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CBN disburses N1.487trn to boost food security
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N1.487 trillion under its various agricultural programmes to boost food security. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this known
Soyinka ‘blunders’ again!
By Ekanpou Enewaridideke THERE is a towering aromatic blunder in the air. As before, ever and always – like ‘Abiku’ the perpetually irrepressible troubler of the Nobel Laureate’s creation – Soyinka,
JAMB begins 2021 UTME registration, sets June 5 for examination
JAMB JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head, Public Affairs and
Afreximbank, NEXIM to provide $50m project preparation fund for Nigerians
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM aim to mobilize up to $50 million in the form of project preparation funds for
Nigeria Customs arraigns four smuggling suspects over evasion of imports duties on rice
By James Ogunnaike The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, Idiroko, on Wednesday arraigned four members of a smuggling syndicate before the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta,
Court remands man for allegedly killing neighbour
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday, ordered that a 38-year-old man, Bamigboye Opeyemi, who allegedly shot his neighbour to death, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police
Naomi Osaka pulls out of Stuttgart WTA
Naomi Osaka Japan’s world number two Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from next month’s WTA clay-court tournament in Stuttgart, organisers confirmed Wednesday. “Naomi Osaka will now begin the European clay court
Council boss promises facelift for Ondo orientation camp
NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko By Arogbonlo Israel The Chairman of Akoko Northeast Local Government Area, Ondo State, Hon Abdulkadir Asimiyu Adekunle has promised speedy Intervention of the Council in
FIFA extends ban on Blatter and Valcke by six years
FIFA said Wednesday it had extended the ban on its former president Sepp Blatter and former secretary-general Jerome Valcke by six years and eight months, in relation to the receipt
Panel adjourns case of alleged extortion, police brutality over inappropriate summon
The Kaduna State panel of inquiry into acts of police brutality, on Wednesday, adjourned a case of alleged extortion and police brutality filed by a businessman. The Chairman of the
