Akwa Ibom State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to refund about N144 billion owed the state as money spent on intervention and construction of federal projects in the state, including roads. The state’s Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, who stated this yesterday in Uyo, said the Federal Government
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The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has arrested two whistle blowers for allegedly misleading it with false information. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged false information was provided against Mr Emmanuel Mbaka, foremost real estate developer and Managing Director of Platinum Mortgage
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The issues surrounding restructuring in Nigeria have remained topical at least since 1999, but it assumed a new level of resonance recently as the 2019 general elections approach. As expected, different pressure groups, socio-cultural associations and politicians have joined the fray. The most discernible motive for the high tempo in
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The Bank of Industry (BOI), Nigeria’s leading Development Finance Institution (DFI), and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a $500 million financing support. Speaking on the development on Sunday, the bank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Olukayode Pitan, said the partnership has an
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The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has appealed to the federal government to intervene in the menace perpetrated by erosions in some parts of Ebonyi and Abia States. It said the situation in Abakaliki Ugep road in Ebonyi and Isuikwuato in Abia are now death traps to motorists
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In a bold step to enforce ethics and check the excesses of broadcasting stations, Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has started reviewing the broadcasting code to address emerging challenges, especially hate speech and fake news. Dr. Igomu Onoja, its Zonal Director in charge of the North-Central, said on Saturday in Jos that
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, on Friday in sokoto warned Nigerians to stop deceiving themselves on the current situation of the country as all is not well with Nigeria. He also went further to advise politicians to stop fighting because of defections. He therefore, called on religious leaders to
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Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has charged young Nigerian innovators and entrepreneurs to always be focused and dogged in transforming their ideas into reality. Osinbanjo gave the charge in Kano at the 2018 Northern Regional Finals of Students Innovation Challenge (SIC) held at Dangote Business School (DBS) of Bayero University, Kano. “Never give
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said he wondered how past Nigerian leaders, including a military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida; former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former President Goodluck Jonathan, spent the oil revenues that accrued to the country during their administrations. According to a statement on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
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The Federal Government has released a list of 69 ongoing road and bridge projects in the South-east. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, in a statement signed by his aide Segun Adeyemi on Monday, said though the contracts for many of the roads were awarded before the advent
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