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2019: Reps amend Electoral Act, presidential election to hold last
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 23, amended the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections’ time table. According to the Electoral Act (as amended), the presidential election will hold last.
Why Bisi Akande and I met Buhari - Tinubu
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday said that his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari was not connected with the critical statement issued by former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Buhari.
Jubilation as FIRS beats Customs, generates N4 trillion for Nigeria
If the way forward requires a review of existing legal framework or legislative reform, there is no doubt in my mind that we have willing and able partners in National Assembly, FIRS Board and the Joint Tax Board.
2019: President Buhari is in a better state of health to seek re-election - Femi Adesina
Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Sunday, January 21, while talking to State House reporters says President Buhari is presently in a better state of health than in 2015, to seek re-election in the 2019 general elections.
Gloom as midnight fire destroys 3 buildings at Gowon estate, residents reveal how incident happened (photo)
Some residents of Gowon Estate, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Egbeda area of Lagos, are currently counting their losses as a midnight fire on gutted three duplexes on 34 Road, B Close on Friday, January 19, 2017.
Police in South Africa kill another Nigerian
The Nigerian community in South Africa has disclosed that a 27- year-old member Ebuka Okori from Anambra state was killed by the police in Durban in the early hours of Friday, January 19, because he refused to give them money.
PENGASSAN honours NNPC boss with industrial peace award
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has conferred an award on the MD of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Dr Maikanti Baru for promoting industrial harmony since he assumed office.
Scientists take major leap in fight against malaria; discover that toothpaste ingredient can be used to tackle disease
Research carried out in part by an Artificially-Intelligent (AI)‘robot scientist’ has found that a common ingredient of toothpaste known as Triclosan, could be developed to fight drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite.
Hammed Ali sets a N1.5 trillion goal for Nigerian customs in 2018
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has set a revenue target of N1.5 trillion for 2018. The comptroller-general of customs, Hammed Ali, disclosed this at a management meeting held in Abuja. In 2017, the service generated N1.37 tr.
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