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1 week ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Kemi Olaitan |Sunday Aborisade |Ima Ekanem |Deji Elumoye
•Oduwole declares country now ready for businessJames Emejo in Abuja and Oluchi Chibuzor in LagosNigeria yesterday officially gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS Schedule of Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the AfCFTA Secretariat. The move came ahead of the 16th meeting of the AfCFTA Council of Ministers (COM), which is being held today in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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4 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Chuks Okocha |Adedayo Akinwale |Sunday Aborisade |Emma Okonji |Agnes Ekebuike |Ibrahim Oyewale
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the current leadership of the National Assembly of corruption. Atiku spoke in an interview with ARISE News Channels. The former vice president's comments came as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had written the suspended senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, of the petition submitted by her constituents to recall her.
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1 month ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Michael Olugbode |Adeyinka Salami |Sunday Aborisade |Ugo Aliogo
Michael Olugbode in AbujaThe National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it has noticed some unscrupulous individuals, cyber cafes, and organisations indiscriminately printing unauthorised ‘NIN’ cards and charging unsuspecting members of the public exorbitant fees.
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1 month ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Sunday Aborisade |Adedayo Akinwale
•PENGASSAN alleges stealing of country’s crude oil, jobs by Indian operator, Sterling Oil •Claims company illegally drilled five oil wells instead of three permitted •Knocks regulators for not taking action •Sterling Oil: As responsible corporate citizens, we adhere to federal laws and industry regulations Sunday Aborisade in Abuja, Peter Uzoho and Oluchi Chibuzor in Lagos The Senate yesterday announced that it had invited international experts with capacity to track illegal vessels being...
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1 month ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Sunday Aborisade |Adedayo Akinwale
Sunday Aborisade in AbujaThe Senate Committee on Local Content yesterday said it would partner the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to actualise the implementation of its functions. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Thomas Joel-Onowakpo (Delta South), stated this at the inaugural meeting of the committee.
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1 month ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Non-Oil Sector |Sunday Aborisade |Adedayo Akinwale
•We have provided all relevant documents, says apex bankSunday Aborisade in AbujaThe Senate adhoc Committee investigating Ways and Means facility granted to the federal government between 2015 to 2023 yesterday alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was frustrating its efforts to uncover how the loans were spent. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Isah Jibrin, made the allegation after receiving an interim report from its consultants at a meeting in Abuja.
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1 month ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Sunday Aborisade |Deji Elumoye |Ima Ekanem
Michael Olugbode in AbujaNigeria and Kazakhstan are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cement bilateral relations aimed at building cooperation in agriculture, trade and information technologies. A 30-member high powered delegation from Kazakhstan led by the country’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alibek Kuantyrov are presently in Nigeria.
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2 months ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Michael Olugbode |Sunday Aborisade |Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole |Dike Onwuamaeze
Emma OkonjiMicrosoft yesterday announced an initiative to invest $1 million in the training of one million Nigerians on Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills in the next two years.
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2 months ago | 
thisdaylive.com | Alex Enumah |Sunday Aborisade |Wale Igbintade |Adeyinka Salami
Wale Igbintade The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has overturned a Federal High Court ruling that mandated Bastanchury Power Solutions to hold a compulsory board meeting and Annual General Meeting (AGM). In a unanimous ruling, the appellate court set aside the lower court’s judgment and awarded N500,000 cost against the respondents.
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2 months ago | 
allafrica.com | Adedayo Akinwale |Sunday Aborisade
The National Assembly has passed the sum of N54,990,165,355,396 Appropriation Bill into law for the 2025 fiscal year. The 2025 Budget was passed on Thursday by the both chambers of the National Assembly after due consideration. The passage of the bill followed a recent revision by President Bola Tinubu, who raised the budget from an initial N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion. The president said the adjustment was based on additional revenue projections from various government agencies.
