The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has revealed that Dangote Industries Limited generates more mineral resource revenue for the government than the rest of the nation put together. This was contained in its report released to the press yesterday, where it said that Dangote Cement was responsible for 53 percent of government revenue from mineral resources, about N16 billion ...
May, 2016
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23 May
Man U sack van Gaal
Manchester United have reportedly sacked manager Louis van Gaal and his Dutch coaching staff following a two-year spell at Old Trafford. The 64-year-old has been on the brink of dismissal for some time due to United’s lacklustre Premier League campaign. The club missed out on Champions League qualification as they finished fifth in the table, but Van Gaal guided the ...
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20 May
Terrorists Crash Egyptian plane into Mediterranean ?,66 Perish !
An EgyptAir flight, MS804, with 66 passengers on board went missing in the early hours of Thursday over the Mediterranean en route from Paris to Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister, Sherif Fathi, said the crash was likely caused by a terror attack rather than a technical error, USA Today reports. The flight was said to have made two ...
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20 May
CCTV Exposes How Woman Abduct 1-Yr Old Baby
A Closed Circuit Television Camera at a supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has shown that a woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, strapped a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to her back before allegedly escaping with the girl. The footage, obtained by the police and Fehintola’s family members on Thursday, captured how ...
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20 May
Another Chibok girl rescued, Amina visits Buhari
Two days after the rescue of one of the 200 schoolgirls abducted from the Chibok community in Borno State, another schoolgirl was rescued on Thursday night. Army spokesman Col. Usman Sani Kukasheka broke the news. He said her name is Sarah Luka, who is believed to be the daughter of Pastor Luka, one of the parents of the missing girls. ...
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20 May
Nigeria is broke. Pure and simple- Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the removal of oil subsidy is as a result of Nigeria’s poor economic state. According to Mohammed, Nigeria is broke. Mohammed said this while speaking with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, May 18th. “The current problem is not really about subsidy removal. It is about that ...
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19 May
“Ronke Shonde died from respiratory seizure, Police Still Investigating”
Autopsy report has indicated that the late Mrs. Ronke Shonde, allegedly killed by her husband, might have died from Acute Respiratory Seizure (ARS), bruises and water in the head. it was gathered that the result of the autopsy, conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) was taken to the Police State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at ...
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19 May
UBA Rated High By FDA Report, Elumelu Excited
United Bank for Africa is doing well in terms of real growth, a report by the Financial Derivatives Company indicated.Despite the macroeconomic headwinds hitting the country in the past two years, the United Bank for Africa increased its shareholders’ equity by an annual growth rate of 22 per cent between 2011 and 2015. The pan-African lender also recorded a compound ...
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17 May
2yra After Son’s Death,Aisha Falode Smiles As Daughter Gets Graduates
Aisha Falode has been able to find the courage to move past the harrowing pain she suffered in February 2014 when her son, Toba died in mysterious circumstances in Dubai where he studied Audio productions. The ace sports media professional has found joy in her brilliant daughter,Toluwalase who just bagged a Masters degree in Law from Duke University School of Law.
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17 May
Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Umar (Rtd) as an achiever par excellence
By Bankole Sulaimon President Mohammed Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade deserves our commendation and support especially with the prosecution of some perceived high and mighty in our society. The victims cut across all boundaries from the civil service, politicians and of recent senior military officers both serving and retired. Unfortunate, it is the crude and unethical style of the Economic and ...