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FG bars states from bank loans
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The decision was taken in line with the Fiscal Sustainability Plan, FSP, which has been agreed to by the Federal Government’s economic team and state governors, to ensure prudent management of sub-national resources. READ MORE

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Retirements: Army, 38 officers in war of words
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CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS), LT.-GEN. TUKUR BURATAI BRIEFING NEWSMEN  DURING NIGERIA ARMY COMBAT ARMS TRAINING WEEK IN BAUCHI ON TUESDAY .NAN
The Army high command and 38 senior officers retired last week were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over the latter’s mode of disengagement. READ MORE


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Crack in militants camp widens
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AvengersTHE noticeable crack in the camp of the militant groups bombing oil installations in the Niger Delta degenerated, yesterday, as one of them, Reformed Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, unilaterally declared cessation of hostilities. READ MORE

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FG begins recruitment of 500,000 graduates
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fg-RecruitmentThe Presidency, yesterday, announced the take-off of recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates, who would benefit from the N500 billion social investment programme of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government. READ MORE

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Bombing threats: Osinbajo meets S-South govs, service chiefs, others
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MEETING: From left, Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Ifeanyi Okowa(Delta), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, during the Acting President’s meeting with the Niger Delta governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Abayomi Adeshida.Apparently moved by the threats of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, to bomb major government buildings in Abuja starting midnight today, the Federal Government, yesterday, called for an emergency security meeting. READ MORE

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Buhari orders 2-week ceasefire in N-Delta

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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military to suspend operations in the Niger Delta for two weeks to create a window for dialogue with militants. READ MORE 


Bombing of Shell facilities: Soldiers arrest Ijaw chief, 5 others

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SOLDIERS, yesterday morning, swooped on oil-rich Ogulagha, an Ijaw kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, arresting six persons, including a chief, in connection with the bombing of Forcados 48 Export Line belonging to Shell Nigeria Petroleum Company, SNPECo, last Thursday, by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. READ MORE 


Militants kill 2 soldiers, 6 civilians, sink houseboat

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SUSPECTED militants, Wednesday evening, launched a surprise attack at a military houseboat in the creeks of Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, killing two soldiers and six civilians. READ MORE 

More oil woes as militants blow up Chevron’s wells

Scene of the pipeline bombings
Nigeria’s oil production suffered another decline as the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, attacked Chevron’s facilities, yesterday. READ MORE 


Biafra: We acted in self-defence – Army

CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS), LT.-GEN. TUKUR BURATAI BRIEFING NEWSMEN  DURING NIGERIA ARMY COMBAT ARMS TRAINING WEEK IN BAUCHI ON TUESDAY .NAN
Following allegation of massacre of members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Monday, by security agents in Onitsha, the 82nd Division, Nigerian Army said, yesterday, it merely invoked the extant Rules of Engagement (ROE) to resort to self-defence and protect the strategic Niger Bridge. READ MORE 

South-East burns as Biafra Day turns bloody

Victims of the clash in  Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Biafra Day anniversary celebration turned bloody, yesterday, in South-East states as soldiers and policemen clashed with pro-Biafra groups. READ MORE


Shootout in Niger Delta creeks as troops kill militants, avert attack on oil pipeline

File: JTF mobilizing for the creeks and Oporoza town
THE standoff between the military and the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, degenerated, early yesterday, as soldiers of 343 Artillery Regiment of 2 Brigade, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, engaged the militants in a fierce gun duel at Gulobokri and Eweleso communities, around Brass area of Bayelsa State. READ MORE 


Nigeria bleeds as militants blow up more pipelines

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nation’s crude oil fortunes took another downward plunge, yesterday, following attacks by Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on pipelines close to Escravos Tank Farm at Ciera creek, near Abiteye community, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited. READ MORE


Reps stop NNPC’s bid to sell 3 refineries

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THE House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation, yesterday, stopped the proposed sale of the nation’s three refineries by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. READ MORE 


Forex: CBN throws Naira into open market, nullifies N197/$ exchange rate

Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, announced a flexible exchange rate regime aimed at making foreign currencies more accessible. READ MORE

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