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ALGOVC 2025: Local Government Vice Chairmen inaugurates New National Executive Officers.

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*Holds 8th Annual Conference ATABOR JULIUS LOKOJA The Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGOVC) has inaugurated it’s new National Executive Officers with a call to rejig the…

Katsina To Construct Data Centre Next Year, Says Radda

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SEGUN OLANIYAN KATSINA The Katsina state government has expressed its readiness to construct a state-owned data centre next year to guarantee improved e-government services. Governor Dikko Umaru Radda disclosed this…

Newchip Technologies Boss, Adeogun, Regrets Challenges Facing SMEs In Nigeria, Charges FG On Survival

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Mr. Jesufemi Adeogun, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Newchip Technologies Limited, has regretted the abysmal state of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, calling for government’s urgent attention…

Asset Management Corporation Officially Hands Over Moribund Star Paper Mills To Abia Government

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By Uche Nwosu, Umuahia After almost three decades of closure, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has officially handed over the moribund Star Paper Mill Aba to the Abia…

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LG Electronics Secures Quadruple Honours At BJAN, Consumer Value Award 2025

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LG Electronics has firmly cemented its dominance in Nigeria’s electronics and home appliance market by sweeping four prestigious awards at the Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) Conference & Awards…

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PalmPay’s MD Chika Nwosu Calls For Deeper Financial Inclusion At CeBIH Annual Conference 2025

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PalmPay, Nigeria’s leading digital banking platform, has renewed its commitment to deepening financial inclusion across the country. At the CeBIH Annual Conference 2025, themed “Reimagining Financial Inclusion through Cultural Shifts…

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Disney Inks Blockbuster Deal With OpenAI

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In what has been described as the most significant collaboration between a Hollywood studio and an AI company to date, Hollywood giant Disney has signed a major deal with OpenAI,…

Jesus Did Not Ask Us To Do PR For Him — Sola Allyson

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Nigerian gospel artiste, Sola Allyson, has reminded her industry colleagues that Jesus did not ask them to do PR for Him. In a post on her Instagram page, Allyson noted…

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Wakanow GCEO, Adedeji Receives Honorary Doctorate, Calls Graduates To “Touch Excellence In Everything”

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The Group Chief Executive Offi­cer of Wakanow, Mr. Bayo Adedeji, has called on Nigerian graduates to touch excellence in everything they do. The travel-tech company executive stated this on Friday,…

AMCON Loses Out As Court Revokes Order Placing GHL Under Receivership

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Justice Adetayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday revoked the preliminary order which placed General Hy­drocarbons Limited (GHL) and its assets under the purported Receiver Manager…

Sen. Dickson Mourns Former Deputy Governor Ewhrudjakpor, Describes Him As ‘Irreplaceable’

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Former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Henry Seriake Dickson, has expressed deep sorrow over the sudden death of former Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjak­por, describing December…

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Oyedele Unveils Nigeria’s Largest Tax Relief

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…VAT Zero-Rating On Food, Education, Health, Rent…Propose New Measures To Cut Production Costs, Boost Competitiveness LAGOS – Nigeria is set for one of the most ambitious tax relief and competitive­ness…

Supreme Court Voids Tinubu’s Pardon For Maryam Sanda

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…Asserts That President Cannot Exercise Executive Power Over Culpable Homicide Cases The Supreme Court of Nigeria has writ­ten off Presidential pardon on Maryam Sanda as granted by Presi­dent Bola Tinubu…

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Kano Bans Ganduje’s ‘Private Hisbah’ With Executive Order

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By Ahmad Tijjani Abdul KANO – The Kano State Government, under the leadership of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Friday issued a sweeping executive order banning the formation and operation…

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Decentralising Port Operations, In National Interest, Onuesoke Tells Sanwo-Olu

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Chief Sunny Onuesoke, an environmentalist and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of DAS Energy Services, has said decentralising port operations in Nigeria would be in national interest. The former Delta State gubernatorial…

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Tax Reforms: Edo IRS Decentralizes TIN Registration Centers, Introduces USSD Code To Ease Tax Compliance

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By Francis Onoiribholo Bureau Chief Benin The Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) has decentralised its Tax Identification Number (TIN) registration by creating an additional fourteen (14) registration centres across…

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Disruptions Stall Senate Hearing on ATBU Amendment Bill

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The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) on Tuesday adjourned indefinitely the public hearing on a bill to amend the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University…

Lokpobiri Mourns Late Bayelsa Deputy Governor

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Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), has expressed deep sadness over the passing of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,In…

EU Invests Additional €45m In Nigerian Digital Economy

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Stella Omona At the EU-Nigeria Digital Open Day, which held in Brussels, a €45 million programme completing the EU Digital Economy Package for Nigeria was signed between Nigerian Minister of Communications,…

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Ayobami Eruobami Inducted Into Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations (NIPR)

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Ayobami Eruobami, Founder & CEO of Erumedia Group and Erumedia Charity Trust has been officially Inducted into the Professional body of all public relations practitioners in nigeria. The event which…

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WACCIMA Calls FG To Compel Multinationals To Relocate Headquarters To N-Delta region

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Victor Okpomor The Federal Government has been called upon to compel all International Oil Companies (IOCs), indigenous Oil Companies as well as Multinationals doing major businesses within the Niger Delta…

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Tax Reforms Prevented Economic Collapse, Set Nigeria On Path To Growth- Oyedele

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Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, says Nigeria narrowly avoided full economic collapse in 2023 and is now on a firmer path to recovery…

Global Trade To Hit Record $35trn Despite Slowing Momentum

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LAGOS – Global trade is on course to exceed $35 trillion in 2025 for the first time, the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) final data global trade update of the…

Nigeria’s Downstream, Midstream Sectors Record Stronger Performance Across Key Metrics

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Nigeria’s downstream and midstream sectors continued to show measurable improvement, with fresh data pointing to stronger product supply, better national stock levels, and expanding domestic refining capacity. The developments signal…

Federal Civil Service Open To New Ideas, Constructive Criticisms To Enhance Service Delivery – Walson-Jack

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Chibuzor Emejor Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation(HCSF) has said that the Federal Civil Service is open to new ideas, constructive criticisms, shared innovations, and…

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Exploitative Air Fares: FCCPC Expands Investigations

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Following public inquiries, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) today announced an expansion of the scope of existing investigation into pricing templates behind rates charged for tickets by…

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Any Revenue Official Still Collecting Cash Payments In Anambra Is A Thief – ASWAMA Boss

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Raymond Ozoji Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA) Chief Mike Ozoemena has made it sufficiently and abundantly clear that any revenue official…

Nigeria Launches Private-Sector Model To Sustain HIV, Malaria Response Amid Donor Decline

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Exploitative Air Fares: FCCPC Investigates Airlines

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Chibuzor Emejor Following public inquiries, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has announced an expansion of the scope of existing investigation into pricing templates behind rates charged for…

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$6.1m NGF Primary Health Leadership Challenge Kicks Off December 12, 2025

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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), in partnership with Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCD) UNICEF, with support from the Gates Foundation,…