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BREAKING: Buhari Relaxes Lockdown In Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states from Monday, May 4. The President stated in a broadcast on Monday evening that the decision was informed by socio-economic impacts of the lockdown on Nigerians.
Read MoreNigeria Is Better Off Selling Palm Oil, Not Crude Oil, – ‘Tope Fasua
- Chris ADELUGBA
- April 24, 2020
- 2018
- Abuja
- Nigeria
- oil
- Palm oil
- Premium Times
- revenue
- Tope Fasua
…I have done enough research to show that the tethering of our economic fortune to crude oil is totally unnecessary. Another research says that indeed we did not suffer from dutch disease, because more money was spent on agriculture after we had discovered crude oil. We suffered instead from the speed with which people looted […]
Read MoreBREAKING: Office Of The Accountant General Of The Federation On Fire In Abuja
- Chris ADELUGBA
- April 8, 2020
- Abuja
- accountant general
- complex
- fire
- Nigeria
The Treasury House which is the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is currently burning. . We gathered that the fire started from around the third floor, razing the building upwards including the Accountant General’s office and most of the important offices. .. Firefighters appeared helpless as […]
Read MoreFG To Reach 11 Million Nigerians With Palliatives To Cushion #COVID-19 Harsh Effects
- Chris ADELUGBA
- March 31, 2020
- Abuja
- citizens
- Coronavirus
- economy
- FG
- government
- incentive
- Nigeria
- palative
Federal government has said it will be reaching more than 11 million Nigerians with palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of the measures set to fight back outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Also, the government has said it will continue to increase capacity to test for cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on […]
Read MoreEvacuation From Nigeria Will Not Be Free, US tells Citizens
- Chris ADELUGBA
- March 31, 2020
- Abuja
- Africa
- Airport
- citizens
- Coronavirus
- Donald
- Evacuation
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- trump
- US
- USA
The United States’ Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria has said that its citizens would pay for evacuation flights following the outbreak of the coronavirus. As of Tuesday, there are 135 cases of the pandemic in Nigeria. The number is expected to increase in the coming days. A mail sent to a US citizen in Nigeria obtained […]
Read MoreFG Puts Lagos, Ogun, Abuja On Lockdown Over Corona-virus
- Chris ADELUGBA
- March 29, 2020
- Abuja
- Buhari
- Coronavirus
- covid 19
- FG
- government
- Lagos
- lockdown
- Nigeria
- Ogun
- Osibajo
- presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a 14-day lockdown Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The president announced this in a nationwide address on Sunday evening. There will be restriction of movement in the affected states and Federal Capital territory for at least 14 days from 11 pm on […]
Read MoreMan Demanded For Prostitute In Abuja Hotel Collapses When Daughter Showed Up As One
A man has collapsed in a hotel along the Ngozi Okojo Iweala Street, Utako Abuja when his daughter showed up and met him when he demanded for a prostitute from the hotel he lodged. The hotel manager who did not want her name mentioned told our reporter that the incident happened on Thursday night at […]
Read MoreJust In: Court suspends Oshiomhole as APC national chairman
- Chris ADELUGBA
- March 4, 2020
- Abuja
- Adams Oshiomhole
- APC
- chairman
- court
- Edo
- High Court
- judge
- Nigeria
- party
- Politics
An FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, suspended embattled Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Danlami Senchi gave the ruling. He ordered Oshiomhole to step down pending the determination of the substantive suit seeking his removal as the APC chairman. Details later…
Read MoreFG Scraps Mass Communications in Universities, Polytechnics
Beginning March 2020, Mass Communication will no longer pass for a single course of study in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, according to the National Universities Commission (NUC). In a chat with journalists in Abuja, Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said the era of Mass Communication as a course in universities is over, as the commission […]
Read MoreBREAKING: Court Jail Runsewe For Contempt
- Chris ADELUGBA
- January 9, 2020
- Abuja
- Africa
- court
- DG
- jail
- justice Jude Okeke
- ministry
- Nigeria
- Runsewe
An FCT High Court on Thursday jailed the Director-General of the National Council of Art and Crafts (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, for contempt of court. Justice Jude Okeke delivered ruling in a motion seeking to commit Runsewe to prison, saying he disobeyed the order of the court made on December 15, 2017. The motion was drawn […]
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