World Bank laments the fact that Nigeria spends more on petrol subsidy than on health

WORLD Bank officials have decried the continued spending by the Nigerian government on petrol subsidy which is on track to gobble up N2.9tn ($7bn) this year which economists say could be better spent on social programmes and infrastructure.

 

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Coalition of Northern Groups files suit asking National Assembly to pass law allowing Igbos to leave Nigeria

NIGERIA'S ethnic tensions intensified significantly yesterday after members of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) approached the Federal High Court in Abuja asking it to order the National Assembly to ensure the exit of the southeast geo-political zone from the country.

 

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Abubakar Malami leads the way as police authorities come under pressure to clear Kyari

NIGERIAN police authorities have come under immense pressure from top government officials to clear suspended commander Abba Kyari currently under investigations over his relationship with international fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi.

 

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Ipob plans to initiate $2m fundraising programme so it can generate funds with which to equip ESN

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People Of Biafra (Ipob) has announced ambitious plans to raise $2m over the next few months to help equip its armed wing the Eastern Security Network (ESN).

 

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Ian Wright urges new Newcastle United owners to appoint Emenalo as their sporting director

FORMER Arsenal striker Ian Wright has urged English Premier League giants Newcastle United to immediately appoint former Super Eagles defender Michael Emenalo as its sporting director in a bid to stem the rot at the club.

 

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10 reasons why secession is a far worse course of action than anything we are currently facing 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] The vultures are just waiting in the wings to devour the carcass of a dismembered Nigeria. We will become the global dumping ground for all obsolete goods and everyone will open up military bases in the hundreds of weak mini statelets 

[2] Do you know that the US has 30 military bases in Africa? Washington uses them to defend its interests on the continent and to prevent any serious competition to its control of resources and markets

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Pinnick confident Lookman's Fifa switch will come through any moment from now

NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick is confident that Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman will soon feature for the Super Eagles as his international switch is currently being dealt with by Fifa.

 

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ICC poised to open investigation into abduction of school pupils across northern Nigeria

INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are planning to initiate investigations into the abduction of school pupils across Nigeria in response to a petition it received from the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap).

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo blasts Malami for accusing Ipob of being responsible for #Endsars protests

OHANEZE Ndigbo has lashed out at justice minister Abubakar Malami for blaming Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu for the #Endsars protests which took place across the nation last year.

 

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