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Humanitarian affairs: Palestine seeks collaboration with FG to address crisis

January 22, 2020 0

The Palestine Ambassador to Nigeria, Saheh Fhied, says he would like to collaborate with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to address humanitarian crisis in his country. Speaking through an interpreter […]

Malawi is home to Africa’s first Drone Academy

January 22, 2020 0

Malawi this month opened the first African Drone and Data Academy, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across Africa, beginning with Malawi and neighboring […]

Bauchi moves to digitize education process

January 22, 2020 0

Bauchi State Ministry of Education and Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) have trained education administrators to be ICT compliant. The Commissioner for Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, at the weekend said the partnership was […]

NITDA trains more women on ICT to boost their businesses

January 22, 2020 0

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commenced training of 100 women in the North central zone through it’s the fourth consecutive zonal capacity building programme and training for women. The programme was geared towards […]

#ImpeachmentTrial: Senators at crossroads over Trump

January 22, 2020 0

The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment as his trial began. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile backed off on a plan to fast-track the […]

Operators hopeful for an attractive capital market in 2020

January 22, 2020 0

The Nigeria capital market is one of the sectors expected to thrive in the year 2020 and provide a more attractive platform for investors. In this report AMAKA IFEAKANDU writes on the factors that would […]

Arsenal cage Chelsea as Manchester City scratch victory vs Sheffield in Premier League action… see other results

January 22, 2020 0

Ten-man Arsenal slowed Chelsea’s charge for a Champions League place on Tuesday as Manchester City kept up their distant pursuit of Liverpool with victory at Sheffield United on a dramatic evening of Premier League football. […]

Kidnapping: Adamawa residents abandon homes

January 22, 2020 0

The twin problem of kidnapping and banditry are forcing residents of Adamawa state to abandon their homes as Ibrahim abdul’Aziz reports. As Adamawa one of the states devastated by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group […]

Of entrepreneurship and Nigeria’s high poverty rate

January 22, 2020 0

The year 2020 sneaks in on us like a stealth black hawk. It sounded so distant ten or five years ago when it became the synonym for magic. “House for all by 2020, food for […]

Finance Bill: Nigeria may lose a fortune to nonresident companies – KPMG

January 22, 2020 0

With the rise the digital economy and its peculiar tax challenges, Nigeria, with the articulated new Finance Bill may still lose a fortune to nonresident companies, analysts at KPMG has said. “International tax has […]

Solidaridad launches NISCOPS, inaugurates advisory committee in Ghana

January 22, 2020 0

The National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) has been launched by Solidaridad in Accra, Ghana. NISCOPS is a five-year strategic programme aimed at enabling government in key oil palm producing countries […]

Nigeria bans unauthorised foreign lotteries

January 22, 2020 0

The Nigerian National Lottery Regulatory Commission has prohibited the operation, promotion and sale of tickets of all unapproved foreign lottery games after multiple instances of operators failing to pay players’ winnings. The Commission said that […]

Insurance brokers, loss adjusters applaud NAICOM’s license renewal extension

January 22, 2020 0

Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) and the Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria (ILAN) have commended the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) for granting approval for extension of their license renewal period from one […]

FG warns of flash floods in 2020

January 21, 2020 0

The federal government has warned that the near normal rainfall pattern in the country does not rule out the possibility of isolated flash floods. The Minister of Aviation said this at the public presentation […]

Why we exempted basic food items, tuition fees, others from VAT- FG

January 21, 2020 0

The federal government has explained why it decided to exempt tuition fees, basic food items and 18 other items from the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) implementation scheduled to commence by February 1,st 2020. […]

Video: Muye stands still as Blueprint publisher bags chieftaincy title in Niger

January 5, 2020 0

Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Sunday bagged Jagaba kakanda chieftaincy title in Muye, Lapai Local Government Coucil of Niger state. The title was conferred on him by the Amana of Kakanda in […]

Breaking: Traders, customers scamper for safety as fire wrecks Enugu main market; goods, money lost (Video)

January 3, 2020 0

Breaking News

Breaking: NNPC unveils NLNG’s FID for multi-billion dollar train 7 project, 5 days to 2020 (Video)

December 27, 2019 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and shareholders of the Nigeria LNG Limited which include Shell, Total and Eni on Friday announced the Final Investment Decision for the take-off of Train 7 Project of the […]

Kidnapping: Adamawa residents abandon homes

January 22, 2020 0

Features

9th NASS and problem of public perception

January 20, 2020 0

Paradoxically going by the paradigm shift the 9th National Assembly effected on relationship between it and the executive arm of government, as demonstrated within the last seven months, there is seemingly a fallout of negative […]

Why Reps halted planned electricity tariff hike

January 20, 2020 0

In response to public outcry against the continuous poor electricity supply in Nigeria, the House of Representatives made several interventions in the past, and this was subject of review piece on this page last week. […]

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