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North Korea threatens ‘unimaginable strike’ on US ship

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North Korea’s official news agency described a US aircraft carrier patrolling off the Korean Peninsula as a “primary target” and said Washington should expect an “unimaginable” attack. The latest threat on Thursday came amid massive joint US-South Korean naval exercises off the peninsula involving the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. North Korea condemned Seoul and Washington’s move to mobilise nuclear strategic assets near the volatile peninsula. Pyongyang has slammed the warship manoeuvres as a “rehearsal for war”. “The US is running amok by introducing under our nose the targets…

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APC has failed on campaign promises — Jonathan

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Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, bashed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying it has not done enough to fulfill its campaign promises to Nigerians. The ex-president said rather than improve the living conditions of the people; the APC-led government only inflicted hardship and poverty on the nation through harsh economic policies. Jonathan stated this in his private office in Abuja when a former Minister of Education and contender for the office of the PDP National Chairman, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, led his campaign team to seek his support. Jonathan went…

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Senate partners Russian oil giants to develop Nigeria’s oil and gas

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The Senate said on Thursday that it had began talks with Russian oil companies for partnership to develop Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Disclosing this in an interview with newsmen in St. Petersburg, Russia, Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas, Sen. Bassey Akpan, said it was time Nigeria sought support to further develop the sector. Akpan is part of President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki’s delegation to the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Russia, who met with the oil firms. “We came here as part of the…

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Connect rail to 36 state capitals, Buhari directs

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President Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive that all the 36 state capitals should be connected with rail in the ongoing railway projects. The Minister of Transportation, Mr, Chibuike Amaechi, said on Thursday at the meeting with the Chairman Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Sen. Shehu Sani. The meeting also attended by the Ministers of Finance; Budget and National Planning; and Power, Works and Housing was in connection with President Buhari’s loan request of 5.5 billion dollars. Amaechi said that the central rail line project connecting several communities…

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“Fashion Police” TV series ends after 20 years

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After more than two decades, Fashion Police, the iconic series on E! Network, an American basic cable and satellite television channel, would end its run with a special finale on No. 27. According to People, the special will reveal never-before-seen footage including a previously unaired 80s-themed episode featuring the late show co-creator and long-running host late Joan Rivers, the legendary comedian. Fashion Police covered every major award show and fashion event through the lens of Rivers’ comedic commentary. The network announced Wednesday that the series hosted by Melissa Rivers, Joan’s…

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Okowa proposes N298.078 billion for 2018

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Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday present a fiscal proposal of N298.078 billion he tagged a budget of hope and economic consolidation for the services of Delta State Government in 2018. The 2018 budget proposal shows an increase of N3.62bn or 1.21%, compared to the 2017 approved budget of N294.4bn and comprises the sum of N147.5bn or 49.48% for recurrent expenditure, andN150.5 or 50.52% for capital expenditure. The proposed recurrent expenditure estimates for 2018 of N147.5bn is made up of personnel costs of N64.3bn or 43.36%, and overhead costs of N46.8bn or 31.56%., while the proposed capital expenditure estimates for 2018 is N150.6bn., which proposal is N14.1bn or 9.39% higher than the 2017 capital budget…

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Osinbajo, Saraki, others storm Anambra for APC campaign flag-off

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Nigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are expected to be in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday for the official flag-off of the party’s governorship campaign ahead of the November 18 poll. The APC flag off campaign chairman in the state, Hon. Azuka Okwosa, disclosed this in Awka, in a press briefing on the preparation for the flag off campaign slated to hold at All Saints Cathedral Onitsha, the commercial city of the state. He said…

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President Buhari’s northern Nigerian agenda

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Clearly, many do not think that President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged request for the World Bank to concentrate activities in Northern Nigeria is an innocent gaffe. The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, reveals: “In my very first meeting with President Buhari (in 2015), he said specifically that he would like (the World Bank) to shift (its) focus to the Northern region of Nigeria.” He adds, “We have done that.” He justifies this by saying, “There is so much turbulence in the northern part of the country, and Nigeria has to…

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Why financial institutions should give women in business loans – Experts

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The increasing number of women embracing entrepreneurship while defying the odds in Nigeria is encouraging. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, about 30% of women in business have registered their businesses in the country. No doubt, the growing number of women entrepreneurs in the country can serve as a potential market for banks to grow their businesses, thereby enhancing the Central Bank of Nigeria’s financial inclusion policy. Reports however show that despite the growing number of women in business, on the average, only about 10 percent of the women…

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FEC approves N236m for irrigation project in Katsina

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N236 million for the completion of Sabke Irrigation Dam in Katsina State. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, told State House correspondents at the post-FEC briefing that the contract for the dam was initially awarded in 1997, re-awarded in 2009 after it was abandoned, but would now be completed by the current administration. Adamu said, “One Memo from my ministry was considered today as part of our efforts to improve the acreage for irrigation, we have been committing ourselves to completing many…

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