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Below are just four of these benefits for you to consider. 

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS FIVE

President Muhammadu Buhari has on July 29 appointed five

SHAME TO THE FG AND BOOS FOR PINNICK AS KESHI’S BODY ARRIVES DELTA

The remains of Stephen Keshi, former Super Eagles coach arrived Asaba from Benin by road on Thursday accompanied by his four children and other family members at exactly 4.24pm en route to Illah, his hometown for burial today.

WHAT A SHAME! BUHARI’S NOMINEE CANNOT RECITE NATIONAL ANTHEM

An ambassadorial nominee has fumbled while singing the national anthem and had to be helped to finish it.

LAGOS TO DISTRIBUTE BILLIONS OF NAIRA TO UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS

The Lagos State Government will start to disburse N6.25bn as loan to interested unemployed youths in the state for small-scale businesses by

BUHARI INAUGURATES ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL SERVICES

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna railway services on

AL-SHABAB ATTACKS AU MILITARY BASE IN SOMALIA

At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in an attack near a base for African Union troops in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on today. An official at Mogadishu International Airport, which is near the country’s most important military base, said two suicide bombers

FASHOLA IS MR CAPABLE- BUHARI

Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian President, has explained why he merged three ministries under Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing. However, on how he came to pick the minister, he explained that the decision was based on

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LANDS IN NIGERIA ON FOUR-NATION TOUR

Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Abuja this morning. His arrival in Nigeria will kickstart a four-nation tour of West Africa aimed at improving bilateral diplomatic and trade relations with the region.

He is scheduled to meet with senior Nigerian officials on areas of mutual interests between both countries before proceeding to Ghana, Guinea-Conakry and Mali.

It will be recalled that Saeed Koozechi, the former Iranian ambassador to Nigeria was recalled on May 25^th bordering on his utterances following the Nigerian army/ Shiite clash in Zaria, Kaduna state. His interference in what was considered Nigerian internal affairs had drawn huge attention and consequent campaigns by some civil society organizations in Nigeria and the National Human Rights Commission calling for his return to his country.

SKYE BANK GETS REPRIEVE

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has provided a short term loan facility to Skye Bank Plc as a way to boost its liquidity. The move is aimed at assuring the bank’s depositors and creditors that the bank is safe. Isaac Okoroafor, the CBN acing director, corporate communications said the loan will ensure that the withdrawals the bank suffered “in the wake of the undue panic of last week(caused by a change in management in the bank) do not adversely affect its operations.” It will be recalled that the CBN appointed a new board and management for Skye Bank Plc on Monday, July 4 after it failed to sustain key liquidity and capital adequacy ratios. In place of the outgoing board and management, the CBN appointed Alhaji Mohamad K. Ahmad as the new Chairman, while Mr Toku

OOPS! AFRICA'S BIGGEST ECONOMY ENTERS RECESSION

Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s minister of finance, has alluded to the view in many quarters that the country is in recession. She said this while briefing Senators on Thursday about measures adopted to bail out the economy. But she believes the economic challenges facing the country won’t last long as countermeasures have been put in place by the federal government to reverse the trend. According to her, the federal government has released N247.9 billion in the last two months for capital expenditure while an additional N60 billion will soon follow. She added that out of the N247.9 billion, N74 billion has been allocated to works in the last two months, compared to N19 billion the ministry received for the whole of 2015. Agriculture has received the sum of N21.9 billion, compared to the N4 billion the ministry got last year. “We have been extremely disciplined around our spending, we are investing in essential infrastructure…we are doing everything possible to avert and to manage the situation which we didn’t create unfortunately but which we inherited and as a nation must all get out of,” she said, adding that progress is been made in other sectors as well.