Air Peace is to begin first direct flight from Nigeria to the State of Israel on April 20, 2023.The Israeli Minister of Transportation and Road Safety, Brigadier General Miri Regev who disclosed this in Israel, noted that this would be a historical feat, as there had never been a direct
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President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next week.He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the Nigeria Labour Congress should also be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has listed Nigeria and 11 others as 12 hardest hit countries by food and nutrition crisis. A new global report indicated that 7.3 million adolescent girls and women, aged 15-49, in the most populous black nation, are undernourished. Others captured in the report include
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Its 3.35pm Wednesday November 02, 2022; 114 days 16 hours 25mins to the Nigeria Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for 25th February 2023.The atmosphere has been bubbling with so much ‘noise’ since 28th September, 2022, the campaign kickoff day.Party candidates have since started cajoling, enticing and manipulating the teeming
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to tighten surveillance at Nigerian borders ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections,In a statement on Tuesday, January 31, issued in Abuja by Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the directive was given while
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has honoured the invitation to appear before the House of Representatives adhoc committee on cashless policy today Tuesday 31 January. The House had invited Emefiele and the chief executive officers of commercial banks to appear before it last week.The House
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigeria Apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deployed 30,000 super agents nationwide to enhance its cash swap initiative in the hinterlands, rural areas and regions underserved by banks in the country.The deployment of the 30,000 super agents was also to ensure that the weak
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Anietie Udobit. AbujaThere are long queues of vehicles at few petrol stations dispensing the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, known as petrol in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its environs.The queues which can be sighted at a distance most of the times block the highways obstructing the free movement of
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaAs the dates for 2023 general elections draw nearer, and more Nigerians are eager to participate, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has again extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by an additional one week.In a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman,
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...Long queue at ATM centres-Anietie Udobit, AbujaDespite the Central Bank warnings and threats to sanction erring commercial banks, most of the banks’ in Abuja and other parts of the country are still giving customers the old notes.Although few banks visited by our correspondents in Abuja have started giving the
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