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Edo to revamp gelegele port, bans private tax collectors
January 2, 2017 No Responses

Edo to revamp gelegele port, bans private tax collectors

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has announced the prohibition of private revenue and tax collectors in the State. In his newyear broadcast to the people of the State, Obaseki assured the people of economic recovery in 2017. He informed...
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Ajulo to Akeredolu: Make peace with Tinubu
January 2, 2017 No Responses

Ajulo to Akeredolu: Make peace with Tinubu

SIr, I am pleased to write to you today, the first day of the Year 2017. Do accept my best wishes and prayers for a wonderful and fulfilling new year. By February 24th you would be inaugurated as the 6th...
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Daewoo partners Iran on Shipbuilding
January 2, 2017 No Responses

Daewoo partners Iran on Shipbuilding

South Korean shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) and Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) have agreed a mutual cooperation related to the Iranian shipbuilding industry. The parties signed a Head of Agree...
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Buhari’s 2017 message to Nigerians
January 1, 2017 No Responses

Buhari’s 2017 message to Nigerians

I am happy to welcome you to the beginning of a New Year in our beloved country Nigeria. I felicitate with you today at a time when our nation is witnessing a new and impressive turnaround in our security and...
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Buhari begins actualisation of ECOWAS mandate
January 1, 2017 No Responses

Buhari begins actualisation of ECOWAS mandate

In the discharge of his mandate as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari has activated the process for the execution of his task. One of the outcomes of the just-concluded ECOWAS Summit...
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Thirty-five dead in instanbul attack
January 1, 2017 No Responses

Thirty-five dead in instanbul attack

(BBC) At least 35 people have lost their lives in an attack on a nightclub in Turkey, Istanbul’s governor has said. Among the dead at the Istanbul club is one police officer, Vasip Sahin stated, adding that it was a...
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VW acquires mobile-payment provider
December 31, 2016 No Responses

VW acquires mobile-payment provider

(Auto News)  Volkswagen AG has bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe’s biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services. The purchase of Vancouver-based PayByPhone, which processed more th...
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Lagos issues N47billion bond
December 31, 2016 No Responses

Lagos issues N47billion bond

Lagos State has issued N47 billion Series 1 Bond maturing in December, 2023 under its N500 billion Third Debt Issuance Programme. Speaking during the signing ceremony held at the Lagos House, Ikeja,on Friday, the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode explained that...
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NSE Photo News
December 31, 2016 No Responses

NSE Photo News

(L-R) shows Bola Adeeko, Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Professor Wole Soyinka and Ms. Tinuade Awe, General Counsel/ Head of Regulation, NSE at the Cl...
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Mali sends back migrants deported by France
December 31, 2016 No Responses

Mali sends back migrants deported by France

(BBC) Mali has sent back two people who were deported from France on the same planes they arrived on, questioning whether they were even Malian citizens. The pair were flown to Bamako using European travel permits or “laissez-passer”, not passports...
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‘Ambassador killed by wife’s lover’
December 31, 2016 No Responses

‘Ambassador killed by wife’s lover’

(AP) Police in Brazil believe that Greece’s ambassador to the country was killed by his wife’s lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects, authorities said Friday. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis went missing...
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‘FG to revamp, make key festivals attractive’
December 30, 2016 No Responses

‘FG to revamp, make key festivals attractive’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is working with the private sector to make major festivals in the country attractive to domestic and foreign tourists. He made the pledge in Offa, Kwara State, at.....
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‘No plastic rice in Nigeria’
December 30, 2016 No Responses

‘No plastic rice in Nigeria’

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has explained that laboratory result of the suspected fake rice showed that the product was not plastic but rice contaminated with micro organisms. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Y...
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Syria, rebel groups begin ceasefire
December 30, 2016 No Responses

Syria, rebel groups begin ceasefire

A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect. The truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey, which will act as guarantors, began at midnight(22:00 GMT). The deal includes many rebel groups but not jihadists such...
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