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UK funds Nigeria’s first Open-Source Business Intelligence Platform, says envoy

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The United Kingdom Government said it has funded an Opened Source Business Intelligence Platform aimed at providing reliable data about the Nigeria Technology Sector. Mr Ben Llewellyn-Jones, UK’s Deputy High Commissioner, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, in Lagos. According to him, the platform will help to provide transparent and reliable data about Nigeria’s … Read more

Nigeria’s COVID-19 deaths near 2,000 mark

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ECOWAS preparedness, response activities COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 16 additional COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total  number of deaths from the disease since its outbreak in the country to 1,939. The NCDC made the disclosure on its official Twitter handle late on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria has so … Read more

Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage features in Bob Marley song

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Award-winning Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage has revealed that she featured in the remix of a popular track by reggae legend, Bob Marley. The announcement was followed with appreciation to the family of Bob Marley for giving her the opportunity of a lifetime. This is arguably one of the most historic collaborations by a Nigerian artist. Jamaican singer, … Read more

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala assumes duty as WTO Director General

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Nigeria’s former finance and foreign affairs minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was appointment in mid-February as the new Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO. The organization’s 164 members unanimously elected the 66-year-old to lead the global trade outfit. Today, March 1, she officially assumes her role as leader of the WTO. She made history by … Read more

Nigeria’s School feeding programme:   4Million  school pupils in 17 states now eating one free meal a day 

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By DAVID IORJA -Three more states have been added to the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, with an additional one million children now benefitting from it. They are Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Niger states.

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Nigeria’s Francisca Ordega joins Atlectico Madrid Women

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Francisca Ordega, Super Falcons player, on Friday joined Atletico Madrid Women on loan from the Washington Spirit.

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Nigeria’s Information Minister urges international partners to proscribe IPOB

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Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on Nigeria’s international partners to designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organisation.

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President Buhari keeps mum as $25 billion contract scandal rocks Nigeria’s oil corporation

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The government asks Nigerians to ignore the news.

President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to clear the air about grievous allegations of abuse of contract process to the tune of N9 trillion naira at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, more than 24 hours after leakage of an internal memo which detailed the allegation.

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Nigeria’s Presidential election holds Feb. 16, 2019 , says Electoral body

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By JACOB KUBEKA

Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced that the commission has fixed Saturday, February 16, 2019 for the conduct of presidential and National Assembly elections in the country.

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Nigeria’s Judicial Council constitutes committee to monitor corruption crime cases trials

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The National Judicial Council (NJC) under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, has established Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO).

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53 traders dead after boat mishap in Nigeria’s Kebbi state

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The Chairman of the Bagudo Local Government Council in Kebbi state, North-West Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Zagga, confirmed on Thursday that no fewer than 53 traders were feared dead in a boat mishap on River Niger in Bagudo, Kebbi.

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Nigeria’s resident doctors suspend strike

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Nigeria’s National Association of Resident Doctors  (NARD), in the early hours of Thursday announced the suspension of its two-week-old strike which has crippled activities in public hospitals nationwide.

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Nigeria’s Q2 foreign trade grows by 7.7% 

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The total value of Nigeria’s merchandise trade at the end of Q2, 2017 stood at N5,697.5 billion, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

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Buhari hails Nigeria’s D’tigress on African Basketball victory

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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, on winning the 2017 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament in Mali and qualifying for the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Spain.

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Nigeria’s acting President Osinbajo meets Obasanjo, Abdulsalam Abubakar in Minna

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Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday met two of the country’s influential former leaders when he attended the Niger State Investment Summit 2017 in Minna.

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Osinbajo appoints 21 new Permanent Secretaries for Nigeria’s federal civil service

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Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof Yemi  Osibanjo has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the nation’s Federal Civil Service.

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Nigeria’s acting President, Osinbajo, redeploys ICPC boss, makes fresh appointments

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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has approved fresh appointments in Federal Government Agencies.

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Nigeria’s Central Bank continues FX intervention with $195m

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continued its intervention in the Foreign Exchange market on Monday with $195 million.

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Nigeria’s Budget Minister consults with National Assembly on 2017 – 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework

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Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Tuesday evening continued consultations on the draft 2018 – 2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) with a session with the leadership and heads of relevant committees of the National Assembly.

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Nigeria’s Army Chief grants special promotion to 6,199 soldiers fighting Boko Haram

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TY Buratai, on Tuesday approved the special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation LAFIYA DOLE to various ranks between Lance Corporals to Warrant Officers in the Nigerian Army.

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Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, two former presidents to discuss food security at IITA 50th anniversary celebration

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…AfDB president to commission $700,000 building for youth Agripreneurs

From GODWIN ATSER –Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Monday speak on food security and Nigeria’s preparedness to diversify its economy using agriculture as a lever.

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Nigeria’s Army Chief orders capture of Boko Haram leader, Shekau `dead or alive’

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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”.

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