Day: 16 March 2017
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Featured
Buhari to govs: Pay salaries with Paris debt refund
President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerian state governors Thursday that their priority when they receive the second tranche of Paris loan…
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Business
Aero Contractors sacks 900 workers
Aero Contractors Airline, which is under the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has sacked about 900…
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More trouble for Hameed Ali as Reps order probe
On a day Colonel Hameed Ali, who heads the Nigerians Customs Service faced the wrath of the Senate for not…
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Nigeria
Court remands Andrew Yakubu in Kuje Prison
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand in Kuje Prison of Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director,…
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Customs boss Ali must wear uniform, Senate insists
The Senate on Thursday turned back the Comptroller General (C-G) of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) for appearing in mufti.…
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Umezulike, Enugu ex-chief judge charged
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned the former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Professor Innocent Azubike Umezulike…
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World
Trump’s travel ban suffers second legal defeat
President Donald Trump’s new immigration order targeting six Muslim-majority countries was dealt another legal blow Thursday when a federal judge…
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NNPC ex-boss Andrew Yakubu charged with fraud
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was on Thursday arraigned on a six-count charge…
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World
Letter bomb at IMF’s Paris office injures woman employee
A female employee of the International Monetary Fund suffered injuries to her face and arms on Thursday when a letter…
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Featured
Banks in stand-off with Etisalat Nigeria over problem loan
Nigerian banks have opposed a proposal by Etisalat Nigeria to convert part of a $1.2 billion loan from dollars into…
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