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Excess crude account drops to $5.27bn
By NOEL ONOJA …As FG, States, LGs share N721.505bn in April The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Yerima Ngama, has said that the country's Excess Crude Account (ECA) has dropped to $5.27billion. He made this known after the monthly Federal Accounts Allocation Committee(FAAC) meeting in Abuja. Following the outcome of the FAAC meeting, the National Economic Council (NEC) approved ...
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Ferguson bows out as West Brown hold United 5-5
WEST BROMWICH – English football witnessed the end of an era on Sunday as Alex Ferguson signed off as Manchester United manager with an extraordinary 5-5 draw at West Bromwich Albion in his 1,500th and final game. On a sun-kissed afternoon at The Hawthorns, the ground with the highest altitude in the Football League, the 71-year-old Scot who propelled United to the summit of English ...
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‘Imposition of 35 import duty on CPO detrimental to industries’
By NKIRUKA NNOROM The recent imposition of 35 percent duty on importation of Crude Palm Oil, CPO, into the country by the federal government is beginning to take a toll on associated food industries, as they have started to experience acute shortages in supply of the product, industry stakeholders have said. They lamented that Nigeria produces a meagre 750,000 MT to 800,000 MT of CPO every ...
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No management contract with Rivers to operate aircraft – Caverton
By LAWANI MIKAIRU Caverton Helicopters has told the House of Representative Committee on Aviation, and its counterpart on Justice that they had no management contract with Rivers State government to operate its aircraft and consequently could not have been under pressure to disown it over the aircraft. Caverton had reacted to the House Committees request to supply information concerning the ...
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the country's ...
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Nigeria military 17 killed during offensive
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three ...
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Kidnapped medical director freed in Ebonyi
BY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI – EBONYI State Police command with members of Ebonyi Youth Assembly, EYA, weekend secured the release of the kidnapped Medical Director of St Paul's Hospital, Dr Pius Manyike, who was kidnapped two weeks ago in the state. Manyike, a Consultant Pediatrician with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA, who was kidnapped at No. 15A Owerri Street, ...
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Maiduguri in lockdown as military seek out Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – A key city inBorno state was on lockdown Sunday as the military enforced a 24-hour curfew and blocked supply routes in its sweeping campaign against Islamist insurgents. The operation against Boko Haram, the group that wants an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, is aimed at retaking territory seized by the militants and ridding the country of ';terrorist ...
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Niger ranks last in terms of development among African countries. Information about mass famine in Niger appears every year. Eighty percent of the state is taken by Sahara however not all neighboring states that are situated in similar conditions are as
Niger is a country in West Africa that borders on Nigeria, Algeria, Libya, Benin and Burkina Faso. The territory of Niger is a territory of the Sahel region that lies on both Sahara and southern fertile lands. This is the driest area of the African continent, with average daily temperatures of 25 degrees above zero Centigrade. In addition to Niger, the region includes other "rogue" ...
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Arsenal win race for fourth in Premier League
LONDON (AFP) – Football: Arsenal win race for fourth in Premier League. English Premier League results on the final day of the season on Sunday: Chelsea 2 (Mata 7, Torres 76) Everton 1 (Naismith 14) Liverpool 1 (Coutinho 23) QPR 0 Manchester City 2 (Rodwell 29, 59) Norwich 3 (Pilkington 26, Holt 54, Howson 65) Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1 (Koscielny 52) Southampton 1 (Lambert 57) Stoke 1 ...
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