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Four marketers spend N833bn on fuel imports – Report

Nigeria’s major oil marketers have significantly benefited from the Federal Government’s recent policy to eliminate subsidies on petroleum products. This change has allowed marketers to operate in a more market-driven environment, leading to substantial financial gains. In the first nine months of 2024, four prominent oil marketers reported significant revenue gain, earning a total sum...
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T’tennis: NSCDC wins maiden Abiru Mixed Team Championships

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have become the first team to win a Mixed Team Table Tennis Championships in Africa, following their triumph at the maiden Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championships in Lagos on Saturday. NSCDC’s experienced duo, Rilwan Akanbi and Abdullahi Abdulrahman produced a sizzling performance in the final to edge...
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Rivers crisis stems from resource control, says Fubara

Rivers State Governor,  Siminalayi Fubara, has maintained that the political crisis in the state is for the sole control of the state resources. This is as the governor promised to continue to utilise the resources for the betterment and overall interest of the people. Fubara stated this during the celebration of the 51st birthday of...
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2024 India golf tourney tees off today

This year’s edition of the India Cup golf tournament hosted by the Indian Golfers Foundation will tee off on Monday (today) at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos. According to the chairman of the organising committee, Aby Matthew, the weeklong activities will start with a Caddies and Pros Day and followed up...
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CAF mourns as Ugandan match official collapses, dies during game

The Confederation of African Football has expressed deep sadness over the sudden death of Uganda Premier League match official Peter Kabugo. According to a statement on Sunday via X, Kabugo tragically passed away after collapsing during a football league match at Wankulukuku Stadium in Uganda. CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe conveyed his condolences to the...
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Tinubu succeeding where you failed, Presidency replies Atiku

The Presidency on Sunday criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is advocating for gradual reforms rather than President Bola Tinubu’s direct approach. It argued that Atiku’s economic proposals would have worsened the country’s situation. “While advocating for gradual reforms may sound appealing, Tinubu took measures that should have been implemented decades ago by Alhaji...
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Oluremi Tinubu, APC women leader seek more female representation

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, and the APC national women leader, Mary Idele-Alile, have decried the low level of women in Nigeria’s political space. Speaking at a political event themed ‘Empowering APC women for leadership and nation building’ in Abuja on Saturday, Tinubu called on Nigerian women to rally around other women seeking elective positions,...
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Kano lawmaker dumps Kwankwaso’s NNPP faction

The lawmaker representing Rano/Kibiya/Bunkure Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Kabiru  Rurum, has distanced himself from Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, aligning instead with the camp led by the party’s founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam. Rurum, a former Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, declared on Sunday that he recognized...
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