December 1, 2022

[GIST] Yellow Greens begin T20 World Cup qualifier

[GIST] Yellow Greens begin T20 World Cup qualifier

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Nigeria’s male senior cricket team, the Yellow Greens, will begin their pursuit for a place at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup in West Indies and the USA on Thursday (today), as they take on Mozambique in their first qualifying match of the Africa Sub-Region B at the Gahanga Cricket Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda.


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[GIST] Reps approve N308bn export grant for 194 firms

[GIST] Reps approve N308bn export grant for 194 firms

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The House of Representatives has approved payment of various sums totalling N308.458bn to 194 companies who filed claims under the promissory notes programme of the Federal Government. This is based on the recommendation of the House Committee on Commerce on the approval of a promissory note programme to settle outstanding claims in respect of the


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[GIST] 25 firms selected for $10.5m Nigeria-Czech research programme

[GIST] 25 firms selected for $10.5m Nigeria-Czech research programme

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About 25 firms have been shortlisted for over $10.5m  research projects by the  Presidential Implementation Committee(PIC) on Technology Transfer/ Information Exchange between Nigeria and the Czech Republic. Also, President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval to the  National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to invest up to N2bn (about $5.7 million) in profitable manufacturing and


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[GIST] Repeat PDP’s 2019 victory, Atiku begs Ondo residents

[GIST] Repeat PDP’s 2019 victory, Atiku begs Ondo residents

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has appealed to the people of Ondo State to give the party massive votes in the coming 2023 general action. He pledged to eliminate insecurity, build federal roads and make other roads in the country motorable. Atiku reiterated his pledge to set aside $10bn for


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[GIST] Stay of execution: Firm urges court to reject Lafarge’s suit

[GIST] Stay of execution: Firm urges court to reject Lafarge’s suit

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A haulage firm, Transnational Haulage Limited has asked a Lagos State High Court sitting at Osborne Ikoyi to refuse an unconditional stay of execution filed by Lafarge Africa Plc over its refusal to pay the haulage firm a judgment sum of  N58,756,500 for loss of freight earnings on 10 trucks and simple interest on the


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[GIST] Osun Assembly insists council chairmen must stay

[GIST] Osun Assembly insists council chairmen must stay

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The Osun State House of Assembly has said since the judgment nullifying the last October 15 local government elections in the state has been appealed, the elected officials should be allowed to continue in office. The resolution was contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Assembly, Kunle Alabi, obtained


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[GIST] INEC gears up for elections in N’East, deploys BVAS

[GIST] INEC gears up for elections in N’East, deploys BVAS

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has finally begun the distribution of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System facilities to the remaining parts of the country, including the North-East and South-East states, which hitherto had yet to get the vital election equipment. It was learnt on Wednesday that the agency had resumed the airlift of BVAS to states


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November 30, 2022

[GIST] Fire guts Kano market, destroys 150 shops

[GIST] Fire guts Kano market, destroys 150 shops

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Fire, on Monday, destroyed no fewer than 150 shops at the Kachako Central Market, in the Takai Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesperson for the state Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, said the incident occurred in the afternoon around 1.13 pm. Abdullahi said, “We received


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[GIST] Private jet owners sue govt over N30bn tax

[GIST] Private jet owners sue govt over N30bn tax

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Owners of foreign-registered private jets, comprising top business moguls, leading commercial banks and other rich Nigerians, have dragged the Federal Government to court seeking to prevent the government from grounding their planes for allegedly refusing to pay import duty on the jets. The Federal Government had last November approved the decision of the Nigeria Customs


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[GIST] RMAFC, EFCC uncovers oil firms’ $205m unremitted funds

[GIST] RMAFC, EFCC uncovers oil firms’ $205m unremitted funds

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The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has said that it discovered $205.01m unremitted to the federation account by oil and gas companies through joint efforts with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It noted that it had been partnering with the EFCC in the area of monitoring and tracking all accruable revenue from revenue-generating


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