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Italy coach Antonio Conte was named as Chelsea’s new manager on Monday after the reigning Premier League champions announced he had signed a three-year contract that will start following Euro 2016. “I am happy we have made the announcement now so everything is clear and we can end the speculation,” …

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Thirty five ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos from April 4 to April 26. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its publication – `Shipping Position’, – a copy of which was made available …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja lashed out at the 16 years rule of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, regretting that the previous governments did not save for the “rainy day”. Buhari spoke while receiving the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr. Bernard O. Aliyu at …

The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the clock to provide the relief for the citizenry. ”As a government that was propelled into office by …

Boeing will eliminate about 4,000 jobs in its commercial airplanes division by the middle of this year, the company’s spokesman, Doug Alder said on Wednesday. Another company’s Spokesperson Sandra Angers also said  Boeing would cut about 10 per cent of the approximately 5,700 jobs in its test and evaluation division. …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it plans to sell N218.89 billion worth of treasury bills on April 7. The CBN disclosed this in its treasury bills issuing calendar for second quarter of 2016. It said it would sell N55.40 billion worth of three-month tenored bills at the auction …

In consonance with Section 82 of the Personal Income Tax Act (as amended), The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) wishes to formally notify the public of its intention to commence the prosecution of tax evaders and offenders in Lagos State beginning from April 1,2016. Under the Personal Income Tax …

An estimated 10,000 local hunters from the North-East of Nigeria gathered recently in Adamawa State for their annual oath-taking festival, known as Salala in the local parlance. The hunters, dressed in their warfare attires, and with their dane guns dangling over their shoulders, vowed to rid the society of criminals. …

The specter of the Islamic State group obtaining a “dirty bomb” will loom over a top-level nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday and Friday. Obama welcomes several leaders from countries as diverse as China and Nigeria, as well as representatives from nearly 50 other …