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Nigeria faces more dire economic news as Saudi Arabia boots output by 1m barrels depressing prices further

NIGERIA is facing the prospect of more gloomy economic news as a result of the coronavirus-induced oil crisis as Saudi Arabia has announced plans to increase its daily output to 13m barrels which is certain to depress global prices further.

 

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Mikel set to join Chelsea's coaching staff after Abramovich offers him a role when he quits playing

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi could be joining Chelsea as a coach shortly after Russian owner Roman Abramovich approached him with an offer to join the club's coaching staff when he quits playing.

 

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Kwankwaso claims Buhari is behind the removal of Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano

FORMER Kano State governor Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being behind the removal of the Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi from office earlier this week.

 

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Nigerian healthcare management firm Hygeia HMO enters into pact with UK financial services companies

NIGERIAN health management organisation Hygeia HMO has entered into a strategic partnership with British financial services firms PiP iT Global and Sochitel that will enable Nigerians living and working in the UK to buy healthcare plans for their parents back home.

 

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Buhari sets of coronavirus economic committee to review budget and set new oil benchmark price

NIGERIA'S federal government has launched a committee to reassess its N10.59trn ($28.8bn) 2020 budget after the recent collapse in oil prices as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has precipitated a drop in demand.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu attacks southeast governors for not setting up regional security network

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has joined the criticism of the five governors from across the southeast geo-political zone accusing them of betraying Ndigbo by not establishing a regional security network similar to Amotekun.

 

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Female pastor says men who sleep with her will get cured of their infertility problems

LIFE of Faith Prosperity Ministry founder Pastor Veronica has asked all men suffering with infertility problems in her Asaba church to come and sleep with her and their problems will be solved through sexual anointing.

 

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New Super Eagles invitee Cyriel Dessers could be on his way to England as Premier League clubs eye him

NEW Super Eagles invitee Cyriel Dessers could be on his way to England next season as his recent scintillating form that brought him to the attention of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has also caught the eye of several Premier league clubsides.

 

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I hope Lamido Sanusi will now head up a think tank which draws up national targets and sets down markers regarding what we have to achieve as the world’s largest black nation

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) I have always regarded Sanusi Lamido as wasted in his role as the emir of Kano. Kind of similar to Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, the Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland who is one of Nigeria’s brightest economists ever. Oba Aromolaran wrote the most widely used economics textbooks in Nigeria. When we have our sharpest minds holding feudal positions created by our former colonial masters to administer indirect rule, we have a serious problem

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