Category: News
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Dangote Emerges Overall Winner At Kaduna Trade Fair
Dangote Group has emerged overall winner at the 2021 Kaduna International Trade Fair, for its performance in different sections of Nigeria’s economy. TheFact Nigeria reports that Dangote Cement gained recognition as the ‘Best Exhibitor of Building Material’, while Dangote Sugar earned the ‘New Product of the Year’ award. The Award Committee of the Kaduna Chamber…
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Buhari Overrules Southern Govs On Open Grazing, Directs AGF To Recover Routes
President Muhammadu Buhari has overruled Southern Governors’ resolution banning open grazing by giving approval for the return of the open grazing system practised during the 1st Republic where herdsmen used designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several parts of the country. The President has therefore, said he had asked the Attorney-General of the…
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FG Declares Monday Holiday To Mark Democracy Day
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 14 June, 2021 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on the occasion and urged all citizens to support the present administration in its efforts at ensuring a…
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AGF Idris Calls For Transparency, Accountability In Management Of Universities Finances
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris FCNA has called on the leadership of Nigerian Universities to entrench the ideals of transparency, accountability and openness in the management of financial resources of the Universities. Director, Information, Press and Public Relations, OAGF, Henshaw Ogubike in a statement said, Idris, who handed down the advice when…
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Nigeria @ 60: Indigenous Products Exhibition Will Reveal Nation’s Potentials-FG
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo has said that the exhibition of Made In Nigeria products will further reveal the tremendous potentials that abound in the nation’s quest for self sufficiency. The Minister said this in Abuja on Thursday at a press conference on the Nigeria @ 60 celebration titled: ‘Exhibition…
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PMB Reiterates AK-47 Directive, Assures Improved Police Welfare
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that his directive to security agencies, to shoot any person or persons found illegally wielding AK-47s and other assault weapons, remains in place. The President also vowed that his administration will act firmly and decisively ‘‘against any and all persons fomenting or carrying out attacks on our Police Force and…
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Flag-Off Ceremony For Lagos/Ibadan Railway A Milestone – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Lagos – Ibadan rail project, thereby signalling commencement of commercial operations on the strategic corridor. At the flag-off ceremony on Thursday at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, the President described the multi-million dollar project as “another milestone in the drive of this Administration to revitalize the railway…
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15 Months After, NCC Concludes Cost-Based Study On ITR Determination
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded the process for determining the cost-based price of Mobile International Termination Rate (ITR) to ensure healthy competition on traffic handling for voice services between local and international operators in Nigeria. The Commission made this known at the final Stakeholders’ Forum for the presentation of the study on cost-based…
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Buhari To Commission Lagos – Ibadan Rail Corridor On Thursday
…as Ogun Gov Assures Passengers Of Security All is now set for the commissioning of the Lagos – Ibadan rail corridor on Thursday, June 10 in Lagos, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a last inspection of the multi-million dollar rail project Specifically, the President will…
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Troops Neutralize ISWAP Elements, Capture Guntrucks, Others, In Borno
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have dealt another blow on ISWAP terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Dikwa town in Borno State on Tuesday, 8 June 2021. This was made known in a statement issued today by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Yerima. According to Yerima, the terrorist elements, some of whom were…