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31News“Youths Can’t Think”: Bishop David Oyedepo Begs FG To Regulate Twitter, Others
The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has supported the proposed social media regulation by the Nigerian Government. He gave the charge in his address on Friday at the seventh convocation of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara state. According to him, unlimited access to social media platforms...
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56PoliticsKebbi: Why FG Didn’t Allow Us Close FGC Yauri Despite Intelligence On Bandit
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has said two weeks before bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, there was an intel on bandits presence. The school wasn’t closed, instead a detachment of special Anti-terrorism Task Force was deployed there. When he visited the school in Birnin Yauri for...
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30NewsFG Shortlists 21 States For Pilot Grazing Reserves (list)
To kick-start the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), the Federal Government has sanctioned the establishment of grazing reserves in the 19 northern states and two others in the South West – Oyo and Ogun. While Ogun is yet to be gazetted for the scheme tailored at having at least a...
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30BusinessFG Borrowed ₦1.3 Trn In Four Years To Subsidise Power Consumers – World Bank
FG borrowed N1.3tn in four years to subsidise power consumers, firms – World Bank The Federal Government has borrowed a total of N1.3tn since 2017 to ensure that generation companies and gas suppliers received enough payments to continue generating electricity, the World Bank has said. The bank said this in...
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2nd Niger Bridge Opens For Traffic February 2022 – FG
2nd Niger Bridge opens for traffic February 2022— NIWA The Managing Director and Chief Executive of National Inland Waterways, NIWA, Chief George Moghalu, has said the 2nd Niger Bridge would be opened to traffic from February 2022. Moghalu said this at the flag-off of a bathymetric survey of the Aghommili-Mmamu-Ezu-Nkisi-Niger...
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49PoliticsFG Has No More Job Vacancies, Buhari Tells Youths
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that the Federal Government has no more job vacancies, adding that if they continue to promote insecurity, there will be no jobs from foreign investment. He said this on Friday during an exclusive interview with the Nigerian Television Authority. Buhari said,...
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FG Promises To Address Issue Of Marginalization & Other Demands In The SE
~As Igbo Leaders restate commitment to a united Nigeria The Federal Government has stated its commitment to addressing incessant herders-farmers clashes, marginalization and other issues that are causing serious unrest in the South East Zone of the Country, Igbere TV reports. The Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi made the...
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42PoliticsFG, South East Leaders Reiterate Commitment To Unity, Stability Of Nigeria
FG, South East leaders reiterate commitment to unity, stability of #Nigeria … Reject agitation for secession A delegation from the Federal Government led by the Minister of Defence, Retired Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi, Governors of the five States of the South East and other leaders of political, religious and traditional...
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21Business
Zainab Ahmed: FG Exceeding Borrowing Threshold For 2021
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday admitted that the federal government is exceeding its borrowing plan for 2021, blaming the development on the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices. In an interview with France 24, monitored by THISDAY yesterday, the minister said inflation...
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32PoliticsMalami: FG Not After Twitter Users, But Those Aiding Twitter To Flout Ban
ABUJA — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, explained yesterday that the Federal Government was not after Nigerians tweeting from anywhere in the world but those who aid and abet Twitter to circumvent the ban slammed on it earlier this week. He also assured...
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28PoliticsDemocracy Day: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday, Warns Against Agitations
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. This is as the government warned against agitations capable of threatening the peace of the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was quoted to have said this in a statement on...
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Experts Fault FG’s Move To Licence Whatsapp, Instagram, Others
Experts in the telecommunications industry have expressed opposition to the move by the Federal Government to licence over-the-top and social media platforms in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had in a statement last Friday directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of...
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27NewsTwitter Ban: Facebook, Instagram Must Register As Businesses In Nigeria – FG
Twitter ban: Facebook, Instagram must register as businesses in Nigeria – Lai Mohammed The Nigerian government has said Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media giants must register in the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed while speaking to State House Correspondents on Wednesday. Mohammed...
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25BusinessFG To Spend N700M To Force 29 Generals Out – Sahara Reporters
Army Chief’s Appointment: Nigeria To Spend N700million To Force 29 Generals Out Amid Recession The Nigerian Army will be spending not less than N700 million on the retirement of 29 Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals who will leave the service going by the appointment of Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of...
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24PoliticsLegalise Cultivation Of Cannabis, Akeredolu Urges FG
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Federal Government to jettison traditional orientation and “achaic” sentiment that cannabis is a “devil’s plant” by setting up legal machineries in motion to enable its use in Nigeria. He said “cannabis is a multi-billion naira industry that can help diversify the...
