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29May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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COVID-19: CBN Crashes Rates, Relaxes Terms of OFIs Facilities

By Dayo Omoogun The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reduced interest rates on its facilities through participating Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) from 9% to 5% per annum (more…)

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29May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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COVID-19: ICT Billionaires Generate $225bn in 2 Months, Says Abdullahi

By Mohammed Mohammed  The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) on Friday said 25 ICT Billionaires generated over $25 billion with 2 months at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)

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28May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Senate President celebrates Nigerian children on Children’s Day

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Nigerian children on the occasion of the 2020 Children's Day. (more…)

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28May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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NCC Suspends Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday said, it has suspended the spectrum trading guidelines 2018 for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. (more…)

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23May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Minister Commends Governors El-Rufai, Uzodimma, Others for Pegging RoW Charges at N145

By Mohammed Mohammed The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Ibrahim Pantami, has commended the Governors Nasir el-Rufai Rufai of Kaduna, Hope Uzodimma of Imo, (more…)

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22May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Police Warn on Mass Gathering During Sallah Celebration

...IG congratulates Muslim Faithful on Did el-Fitre By Mohammed Mohammed (more…)

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21May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Eidul-Fitr: FG Declares Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Public Holidays

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Federal Government on Thursday declared Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 of this month as public holidays to mark this year’s Eidul- Fitr celebration. (more…)

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20May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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COVID-19: SGF Applauds NNPC Intervention Initiatives

By Dayo Omoogun The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has continued to receive applause from various quarters for its consistent efforts geared towards the eradication of the pandemic. (more…)

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19May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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NITDA Issues Guidelines for Mgt of Personal Data by Public Institutions

By Mohammed Mohammed The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in furtherance of its regulatory mandate has issued the guideline for management of personal data (more…)

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19May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FG Verifying Claims for Cure on COVID-19, Lassa-Fever- Onu

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the ministry has begun verification claims for the cure of Covid-19. (more…)

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19May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FG ‘ll Ensure ITU Standards in Deployment of ICT Infrastructure

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Ibrahim Pantami, has said Federal Government will strictly comply (more…)

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19May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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NNPC Boss Urges Newly Recruited Trainees to Join in Building Corporation

By Dayo Omoogun The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged the newly recruited Graduate Trainees (GTs) to join hands with other staff (more…)

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19May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Senate Seeks Establishment of Food Reserve Agency Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

By Mohammed Mohammed The Senate on Tuesday commenced legislative work on a critical bill to ensure food security for Nigeria with the establishment of the Food Reserve Agency to avert any form of emergency food crises in the future. (more…)

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18May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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RoWs: Pantami Commends Fayemi for Implementing Resolution, after 7 Years

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Ibrahim Pantami, has said that he is delighted to hear about the Executive Order No. 007 of 2020 on Right of Way (RoW) Charges on (more…)

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17May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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COVID-19: Police Arrest 1,872 Violators of Restriction Order

By Seun Adams The Lagos State Command on enforcement of COVID-19 preventive meadures on Sunday said that it had in the last two weeks arrested 1,872 violators. The suspects were charged to Mobile Court by the Command’s legal team at the State CID Yaba. The 1,833 accused persons, the Operative said pleaded guilty to the one count charge and were convicted. The remaining 39 accused persons pleaded not guilty and were remanded in Police custody till the next adjourned date for hearing. 483 vehicles were impounded, out of which 398 are private vehicles, while 85 are commercial vehicles. 20 out of the commercial vehicles impounded are intercepted along the boundary communities on non essential interstates travel with 152 passengers who were equally arrested and charged to Court. DSP, Elkanah Ba...

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17May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FG Grounds Foreign Airline for Unauthorized Flight

By Mohammed Mohammed The federal government on Sunday grounded a United Kingdom based private flight operator for involvement in commercial flights into the country. (more…)

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16May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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COVID-19 Intervention: FCT Minister Lauds NNPC, Offers Land for Coalition’s Development

By Dayo Omoogun The Honourable Minister of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, has commended the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (more…)

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16May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FG, States and LGCs share N606.196 billion for April

By Dayo Omoogun The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) today at its meeting via Virtual Conferencing, chaired the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, (more…)

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16May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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AfDB Debars China Zhonghao Ltd For 18 Months for Bribing Official

The African Development Bank ( ADB) has debarred China Zhonghao Limited, employer of two Chinese recently arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offering a bribe of N100 million to one of its officer, for 18 months, for fraudulent practices. (more…)

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14May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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N1.1bn Grass Cutting Scandal: Babachir to Appear in Court June 10

The trial of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, before Justice Jude Okeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama has been adjourned to June 10, 2020 for continuation of trial. (more…)

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