Seven EFCC operatives arrested after audacious plan to smuggle Maina out of custody fails

SEVEN Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have been arrested in connection with an attempt to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman Abdulrasheed Maina out of detention.

 

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QPR midfielder Ebere Eze out of Benin and Lesotho qualifiers as he requires Fifa switch

QUEENS Park Rangers (QPR) midfielder Ebere Eze is unlikely to feature in Nigeria's forthcoming African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho and Benin Republic next month as he will not have completed his nationality switch with Fifa by then.

 

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Amaechi says 20 railway carriages will be delivered from China over next six weeks

TRANSPORT minister Rotimi Amaechi has revealed that 20 new coaches for the Abuja-Kaduna and the Lagos-Ibadan rail lines will arrive in the country over the next six weeks as part of the ongoing railway expansion programme.

 

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Nigeria just needs 10 conglomerates who will account for 80% of manufacturing output, about 75% of GDP and who will employ about 20m people directly to have a $2trn economy. As things stand, production is too fragmented

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) NNPC
My stance on this has always been clear. Privatise the NNPC with the government holding say a 25% stake in it. Then expand its operations to cover manufacturing, automobile assembly, food processing, petrochemicals, power generation, railway equipment manufacture, etc. Within a year, the NNPC should be floated on the New York and London stock exchanges with a market capitalisation of at least $200bn

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Buhari heads off to Russia-Africa Summit where he is expected to attract investors

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja for Russia where he will attend the three-day Russia-Africa Summit taking place in the southern city of Sochi between October 23 and 24 to be attended by about 40 African nations.

 

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PDP Governors Forum to hold internally generated revenue summit in Abuja on October 30

MEMBERS of the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Governors' Forum plan to hold an economic summit on boosting internally generated revenue (IGR)  in Abuja on October 30 as part of a plan end Nigeria's dependency on crude oil.

 

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EFCC secures interim forfeiture order against two of Bukola Saraki's Ikoyi houses

FORMER senate president and Kwara State governor Senator Bukola Saraki has temporarily forfeited two Lagos homes to the federal government after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured a court order against him.

 

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Abuja high court reduces Sowore's Draconian bail conditions and reduces the fee payable

FORMER presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has had his bail conditions revoked by an Abuja high court after his lawyers appealed the Draconian terms imposed when he was first detained in August.

 

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Newcastle United plan daring bid for Victor Osimhen in January transfer window

ENGLISH Premier League giants Newcastle United have become favourites to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in the forthcoming January transfer window after the clubs' fans identified him as  the person who could end the team's current goalscoring drought.

 

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Nigeria has millions of nurses worldwide but we lack the spirit of the profession’s founder Florence Nightingale

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Today is October 21. On this day in 1854 a certain British lady called Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 was sent to the Crimean War to help look after troops injured during the fighting between Britain, France and Russia and alas, the profession of nursing was born. Nightingale selflessly introduced things like sick pans, dressing wounds, making beds, etc and ever since then, healthcare has been revolutionised

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