NO fewer than 3,100 indigent students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, have benefited from the Federal Government’s students loan scheme. Fahad Abdullahi, President, Students Union Government, ATBU, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Bauchi on Tuesday. https://newsextra24.com/troops-neutralise-8-alleged-ipob-esn-members/ He said that …
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TROOP of the Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDOKA have neutralised at least eight members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). This is contained in a statement issued in Umuahia by the Spokesman for the task force, Lt.-Col. Jonah …
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● NNPC Ltd’s GCEO to oversee first PMS dispatch THE Port Harcourt Refinery has formally commenced operations after undergoing renovation and modernisation. The process began in 2021 after the federal government secured a $1.5bn contract to rehabilitate the facility. The first trucks of petroleum products will be lifted from the …
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THE 2025 Appropriation Bill of N3.005 trillion presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has scaled the second reading at the state’s House of Assembly. The House made this known on Monday at a plenary presided by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, at the assembly’s complex in Ikeja. The …
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NIGERIA ranked sixth among 54 countries in the African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Union’s 2024 African Visa Openness Index (AVOI) report. Newsextra24 reports that the AVOI tracks visa-openness on African continent and how easy it is for African citizens to travel to other African countries. “Visa openness refers to …
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MRS. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Tuesday applauded the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation-Americas (NiDOA) for advancing the common interest of compatriots living abroad. Dabiri-Erewa praised the leadership of NiDOA in a virtual address during the NiDOA 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Conference …
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THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.46 per cent in the third quarter of 2024 on a year-on-year basis. The NBS said this in the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report Q3 2024 released in Abuja. According to the report, this growth …
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THE troops of Sector 3, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have nutrialised five ISWAP terrorists in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. The troops also recovered arms and 40 motorcycles from the terrorists. Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, Chief Military Information Officer, MNJTF N’djamena, Chad, disclosed this …
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THE Naira on Monday depreciated at the official market trading at N1,675.62 against the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, revealed that the Naira lost N23. This represents a 1.39 percent loss when compared to the previous trading date on Friday, Nov. 22 when it …
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THE Nigerian stock market opened with its bearish momentum on Monday to record N123 billion loss. Selloffs in Tier-one banking stocks namely, Guaranty Trust Holding Company(GTCO), Zenith Bank and FBN Holdings, underpinned the market’s weak performance. The market capitalisation, which opened at N59.292 trillion, shed N123 billion or 0.21 per …
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