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Aisha Buhari flags off food distribution for returnee IDPs in Borno

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has flagged off the distribution of foods and household utensils to returnees from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps to fast track their resettlement in their communities. Mrs Buhari who was accompanied by the wives of the Chief of...

Ex-Militants to Buhari: Probe Amnesty Office

Threaten Protest over Non-payment of Stipends Former Niger Delta militants currently enrolled in the Presidential Amnesty Programme have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the Amnesty Office, which they alleged has become a cesspool of corruption since Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) took over as its...

Turkish investments in Nigeria exceed N240bn – Envoy

The Turkish Ambassa­dor to Nigeria, Mr. Ha­kan Cakil, has affirmed that Nigeria remains his country’s strategic partner in sub-Saharan Africa for the past 50 years. He dismissed as spuri­ous allegations that 50 Nigerian students are being detained in Turkey following the post-failed coup crackdown. Cakil,...

Cybercrimes: FG Moves to Curb N78bn Annual Losses

Worried about the growing rate of cybercrimes in the country, which has resulted in about N78billion annual losses, the federal government has begun fresh moves that would help curb the menace of cyberspace activities that are beginning to unsettle banks, owing to the high...

Chevron, Mobil, Other IOCs Sack 3,000 Workers

The workforce in Nigeria’s oil industry has been depleted by 3,000 employees following the sack of personnel by firms in the industry, two oil unions have said. The mass sacks, it was gathered, resulted from the economic recession in the country. Some of the companies that...

FG Appeals to Foreign Airlines Not to Suspend Operations

The Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, wednesday appealed to Emirates, Kenya Airways and other foreign airlines which threatened recently to suspend flights from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja due to the scarcity of foreign exchange and dwindling passenger traffic...