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Information Commissioner Tasks Lagos Traffic Radio On Wider Coverage Of

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

. . . Seeks Advocacy To Curtail Menace Of Okada Riders The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has urged Lagos Traffic Radio to brace up in supporting and setting Agenda for the State government to curtail the menace of commercial motorcycle riders as well as an enhancement […]Read More

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FG Declined Govs’ Request To Borrow From Cbn — Finance

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

Controversy over claims by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that the Federal Government printed N60 billion to augment March allocation from the federation account, took a different dimension yesterday, as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, revealed that governors actually wanted to borrow money from the Central Bank of Nigeria, […]Read More

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No Plan To Increase Petrol Price In May – NNPC

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

This followed the announcement by the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, that the petroleum sector regulator has no plan to increase the ex-depot price of petrol in the country. Kyari made the announcement while briefing reporters after a closed-door meeting with the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers […]Read More

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Refineries Record N5.4bn Deficit, as NNPC lifts $407.15m Crude.

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

Amidst controversy over the state of the nation’s refineries the latest report of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has indicated that Nigeria’s three refineries guzzled a total of N5.86 billion in overhead expenses on zero output in the month December 2020 alone. This expenditure eventually resulted in operating deficit of N5.37 billion by the […]Read More

Porto not interested in joining Super League, says club President

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

Madrid, April 19, 2021 (AFP) – Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa said on Monday the club reject the idea of the European Super League, despite receiving “informal contact” about joining the project. Porto are not among the 12 founding clubs of the controversial competition, which threatens to alter the entire system of European […]Read More

Usman promises knockout win against Masvidal

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, says Nigerian welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has promised to knock out Jorge Masvidal when both fighters square off at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on April 25. Usman defeated Masvidal via unanimous decision in 2020, with the American stating he had less than a week to prepare for […]Read More

UEFA Announces New Champions League Format To Be Introduced From

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

UEFA on Monday confirmed that a new format for the Champions League will be introduced from 2024 with the number of clubs in the group stage increasing from 32 to 36, despite an earlier announcement that 12 major clubs were planning to break away and start a rival Super League. The new format — which […]Read More

INEC threatens to blacklist political parties

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

Disturbed by the growing resort to destruction of its property and attack on personnel by partisans, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has threatened to blacklist political parties whose members or supporters go haywire during their congresses or conventions. INEC said it had watched with utmost dismay and profound concern the recurrent acrimony, violence and […]Read More

Buhari hosts Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted his Nigerien counterpart, Mohamed Bazoum, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visiting Nigerien leader, who is on a two-day official visit to Nigeria, was received by President Buhari at the forecourt of the villa at about 1.22 p.m. Among those who joined the […]Read More

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Chad President Idriss Deby dies on frontlines, Army Spokesman

Ayomide Oyewole 20/04/2021

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a presidential election. Deby, 68, came to power in a rebellion in 1990 and was one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders. His campaign […]Read More