Alleged Extortion: 70 FRSC Personnel To Face Prosecution

Alleged Extortion: 70 FRSC Personnel To Face Prosecution

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said.Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic...
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Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation

Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N10billion Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Spokesman in a statement, said this was the high po...
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Photo News

Photo News

Left to Right: Acting Director General Securities and Exchange commission, SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk and Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed at the on-going World Bank/International Monetary Fund Meeting in Washington DC, Thursday.
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Toyota Unveils Electric Mini Car

Toyota Unveils Electric Mini Car

Toyota on Thursday unveiled a special mini car. The development is coming after its success with hybrid technology.Indeed,  the logical assumption was that Toyota would jump in with both feet into development of battery-electric cars.At first it seemed th...
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Lagos Port Records Highest Incidents As Global Piracy Declines

Lagos Port Records Highest Incidents As Global Piracy Declines

The first nine months of this year saw fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the corresponding period of 2018, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest report.However, the Gulf of Guinea remained a high...
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CBN: N500, N1000 Denominations Most Commonly Counterfeited Banknotes

CBN: N500, N1000 Denominations Most Commonly Counterfeited Banknotes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday, said that a total of 119,663 pieces of counterfeit notes with a nominal value of N98.82 million was recorded in 2018.The bank said this in the Currency Operations 2018 Annual Report, posted...
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Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020

Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020

The Delta State Government has proposed a N389 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year.The State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba.Aniagwu said that the budget approval was par...
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Global Borrowing Now At Highest Level Since 1950s

Global Borrowing Now At Highest Level Since 1950s

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to create the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could be worse than any previously experienced. Global borrowing is now at the high...
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NPA Photo News

NPA Photo News

 L-R: The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, the President of Women in Maritime Africa-Nigeria (WIMAFRICA-NIGERIA) Hajia Bola Muse, at the Annual Conference of WIMAFRICA-NIGERIA in Lagos.
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Lagos Pledges To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage

Lagos Pledges To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage

Lagos State will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage,  State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu  has said.Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership  of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Co...
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Photo New

From left Hajia Lami Tumaka, Director of Special Duties, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman; President of WIMA Nigeria, Hajia Bola Muse; and Hajia Aisha Musa,...
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Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre

Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has donated some household itemś to the Kano State Old People’s Home and the Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF) centre in the state.The items presented to the beneficiaries by the Executive Secretary of the NSC, Mr...
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Group Seeks Agric Reforms In West Africa

Group Seeks Agric Reforms In West Africa

The International Crisis Group, an independent non-profit organisation, on Tuesday called for a reform in the agricultural sector in West Africa and the Sahel as part of measures to address insecurity.Mr Nnamdi Obasi, the Senior Adviser of the group for...
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Access Bank Hits  N1b Digital Daily Lending

Access Bank Hits N1b Digital Daily Lending

Access Bank’s expanded Digital Lending Portfolio, which gives Nigerians quick and 24/7 access to funds for emergencies without any collateral, has hit a record N1billion daily in loan value.Executive Director, Retail Banking, Access Bank Plc, Victor Etuokwu,...
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