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First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Indian Doctor Offers to Equip National Hospital with Ultra-modern Facilities

An Indian medical specialist, Dr. Atul Gandotra, has said he can turn around the National Hospital, Abuja, if his outfit, Synergy Healthcare, based in New Delhi, is given the opportunity to manage it in a public-private sector partnership.He also advised ... [Published This Day Online - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Synergy Healthcare Plc, Abuja (Nigeria), India, Nigeria, New Delhi (India)

First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Oil Firms Shun Engagement by House Committee on Environment

Committee finalises amendment to NOSDRA ActEjiofor AlikeIn an apparent show of insensitivity to the environmental challenges affecting the oil-producing Niger Delta, the International Oil Companies (IOCs) have shunned a two-day stakeholders’ engagement ... [Published This Day Online - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Environment, Niger Delta, Shell Nigeria, Petroleum Development Corporation

First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Kano Spends N1.32bn on Agric Empowerment Programme

Governor Rabi’u Musa KwankwasoIbrahim ShuaibuThe Kano State Government Tuesday said it had spent N1.32 billion in the last two years to train and empower women and youths in the agricultural value chain in the state.The state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, ... [Published This Day Online - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Kano, Livestock, Fisheries

First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

United Nations

2015: UN Seeks Improved Participation of Women, Indigent Groups in Politics

United Nation Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda ToureAdebiyi AdedapoThe United Nation Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Dauda Toure, has called for an improved participation of women, youths and indigent groups in the forthcoming general ... [Published This Day Online - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Elections, Jega (Nigeria), Nigeria, United Nations, General Election

First reported 29 mins ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 1 reports

Colonial Laws Militate against Anti-graft War, Says Waziri

Mrs. Farida WaziriTobi SoniyiThe former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, Tuesday said the ongoing war against corruption in the country cannot be meaningful until all the inherited colonial laws on crime ... [Published This Day Online - 29 mins ago]

Entities: Corruption, Nigeria, Financial Crime, Internet Fraud, Crime

First reported 36 mins ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 1 reports

African Development Bank

FG Accesses $500m AfDB Facility for Transmission Network

Prof Chinedu Nebo, Power MinisterChineme OkaforAbout $500 million facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been activated by the federal government to upgrade the country’s weak electricity transmission network.The loan, which could be part ... [Published This Day Online - 36 mins ago]

Entities: African Development Bank, Nigeria, Electricity Transmission, Abuja (Nigeria), Tranche

First reported 56 mins ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 2 reports

Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria

United for Jonathan

Shola Oyeyipo and Victor Efeizomor report a recent meeting of the South-south and South-east geopolitical zone in Asaba, Delta State, where governors from the two zones rallied support for President Goodluck JonathanThe characteristic intrigues that are ... [Published This Day Online - 56 mins ago]

Entities: Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Asaba (Nigeria), Nigeria

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 2 reports

Foreboding Signs for 2015

More than anything else, the bitter rivalry over the Nigerian Governors' Forum chairmanship, is an indication of what to come in the 2015 elections, writes Olawale OlaleyeWith each passing day, only the discerning is able to see the representative danger ... [Published This Day Online - 56 mins ago]

Entities: Rotimi Amaechi, Isa Yuguda, Ibrahim Shema

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

FG Considers Short Duration for Emergency Rule in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe

NSIA board approves investment formula for SWFThe state of emergency declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, may not last for the six months stipulated in the 1999 Constitution, as amended, before it is lifted, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy ... [Published This Day Online - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Uche Orji, emergency, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Emergency Rule Disrupts Transportation of Beef, Smoked Fish from Borno

Transportation of cows, smoked fish and other commodities from Maiduguri to other parts of Nigeria has been disrupted following the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on the Borno State capital by the military which is engaged in a full-scale anti-terror ... [Published This Day Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Maiduguri, Gamboru (Nigeria), Boko Haram, Vegetables, Transportation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Monday Discourse: Finally, the Real Terror War Begins

The state of emergency declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States by President Goodluck Jonathan has expectedly heightened the debate on how to tackle insecurity in the country. Olawale Olaleye, Ademola Adeyemo and Shola Oyeyipo writeAlmost a week after ... [Published This Day Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: State of Emergency, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, emergency

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

4,000 Subscribers Switched Operators 48hrs after Launch of Number Porting

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that over 4,000 subscribers from the four GSM operators migrated with their lines to other operators, within 48 hours after the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was launched on April 22.Director, ... [Published This Day Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Road Safety, Marshal, Lagos (Nigeria)

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"Therefore the provision of quality accessible and affordable housing is a core priority of this administration" , he added

Jonathan: FG to Recapitalise FMBN for Mass Housing [Published This Day Online - 36 mins ago]

He added: "With so many opportunities available in infrastructure, power oil and gas, production expansion, agriculture, small and medium scale enterprises financing, among others, the existence of increasing number of well-structured indigenous companies looking to expand market share, and the disciplined implementation of the Import-substitution Policy of the Federal Government, we are seeing increased business volumes and yields particularly from new businesses."

Fidelity Bank Shareholders Approve N6bn Dividends [Published This Day Online - 45 mins ago]

He assured his party members that he is focused on reconciliation, party cohesion and discipline. "I enjoin all of you to take up this challenge in your various states."

United for Jonathan [Published This Day Online - 56 mins ago]

"I won't encounter problems with the House as long as I do things that are right and in line with what I was preaching in the House. I will have the confidence and trust of the House because I remain one of them" Elegbeleye said

Elegbeleye Counts on Good Relations with House Sports C'tee [Published This Day Online - 2 hours ago]

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