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…Promises to tackle 25% interest rates, expand long-term financing By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has pledged to tackle high interest rates and improve access to long-term financing to revive industries, expand businesses and create jobs in the South-East if elected president in 2027. Makinde, […]

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By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stepped up preparations for the 2027 general elections, with efforts to identify and address potential threats to peaceful and credible polls in Abia State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sylvia Agu, disclosed this on Thursday in Umuahia at a […]

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…As PenCom insists on June 2027 recapitalisation deadline …No pensioner will be abandoned — Oloworaran By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has unveiled PenCare, a national healthcare initiative designed to provide free medical services to pensioners, beginning with low-income retirees. Tinubu, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government […]

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… Offers AI research partnership to AfricaBy Nkiruka Nnorom Russia has warned that unregulated development of Artificial Intelligence, AI, risks deepening global inequality and creating a new form of colonialism, with Africa at risk of becoming a raw-material appendage of the AI economy. The warning was issued by Andrey Akulchev, Acting Director of Department of […]

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By Edwin Philip, Lafia The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized and destroyed fake, adulterated, expired and banned products worth more than ₦8 billion across North-Central Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Thursday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, saying the products were confiscated from manufacturing […]

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The presidential aircraft, an Airbus A330-200, took off at 2:20pm local time, with the president expected to return to Nigeria next week after completing the religious exercise.

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By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has called for a review of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) mobile device verification requirements over concerns that the policy could increase phone prices and lead to the wrongful blocking of legitimate used devices. The House warned that additional compliance costs under the framework could increase […]

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