Year: 2022
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FG Set To Generate 21 Million Full Time Jobs, Lifts 35 Million Nigerians out of Poverty
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said that the Federal Government is set to generate 21 million full time jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025. Sambo, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr Sam Idiagbonya, disclosed this on Friday at the ongoing 2022 Ministerial…
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Buhari Approved Naira Redesign, CBN Replies Finance Minister
Daily Trust The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it followed due process as far as redesigning three series of the naira is concerned. Spokesman of the apex bank, Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, said this while responding to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who said her ministry was not carried…
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Hope Buhari doesn’t appear on new naira notes by Farooq Kperogi
By Farooq Kperogi With an unusually inept Central Bank of Nigeria governor like Godwin Emefiele and the unprecedently anything-goes climate that the Muhammadu Buhari regime has engendered in the last seven years, I won’t be surprised if the main motive force for the CBN’s move to redesign the naira is to accomplish a plan to…
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Minister of Finance Claims Ignorance of Plan To Redesign Naira
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Friday claimed ignorance of the move to redesign the Naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria adding that, her ministry was not consulted. She made the disclosure during the budget debate of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in Abuja. The Minister said even though one…
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Terror Alert: British Airways cancels London-Abuja flight
Daily Trust British Airways has cancelled its flight which was expected to arrive in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday, finding by our correspondent has revealed. The development comes after a BA83 flight from London-Heathrow to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, was suddenly diverted to Lagos. Passengers affected by the cancellation and…
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Terror Alert: President Buhari Sends Message To Nigerians
Following the recent terror alarm and recent changes in travel advice from the US and UK governments, President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned Nigerians, urging the residents to be alert. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shahu on Friday, Buhari appealed to the nation’s security establishment…
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Twitter: Donald Trump Reacts To Elon Musk Takeover
Former President of America, Donald Trump, on Friday, hailed the sale of Twitter to tech billionaire Elon Musk, saying he was pleased the platform was “now in sane hands.” The world’s richest man saw his $44 billion bid to buy the company concluded late Thursday after months of uncertainty and speculation. “I am very happy…
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Nnamdi Kanu: Appeal Court Upholds FG’s Application For Stay of Execution
The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the Federal Government’s application for stay of execution of the October 13 judgment which set Nnamdi Kanu free. Justice Haruna Tsammani also ordered that the result of the ruling be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven day for expeditious hearing. This means Mr Kanu, the self-styled leader…
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Release Ekweremadu, Wife on Bail – Concerned Nigerians Tell UK Government
Some concerned Nigerians, have urged the Government of the United Kingdom to release former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Nwanneka on bail. The group, in a letter submitted to the British High Commission, Abuja entitled ‘The Travail of Senator Ike Ekweremadu: Protest Against Continued Detention Without Trial,’ described Ekweremadu as a law-abiding citizen,…
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Elon Musk Takes Over Micro-blogging Platform, Fires Top Executives
Renowned Billionaire, Elon Musk has taken over control of popular ‘bird app’, Twitter and fired its top executives late Thursday in a deal that puts one of the leading platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world’s richest man. Following the takeover, Musk tweeted that the “the bird is freed,” referencing the company’s…