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Nigerian oil industry faces the additional challenge of increased US sales into Europe

 

NIGERIAN is facing the prospect of further economic crisis as its crude oil sales to Europe are being threatened by increased US exports which are being sold at discounted prices this making their shipments more attractive to buyers.

 

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Sanwoolu announces ambitious agricultural expansion plans in Badagry to make Lagos self-sufficient

 

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has announced plans to launch a radical agricultural expansion programme in Lagos State centred around the coastal city of Badagry that will increase food self-sufficiency to 50% from the current 20%.

 

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Northern Governors Forum says Dr Mailafia allegations are too weighty to be ignored and must be investigated

 

MEMBERS of Nigeria's Northern Governors Forum (NGF) have asked security agencies to investigate the claim that one of their members is sponsoring the Boko Haram insurgency raging across the northeast of the country.

 

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Obasanjo urges African youths to force out elderly leaders if they want the continent to progress

 

FORMER Nigerian president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on younger Africans to participate actively in politics and force out the older generation urging them not to vote for anyone over the age of 80.

 

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Pelican Stars players block access to Governor Ayade's office over 14 month salary arrears

 

PLAYERS of the Cross River State-owned Nigerian Women’s Football League side Pelican Stars blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade's office yesterday in Calabar to protest the fact that they have not been paid for the last 14 months.

 

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If we could get Nigeria's 774 local government areas to function properly with this Nigerian Local Government Bill 2020, we would double our GDP within two years

Ayo Akinfe

[1] All of Nigeria's 774 local government areas will be responsible for providing waste disposal services, fire services and ambulance services within their domains

[2] Local governments will be funded internally by the charging of a local tax, which will be augmented by a federal grant representing no more than 10% of their total expenditure. As a principle, all recurrent expenditure must be met by internally generated revenue

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Anambra diasporans say they will not come back and invest unless the right person is elected governor

 

ANAMBRA State indigenes in the US have said that they will not invest in the state unless the right calibre of person is elected as governor when gubernatorial elections are held in November next year.

 

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US health secretary casts doubts over credibility of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik

 

AMERICAN health officials have expressed scepticism over the efficacy of the new Covid-19 vaccine Russian scientists claim to have developed saying that there is not enough available data from its clinical trials to convince them it works.

 

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Taxi fares to rise across Lagos as state government introduces new 10% tax for Uber and Bolt

 

TAXI and car hire fares across Lagos State are going to rise significantly after the government increased taxes in the sector by 10% to enable it recover some of the losses incurred as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

 

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Air Peace agrees to recall some of the 100 pilots its sacked to avert aviation industry strike

 

NIGERIAN government aviation officials and private airline Air Peace have reached an agreement under which the company will reinstate some of the 100 pilots it recently laid off as part of a cost-cutting exercise in a bid to avoid nationwide industrial action.

 

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