Edun leads strategic meeting on NNPCL crude sales in Naira

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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has convened a high-level stakeholder meeting to carry out President Bola Tinubu's directive for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) to sell crude oil to local refineries in Naira. Recall that on July 29, Tinubu directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited…

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The Federal Government has announced that President Bola Tinubu's administration has set up the structures to create three million jobs for youth through the 3 Million Technical Talent (MTT) Programme. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this statement in Abuja on Monday at the Nigeria Police Youth Summit with the theme…

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The Kaduna State Security Council has announced the complete removal of the 6 pm to 8 am curfew. The state's overseeing Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Aruwan said the curfew was lifted after an extensive review of the security situation in Kaduna and Zaria…

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The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has warned parents of admission seekers into Nigerian universities against falsifying the age of their children and wards to meet the 18-year minimum age requirement. Oloyede cautioned that such actions could push the children into corruption and crime. He issued this warning…

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  In the aftermath of the recent nationwide hunger protests, the prices of cooking gas and food items have skyrocketed in Kaduna. READ ALSO:Court throws out application to bar Nigerians from further protests against hunger Prices of goods such as provisions, grains and other staple food items are rising steadily in markets and shops across…

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The Federal Government has given the first batch allottees of the National Housing program (NHP), eight weeks to complete their payments or forfeit their allocations. Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. In the statement signed by Mr. Salisu Haiba, Director, Press…

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  A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 26- year-old miner, Anas Abubakar  to two years  imprisonment for defrauding a woman of N800, 000. READ ALSO:Tinubu directs security agencies to crack down on illegal miners The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Abubakar after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokos in…

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A court in Bangladesh opened Tuesday a murder investigation into ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter a week ago to neighbouring India as protesters flooded Dhaka's streets in a dramatic end to her…

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President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana's Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo's gold as well as silver in the men's 4x400m relay, boosting the country's total…

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A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed applications by Indian nationals, Prem Garg and Devashish Garg, along with Briton Marcus Wade, seeking to quash a bench warrant issued for their arrest and extradition. The warrant relates to a $42.485 million fraud involving Ecobank Plc. The defendants, associated with Wilben Trade Limited in Dubai, are…