Oru Leonard The Federal Government has blamed the inability to secure the required capital to link the major cities across the country by rail as the main reason why construction work has not commenced, saying that its doors are open to all willing investors that can muster the capital required
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President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation at 7pm today. A statement by Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, noted that all television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets can hook up to the network services of the NTA and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast. There will be a repeat broadcast at
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Ogbu Sunday, Abakaliki Ebonyi State overseas PhD students, yesterday called on Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to come to their aid by facilitating the payment of their outstanding tuition fees in various Higher institutions in the United Kingdom. In a letter addressed to the Governor titled: "Congratulatory and passionate appeal letter
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The Kano State Government is set to establish Kano State Bulk Electricity Trading Company, under the Qua Iboe Power Plant project. The move was conceptualised following an agreement by the Federal Government, through the Transmission Company of Nigeria, to deliver the required amount of power to the state, after the completion
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The Adamawa Government says it has qualified to benefit from a 6.7 million dollar grant from the World Bank for the Save One Million Lives programme. Governor Jibrilla Bindow Dr Fatima Abubakar, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview in Yola. Abubakar said that the qualification was
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Not less than 60 youths have reached the finals of the Hack Edo Series organised by the Edo State Government in partnership with Siemens’ Impact Hub to improve power supply in communities across the state. The finalists will gather in Benin City, the state capital, on Monday, December 17, for the
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have sent a joint Freedom of Information request to Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, requesting him to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently provide information on the 2015, 2016
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigerian government remains deeply grateful to the government and people of Switzerland for their support in resuscitating the economy, especially the return of illegally stolen funds. He made the remark while receiving Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Mr
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President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a Presidential Implementation Committee on Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary, in accordance with the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the committee will drive the actualisation of the autonomy granted
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Ogbu Sunday, Abakaliki An oil magnet and multi-billionaire, Prince Authur Eze (OFR) yesterday told the people of Ebonyi State to vote massively for the re-election of the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC) President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming elections and Governor David Umahi of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. Authur Eze,
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