The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has resumed an oil drilling campaign at the Wadi-B located in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. The NNPC resumed drilling after it stopped drilling in Wadi-B in 1995 because back then successes were weak and findings made during the period were not …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced revocation the licences of 132 Microfinance Banks, three Finance Companies and four Primary Mortgage Banks across the country. The revocation is contained in a gazetted circular signed by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, in Abuja. According to Emefiele, the Microfinance Banks, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned Nigerians against a ‘scam alert’ issued by some unscrupulous elements through a fake EFCC Help Desk. Recall that the scam alert could be in the form of fake calls purported to be from the commission’s help desk. Its Spokesperson, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, …
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Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state has emerged as the new Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum. This is contained in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye Wednesday morning to journalists in Ilorin. According to the statement,the exalted office was bestowed on him by his colleagues. …
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No fewer than 35 students of Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo, Osun State were rushed to the hospital after inhaling tear gas fired by mobile policemen in the early hours of Tuesday. The mobile policemen, Vanguard learnt, were conducting morning drills at the 39 Squadron Division located opposite the school …
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The incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will inaugurate the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola has said. Fashola, who dropped the hint during an extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday, the opening of the reconstructed dual-carriage highway will now be done on June 30. …
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Kuti was released at about 7:45pm from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, his abode since his arrest and detention on May 15, after he surrendered himself to the police over an alleged grievous assault on an Inspector on the Third Mainland Bridge, penultimate Saturday. Announcing his release …
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OPPO Research Institute, together with global partners Qualcomm Technologies, GSMA 5G IN, Amazon Web Services and LinkedIn, have announced the launch of 2023 OPPO Inspiration Challenge on the World Smile Day. Based on the brand proposition of “Inspiration Ahead”, OPPO and its global technology ecosystem partners aim to bring new …
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Former British Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair, has expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed in office. Blair gave the commitment on Tuesday when he visited the president-elect at the Defence House, Abuja. He said the Tony Blair Institute for Global …
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There was palpable tension at the Yelwa Campus of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State, on Monday, as students went on a rampage to express their anger over the alleged assault on the Chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of the University, Dr Ibrahim Inuwa, by some military men. …
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