The Chief Executive Officer of Whitefield Foundation, Funmi Johnson, has disclosed that 185 patients have benefitted from the Coca-Cola/Whitefield N20 million medical intervention fund. The patients are being treated in 23 hospitals across nine states: Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Lagos, Edo, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Plateau as well as …
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Senator threatens legal action The Federal Government’s N25b refund to Anambra State for its rehabilitation and reconstruction of federal roads has pitted Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (Anambra South) against Governor Willie Obiano. Senator Ubah, at a news conference yesterday, gave Obiano 72 hours to address the people on why he discounted …
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Okorocha builds, commissions N48m skill acquisition centre in Abuja Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, last weekend commissioned a N48 million Skill Acquisition Centre he built at Karamajiji, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Built under Rochas Care, an arm of Rochas Foundation, the Senator representing …
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Laolu Akande, a media aide to the Vice President has said Nigeria’s economy is rebounding due to the preemptive actions taken by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. “So, very clearly, we can see that the economy is rebounding and this is mainly because of the preemptive actions the Buhari administration …
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Governor’s Loyalists Appeal To Buhari, Tinubu To Call Minister To Order The simmering feud between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, may escalate this week and plunge the state into crisis, Daily Independent has gathered. Credible sources said despite belonging …
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described as embarrassing Federal Government’s plan to import petroleum products from Niger Republic. Onuesoke, a former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant said that the pronouncement sounded unbelievable to him because Nigeria has four refineries while Niger Republic has only one. Recall that …
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A total of N81.41bn was expended on Nigeria’s refineries between January and August this year but the facilities refined no drop of crude oil all through this period, latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed. Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Port Harcourt Refining Company and Warri Refining …
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The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the hikes in fuel pump price and the electricity tariff on Sunday ended in disarray as the labour leaders walked out of the parley in anger. The dialogue, which was meant to take updates on the implementation of resolutions …
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Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi on Sunday met with the Senate Chief Whip and Southeast leader of the APC, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Both leaders are currently meeting at a private dinner in Abuja, where the Governor hosted the Senate chief whip and the highest elected political office holder …
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The Federal Government has ordered trucks and trailers parking on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to vacate with immediate effect. The government lamented that pouring of used petroleum products was capable of destroying the roads. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said this on Saturday at the Stakeholders Town …
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