the country since its independence in 1821.In a release issued on Wednesday by
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Senate has urged the Federal Government to continue the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers, following the yet to be concluded negotiations on minimum wage.President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio said this at the end of a four hour closed door meeting with leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
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Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has successfully exported its first jet fuel cargo to Europe. The shipment, which marks a major achievement for the newly operational refinery, was transported to Rotterdam by BP. This export follows a 120,000 metric ton tender secured by BP and Cepsa for late May deliveries.The inaugural cargo,
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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, declared on Saturday that Nigeria is becoming increasingly volatile, uncertain, and complex, with rising insecurity making the country a perilous place, plagued by suffering and hunger.Speaking in Lagos at the Africa Methodist Council Heads of Conference Summit and Women’s Movement Leadership Summit, where he chaired
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There is tension in Abia State as soldiers arrested many residents and assaulted others in what appears to be a revenge act.This is happening days after gunmen killed five soldiers in Aba, the commercial hub of the state.Recall that, masked gunmen, on Thursday morning, attacked and killed the soldiers in
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A former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has reaffirmed her stance against adopting the new national anthem signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.Ezekwesili had said on Wednesday that she would not revert to the old national anthem.Ezekwesili reiterated her stance while reacting to a video of Nigerian activist,
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The Branch Controller (Ekiti) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mrs T.A.Y. Lawson, has stated that the nationwide strike set to begin on Monday will not interfere with the examinations throughout the country.This was contained in a letter to principals and school proprietors in Ekiti State titled: “Notice of
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has dismissed claims by Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, that Nigerian passengers travelling from Paris to Abuja in an aircraft owned by Air France Airlines were stranded in Chad.Speaking on Saturday, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA,
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The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has placed a N25 million bounty on the killers of the five officers of the Nigerian Army near Aba Town.The offer will be a reward to anyone with useful information on how to arrest and prosecute the criminals.In a statement made public on Friday,
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