Nigeria is no longer arguing about whether it can refine petrol. It is arguing about whether it should still import the same product now that a large local refinery exists. On one side are marketers, some officials, and a competition argument that says a cargo at the jetty keeps prices honest and...
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By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI — The welfare of Nigerians would have been considerably better than it is today if not for the socio-economic challenges and systemic corruption that have bedevilled the country over the years, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru U...
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Nigeria has called for stronger cooperation among the founding states of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and urged conflicting African countries to embrace dialogue in order to preserve peace on the continent. The call was made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
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By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has declared that a former Governor of oil-rich Rivers State and vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, is incapable of earning a living outside public office. The declara...
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Mr Suleiman Kum as the new Head of its Nigeria National Office (HNO). The post WAEC appoints Suleiman Kum as new Head of Nigeria National Office appeared first on Nairametrics ....
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drug consignments worth more than N5 billion at seaports in Lagos and Rivers states and destroyed 20,234 kilograms of cannabis in Osun State. The post NDLEA intercepts N5 billion drugs, destroys 20,234kg can...
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A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Buba Galadima, has said former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is “paying for what he has done to other people” during his time in power. Speaking on the detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Symf...
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The Eselu of Iselu Kingdom in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has warned traditional rulers and the electorate not to vote for any governorship candidate who does not pick their calls or respond to messages. Oba Akinyemi, who issued the war...
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By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has condemned the killing of 15 farmers in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State by suspected terrorists, describing the attack as a threat to Nigeria’s food security. Kyari, in a sta...
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Public affairs analyst and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Otunba Lukman Taiwo Bakare, has urged Nigerians to look beyond short-term consumer relief and support economic reforms and infrastructure development, saying the country cannot achieve sustainable growth throug...
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The West African Examinations Council has appointed Suleiman Kum as the new Head of its Nigeria National Office, succeeding Dr Amos Dangut. Read More: https://punchng.com/just-in-waec-appoints-new-head-of-nigeria-office/...
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The APC governorship candidate in Ogun, Solomon Adeola, says the state will mobilise at least two million votes for President Tinubu in the next election. Read More: https://punchng.com/ogun-will-give-tinubu-2m-votes-yayi/...
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A commercial bus driver nearly landed in jail after accepting a bottle of energy drink as a waybill package in Lagos for delivery to Ondo State, only for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to discover that it contained illicit drugs. NDLEA Director of Media and Advo...
