Flooding: Address environmental challenges, group tells Lagos govt
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Flooding: Address environmental challenges, group tells Lagos govt

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A GROUP of prominent Lagos State indigenes, under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots, has urged the state government to act immediately without further delay to address the environmental challenges occasioned by flooding, which it said, had become a yearly ritual in Lagos Island and other parts of the state, including Lekki Phase I. De…

Tinubu to address nation on Democracy Day
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Tinubu to address nation on Democracy Day

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NOW President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on the occasion of Democracy Day at 7 am on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. This was announced on Tuesday in a statement by a spokesman to the President, Ajuri Ngelale. “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network…

‘Nigeria’s debt rose from N12.8tr to N87.9tr in eight years’
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‘Nigeria’s debt rose from N12.8tr to N87.9tr in eight years’

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A business expert and Executive Director of OrderPaper Nigeria, Mr. Oke Epia, has said that Nigeria’s public debt rose from N12.8 trillion to N87.91 trillion between 2015 and 2023, representing a staggering 585% increase. He said that there is a need for economic diversification and development of other sectors to ensure sustainable growth and reduce…

Transforming Nigeria: The Platform Returns with a Special Edition This Democracy Day
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Transforming Nigeria: The Platform Returns with a Special Edition This Democracy Day

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Lately, being a Nigerian tends to feel like a rollercoaster. From the skyrocketing cost of goods, to the exchange rate hitting over N1,500 to a dollar, to electricity grids collapsing every Eke Market Day, you must ask, is there ever going to be a way out? Right now, nothing is more important to the average…

Banker charges youths to prioritise opportunities for growth
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Banker charges youths to prioritise opportunities for growth

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The Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Dr Demola Sogunle, has urged Nigerian youths to prioritise every opportunity they have in their life endeavours. Sogunle said in his keynote address at the bank’s Youth Leadership Series 2024, held at the University of Lagos, with the theme ‘The Growth Code: Unlocking the Secrets and Strategies…

Court restrains EFCC from arresting Kwankwaso, others
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Court restrains EFCC from arresting Kwankwaso, others

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.N2.7b fraud: First witness testifies in Sirika’s trial The High Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano State, has granted an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting or inviting the presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and seven others. In a…

Customs seizes N106m smuggled fuel in seven days
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Customs seizes N106m smuggled fuel in seven days

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Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has shed light on how a special operations unit of the agency seized 150,950 litres of petrol, worth N105,965,391, in one week. Bashir, who was in Adamawa yesterday for a press briefing on the service’s ‘Operation Whirl Wind’, said under the special operation, which was launched…

Celine, Afiba: IGP orders probe as suspect in women’s disappearance dies in custody
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Celine, Afiba: IGP orders probe as suspect in women’s disappearance dies in custody

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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered a “thorough and high-powered” investigation into Andrew Ochekwo’s suspected murder and the disappearance of two women, Celine and Afiba, who went missing after visiting him in Aba, Abia State. The missing women, Celine Ndudim from Nigeria and Afiba Tandoh from Ghana, reportedly travelled from Port…

Equity market opens week with N324bn gain
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Equity market opens week with N324bn gain

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The Nigerian equity market opened the week on Monday with a gain of 0.58 per cent. Consequently, investors gained N324 billion or 0.58 per cent, as the market capitalisation, which opened at N56.128 trillion, closed at N56.452 trillion. The All-Share Index also closed 0.58 per cent or 573 points stronger at 99,793.71 compared to 99,221.14…

Unity Bank projects N5.2 billion profit in Q3
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Unity Bank projects N5.2 billion profit in Q3

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3 hours ago The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1.143.210 trillion between the Federal Government, State, and Local Government Councils in the country from May 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue. The revenue was shared at the June 2024 FAAC meeting, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of…