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Governor Zulum warns that Borno may face famine as a result of farmer displacement

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State has warned that a famine is imminent in the state unless later this year unless local farmers who have been displaced by the violence of insurgent groups are allowed to return to their farms.

 

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Saudi Arabia donates $1m worth of medical equipment to Nigeria to help combat Covid-19

SAUDI Arabia's government has donated $1m worth of Covid-19 equipment to Nigeria as part of the ongoing international cooperative effort to assist countries in need of help as they fight the pandemic.

 

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Qatar Airways introduces two daily flights to Lagos as its African expansion plan continues

QATAR Airways is expanding its presence in the Nigerian market by introducing two daily flights to Lagos from the Middle East as part of a wider expansion plan aimed at enhancing its market share across Africa.

 

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Ipob insists that its agitation for Biafra will continue despite opposition from southeast governors

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has vowed that its agitation for referendum on forming a breakaway republic is non-negotiable despite opposition to it by the five southeast governors and other leaders of the geo-political zone.

 

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Lai Mohammed defiant despite Ecowas preventing government from prosecuting Twitter users

NIGERIA'S federal government has vowed to keep up its war against social media platform Twitter despite suffering a defeat at the Ecowas court of Justice this week where it was barred from prosecuting anyone who defied its ban and used the facility.

 

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Maybe President Buhari should use Nigeria's traditional rulers to address our ongoing security and economic crisis

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Traditional rulers will be obliged law to provide refuge for victims freeing from ethnic and religious persecution within their domains

[2] No state is to have more than five traditional monarchs to save costs

[3] All traditional monarchs will be tasked with collecting income tax within their domains as was the original design by the British

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African Development Bank makes $430m available for Enugu-Bemanda highway to link Nigeria and Cameroon

AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) officials have promised that the $430m Enugu to Bamenda highway linking Nigeria and Cameroon by road will be completed later this year opening up the economies of both countries to each other.

 

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Google to invest $6m in Nigeria and several African countries to help Internet start-ups

INTERNET services giant Google has announced ambitious plans to invest $6m in Nigeria and several other African countries as part of a major expansion drive aimed at increasing its presence in developing markets.

 

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Air Peace expands its operations further with the launch of three new additional routes

NIGERIA'S fastest growing airline Air Peace has added three new routes to its domestic network as its ongoing expansion plans that has seen it fly to eight new international destinations over the last six months  continues.

 

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Customs gives all private jet owners up until July 6 to register their aircraft of have them impounded

NIGERIA Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound any private jet in the country which does not have unverified documents as from July 6 as part of a clampdown on unregistered aircrafts.

 

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