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Nigerian Troops Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security check point few kilometres away from Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 5: 30 PM, at Moloi area, an outskirts of Maiduguri. The insurgents were …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo clarified on Monday that the NNPC and not the Federal Government pays for the fuel subsidy that has emerged with the N171 landing cost as against the official retail price of N145. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, with the Minister of State Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe …

BUA Group CEO, Abdulsamad Rabiu …The truth and lies you need to know   The claim by BUA Group that Dangote Group is trying to create a monopoly in the Cement Industry in Nigeria has been punctured by documents filed in a Court of law in a recent suit. The …

CBN brings back cash handling fees for bank customers Indications are rife that the Central Bank of Nigeria may have concluded arrangement to re-introduce cash handling fees for both deposits and withdrawals as its board of governors approve the full implementation of the cashless policy nationwide. The CBN Deputy Governor, …

Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Kayode Fayemi The Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti state awarded a N600m contract to a company with no fixed address, the  Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Ekiti State Government said. The commission headed by Justice Silas Oyewole to look into the financial transactions …

CALABAR – THREE Soldiers were allegedly among six persons burnt to death in Iwuru in Biase Local Government Area in central district of Cross River State on Wednesday night when a tanker laden with petroleum products crashed and exploded along the Calabar – Ikom highway. A fuel tanker laden with …

The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peopls Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has been advised to be magnanimous in victory and work with other National Chairmanship aspirants who lost out at the last Saturday, 9th December 2017 elective National Convention of the party. The advice was contained in a …

Ogeah Delta State governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, and former Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq, will be honoured with special awards by the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as part of activities marking the Press Week of the NUJ in Asaba. Okowa will be given …

The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said the exit of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from the ruling All Progressives Congress is not a good development for the party. Atiku, a former Vice-President, defected recently from the ruling party to the Peoples Democratic Party. Okorocha spoke with journalists after he …

President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow join over 50 other world leaders to participate in ‘One Planet Summit’ in Paris, France. The summit, according to the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, is jointly organised by the United Nations, World Bank Group, and French government in collaboration with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) …