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Ahmed tasks capital market operators on retail investments to boost citizens’ participation
By Obas Esiedesa THE Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has urged Capital Market participants and operators to consider retail investments to give opportunity to the
Flashback Friday: I’m most criticised president in the world — Goodluck Jonathan
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan said he would prove critics of his administration wrong by 2013, when the dividends of new policies introduced begin to manifest. Jonathan said this
NNPC insists petrol depot price will not increase in March
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has insisted that petrol depot price will remain unchanged in March. This is coming as a reaction to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA
Breaking: Gunmen attack Kaduna school, abduct students
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State, abducting several students. The college located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in
Those calling for my arrest are clowns — Gumi
Sheik Ahmed Gumi …Says ‘I never visited bandits without govt officials’ Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has slammed those urging government to arrest him because of the meetings he holds
Herders/farmers crises linked to climate change — CAN, Sultan
…Urge govt to make stiffer laws against environmental pollution By Luminous Jannamike THE Nigeria Inter-religious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and
INSECURITY: FG shoots down talks on mercenaries
…Vows to come out in full force against insurgents …Says negotiating with bandits suggests weakness …Insists govt’ll not be blackmailed …Reveals meeting with Sheikh Gumi …Niger State govt orders closure
Makinde demands more troops in Oyo
….At meeting with Service Chiefs By Adeola Badru Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, yesterday, noted that there was no difference among security agencies in Nigeria, in the
2 killed as gunmen rob bank in Osun
By Shina Abubakar TWO of the three persons shot, yesterday, by gunmen making their way out of Okuku community in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State after robbing a
We won’t cede land for ranching — S-East govs
By Ikechukwu Odu The South East Governors Forum yesterday, said there was no land for ranching in the region. Speaking through its chairman, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, the governors
