UYO—A burial ceremony went awry in Udianga Enem, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, weekend, as cultists, armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the ceremony, killing one of the mourners.
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LAGOS—A man who disguised as a lunatic, abducted a nine-year-old boy and put him in a sack. But he was arrested and the boy rescued in Orile area of Lagos, weekend.
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ECOBANK Nigeria has unveiled a world class Lounge in Port Harcourt for its Premier Banking customers in the South South Region of the country.
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significant impact on the bottom-line.MANAGING Director and Chief Executive of Sterling Bank, Mr. Yemi Adeola, has said that the cost of constructing the bank’s new head office annex will not have significant impact on the bottom-line.He stated this while inspecting the head office annex, in company of the bank’s chairman, Mr. Asue Ighodalo.Adeola said despite the significant amount spent on the construction of the annex, the impact on the bottom-line would be less when it is amortized over time.
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AS the federal government continues to grapple with means of settling its huge pension deficit, an additional N20 billion liability would be added to the stack upon passage of the bill for the exemption of the Police and other paramilitary agencies from the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.
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Mr. David Olofu is the Benue State Commissioner of Finance. In this interview with PETER DURU in Makurdi, he spoke on how the State is keying into the exportation drive of the Federal Government, the inability of the government to pay the wages of civil servants, the construction of a cargo airport in the State, the IGR of the State and several other nagging economic issues. Excerpt:
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Demand removal of cabal from Presidency, return of Kanu to prison By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor ABUJA—Barely a day after the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria, Northern youths have asked him to urgently rein in the promoters of hate speech in order not to derail Nigeria. They also urged the President to
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Coach Edith Agoye of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), says the team gave all it had to beat Nassarawa United Football Club 2-0 in Ibadan on Sunday.
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Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, said it has recovered N120 billion from companies involved in N30trn revenue scam.
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THE Federal Government, 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have so far shared N2.56 trillion in the first half of 2017 from the Federation Account, an investigation by Economic Confidential has revealed.
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