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Nigeria’s NNPC seeks debut $1.5bn Loan-Bankers

The NNPC is looking to secure a $1.5 billion, five-year amortising restructuring syndicated loan from international lenders, bankers close to the deal said. (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Mikano Donates 10KVA Generator to Airtel’s adopted Public School

Mikano Limited has donated a 10KVA generator in support of Airtel’s Adopt-A-School programme to Oremeji Primary School 2 in Ajegunle, Lagos state. The primary school is a major beneficiary of Airtel’s Adopt-A-School Programme; the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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VP Sambo Plots for 2015

By Haruna Salami Supporters of Nigerian Vice-President Namadi Sambo stormed the venue of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP North West zone, in their hundreds on Saturday urging the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Nigeria and Ghana Vow to Strengthen Relations

Nigerian President Goodluck E. Jonathan has stated that Nigeria and Ghana will continue to strengthen economic and trade relations for the benefit of the African continent, calling on citizens and investors in both countries to explore and (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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A Three Week-Old Boy’s Arm Amputated, Mother Cries for Help

The birth of little Etimbuk heralded joy in the family and communities of Udung Otong, in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. But the joy in less than three weeks was reversed to sadness as the half brother of the baby (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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ACN Governorship Flagbearer Abubakar Audu Faces Prosecution

Abubakar Audu ACN gubernatorial aspirant in the forthcoming Kogi elections was on Friday arraigned in court to face corruption and money laundering charges. The presiding judge, Justice Saidu Tanko Husseini, disclosed (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Wall Street Protest Digs In, Spreads

As anti-Wall Street protests spreads from New York to other U.S. cities, the activists beginning their third week inside a Lower Manhattan park urged participants to dress up as "corporate zombies" on (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Central Bank Governor Promises to Look into Alleged Victimization and Fraud at Haggai Loans and Savings

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has promised to investigate allegations of corruption and punitive termination of jobs at the Haggai Savings and Loans Limited in (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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24 Dead in Worst Cairo Riots Since Mubarak Ouster

Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Airtel Thanks Nigerians as it Reaches Agreement with Workers, Labor Unions

Indications emerged at the weekend that following reported agreements reached between Airtel Nigeria and the labor vanguard under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labor Congress and the Union of Postal and Telecommunication (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

My Vision of an Integrated West African Sub-region – By Goodluck Jonathan

Text of the speech delivered by President Goodluck E. Jonathan at the 50th Anniversary of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and Conferment on Him of a Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. 1.  I would like, first of all, to (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Reps Direct Airtel, NLC to Present Documents on 3,000 Sacked Workers

The House of Representatives Committee on Communications on Monday directed Airtel's management the NLC to furnish it with relevant documents relating to the alleged sacking of 3,000 workers of (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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44 Year Old Man Gets 18 Strokes of Cane for Stealing Handset in Abuja

An Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court, presided over by Mr Aminu Abdullahi, on Monday ordered one Nasiru Issa, 44, of Suleja in Niger, to be given 18 lashes of cane for stealing a handset. Police Prosecutor, (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Would Waziri’s Bark Give a Real Bite?

By Folabi Ogunleye THE other day, Farida Waziri, the perennially bespectacled Chair of Nigeria’s popular anti-graft agency, announced through the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, that three governors who served in the previous political (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

Looking Ahead with Bayo Oluwasanmi

Governor Obi, Obienyem: Merchants Of Lies

By Okey Ndibe One might as well state it as clearly and pointedly as possible: Governor Peter Obi of Anambra and Valentine Obienyem, the man who runs Mr. Obi’s sordid propaganda machine, are merchants of lies. In fact, Mr. Obienyem, the governor’s Man Friday, is a (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Warning: Crooks Can Buy ATMs on eBay

Beware the stand-alone ATM, which criminals can purchase online and set up in a public spot for stealing people's account information. Even bank ATMs can be made unsafe. The more I talk to data-security experts, the less technology I want to use. The latest convenience I've given up? Stand-alone (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Liberia Closes Borders Ahead of Elections

- Liberian presidential election results to be announced on Oct. 26 - 150 ECOWAS observers to monitor Liberian presidential elections Barely some hours to the conduct of Liberia's presidential and legislative elections, the government has announced the closure of the country's (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Two Muslim pilgrims die in Hajj

Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, Commissioner of Operations, National Hajj Commission, has announced that two Nigerian pilgrims have died so far during this year's hajj in Saudi (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Ekiti PDP Resists Demolition of Secretariat

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has resisted the demolition of a part of the party secretariat building in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital by the Governor Kayode Fayemi-led Action Congress ofNigeria (ACN) government in the (more…)

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15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Post-Presidential Poll Mayhem: Panel Indicts Buhari

The post-presidential poll crisis panel in Nigeria has submitted its report, strongly indicting the failed candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Major-General Muhammadu Buhari as having (more…)

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