January 20, 2023

[GIST] Wikki debunk claims of abandoning players

[GIST] Wikki debunk claims of abandoning players

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Nigeria Professional Football League side, Wikki Tourists, say their players and officials were not abandoned by the club’s management on Tuesday, on their way to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to honour their NPFL Match Day 2 against Dakkada FC on Wednesday. Reports emerged on Wednesday that players and officials of the Giant Elephant, as they


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[GIST] Oil firms raise investments amid energy transition programme

[GIST] Oil firms raise investments amid energy transition programme

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The Federal Government plans to achieve net zero by 2060 but the journey to this destination seems bumpy as it requires huge revenue to diversify to renewables. OPEOLUWANI AKINTAYO writes on the renewed interest of International Oil Companies in the Nigerian oil sector as govt drive its clean energy agenda Although the Federal Government has


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[GIST] Why foreign investors left Nigerian capital market – Operators

[GIST] Why foreign investors left Nigerian capital market – Operators

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The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria says the Nigerian capital market now enjoys the confidence of local investors.  The Chairman, Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria, Sam Onukwe, said even though the foreign investors had left the shore of the Nigerian bourse, more local investors were participating. Onukwe stated this in a


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[GIST] ‘Universal health coverage vital for equitable health service’

[GIST] ‘Universal health coverage vital for equitable health service’

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The Association of Nigeria Health Journalists has urged the government at all levels to design unique Universal Health Coverage models that can address the peculiar health needs of Nigerians. The ANHEJ made this known in a communique signed by its President, Hassan Zaggi, and the General Secretary, Nike Adebowale, issued at the end of its


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[GIST] Atiku decries explosion at APC rally in Rivers

[GIST] Atiku decries explosion at APC rally in Rivers

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has decried the explosion that took place during an All Progressives Congress campaign rally in Rivers State, saying there should be no place for violence and anti-democratic manifestations in this election. Atiku stated this via his verified Facebook page on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that


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January 19, 2023

[GIST] Stakeholders knock ministry over N1.4bn refreshment budget

[GIST] Stakeholders knock ministry over N1.4bn refreshment budget

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Some stakeholders have faulted the sports ministry for budgeting a staggering N1,480,971,399bn in the 2023 appropriation budget to cater for refreshments, meals, settlement of honorarium, sitting allowances, publicity, welfare packages, and other miscellaneous, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent learnt that the amount is part of the N193,418,082,888bn allocated to the sports ministry from the N21.83trn


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[GIST] Army probes soldier, policeman’s fight over one-way

[GIST] Army probes soldier, policeman’s fight over one-way

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A yet-to-be-identified soldier on Wednesday engaged in a brawl with a policeman on Carter Bridge, Apongbon, in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a driver was conveying the soldier to a destination in the state when he drove against traffic and was stopped by policemen attached to the


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[GIST] Buhari okays fresh N1.9tn for NNPC road projects

[GIST] Buhari okays fresh N1.9tn for NNPC road projects

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has given approval to the recommendation for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited to invest N1.9tn in the reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. He gave the approval during the Federal Executive Council meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and was


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[GIST] Prosecute Tinubu for perjury, group tells court

[GIST] Prosecute Tinubu for perjury, group tells court

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A human rights organisation, the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Social Right Advancement and Development Initiative, has told Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the St. Paul Aroloya Primary School in Lagos which the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, claimed to have attended was never


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[GIST] Osun farmers, Ekiti priest freed after ransom payment

[GIST] Osun farmers, Ekiti priest freed after ransom payment

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Two farmers, Samuel Oladotun and Fashola Tobiloba, who were abducted by gunmen in the Oke Osun area, Ileogbo, Osun State, last Wednesday, have been released. Sources said they were released alongside a driver, on Tuesday, after N6m was paid to their abductors. Recall that the three people sent to deliver the ransom on Monday were


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