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The World Bank has advised Nigeria to scale up its social investment programmes to address the large number of people living in extreme poverty in the country. The World Bank Country Director, Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud stated this on Friday…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) on Friday in Abuja, expressed disappointment over the failure of the Service Chiefs to honour the invitation of the house to discuss issues of insecurity in the…

No fewer than five persons were on Friday burnt to death and 10 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a white Mazda bus at Onigaari, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr. Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety…

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force and Nigerian Armed Forces have eliminated not less than seven commanders of Boko Haram terrorists in Tumbus of Lake Chad region, Army Headquarters says. The Acting Director of Army Public…

The 2019 Lagos International Maritime Week will attract more foreign investors into the nation’s maritime industry, according to Ortsematosan Edodo-Emore, Chief Executive of Zoe Maritime Resources, organiser of the event. Edodo-Emore…

Nigeria lost 22.6 million barrels of crude oil worth $1.35bn within the first six month of 2019, according to state governors. The governors were members of a 13-man ad hoc committee established by the National Economic Council (NEC) to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign Grace Taiga, a former director in the ministry of petroleum resources, before a high court in Abuja, on Friday. Taiga, an ex-director of legal services in the ministry, was said…

A National Youth Service Corps member, Mr. Igwe Armstrong Ageh, has donated a set of 30 desks to Government Day Secondary School, Ajiwa in Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Ageh, while donating the desks to the school on…

Mr. Patrick Ozobialu, Administrator, Customs Brokers, has urged the Federal Government to allow passage of over 500 articulated vehicles loaded with legitimate goods but stranded on the border post in the wake of border closure. Mr.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Acting Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yemi-Esan took over…