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Youth of ECOWAS Against Upsurge in Piracy

Piracy

Piracy The ECOWAS YOUTH ORGANIZATION notes with tremendous despondency and extreme anxiety and disappointment the news of upsurge in piracy within the West African coast. This disquieting tendency cast a shadow of hopelessness and a potential security catastrophe, which has the possibility of slowing down productivity and economic growth. The West African More...

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Retired Kibaki’s Budget Is Outrageous-Mati

Mwai Kibaki The Act that set the benefits retired President Mwai Kibaki gets is unconstitutional because it was prepared without the input of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, a member of the team that More...

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ECOWAS Youth Hail Peace Deal in Mali

The Ecowas Youth Organization notes with prodigious enchantment and utmost elation the signing of this historic peace deal in Mali. We congratulate all actors in this very blissful outcome while calling for the More...

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NIPOST to roll out new services such as cash transfer

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) said it was collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the execution of the bank’s cash less policy.The Area Postal Manager in Jigawa, Pascal Ijara, made More...

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Four more states to get cultural centres

The Federal Government is to establish cultural centres in four states, Lizzy Iwuamadi, Assistant Director, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, said on Wednesday.Iwuamadi said in Abuja that the More...

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Abuja Tax Appeal Tribunal members reappointment

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has approved the reappointment of the acting chairman and commissioners of  the Abuja Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT).Aliyu More...

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Lagos ports to accommodate 83 ships from June 19 to July 5

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said that 83 ships laden with various cargoes would arrive in Lagos ports from June 19 to July 5.The ships are coming with fertiliser, crude palm oil, ethanol, More...

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Enhanced inter-agency co-operation will help stop criminality

…says continuous interaction with other agencies will stop criminality Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in the Port Police (PP) division, Salem Amachree, on Wednesday said that more inter-agency co-operation More...

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Tukur Says He Will Not Resign

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bamanga Tukur, on Tuesday said he would not resign on Thursday as published by a local newspaper. Addressing journalists after a meeting with President More...

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Lau and Ibi water supply to be reactivated-Commissioner

The Taraba Commissioner for Water Resources, Rebo Usman, said on Wednesday that the state government would soon reactivate the Lau and Ibi water supply facilities destroyed by flood in 2012.Usman said in Jalingo More...