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ADC Stalwart Criticizes Ruling Party on Oil Wells Dispute

ADC Stalwart Criticizes Ruling Party on Oil Wells Dispute

Africa-Press - Nigeria. A member of the opposition coalition party, African Democratic Party, ADC in Cross River State, Austine Ibok has berated the national...
Nigerian Government Halts Payments to Contractors Hoarding Funds

Nigerian Government Halts Payments to Contractors Hoarding Funds

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Minister of Works, David Umahi has issued a firm warning to contractors holding Advance Payment Guarantees, APGs, for years without commencing...
Akpabio-Led NASS Should Farm Sugarcane in Ogbomosho

Akpabio-Led NASS Should Farm Sugarcane in Ogbomosho

Africa-Press - Nigeria. Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has said the National Assembly led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio should be farming sugarcane in Ogbomosho,...
ECOWAS Court Dismisses Nigeria's Objection in Rights Case

ECOWAS Court Dismisses Nigeria’s Objection in Rights Case

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear a major human rights case filed by...
Naira records highest depreciation against US dollar

Naira records highest depreciation against US dollar

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The naira had the highest single-day depreciation against the dollar on Friday at the official foreign exchange rate market to end...
NLC GenCos Clash Over Debt Amid Blackouts

NLC GenCos Clash Over Debt Amid Blackouts

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Association of Power Generation Companies have engaged in a showdown over federal government legacy debt. NLC...
Osun NAWOJ urges passage of Special Seats Bill in NASS

Osun NAWOJ urges passage of Special Seats Bill in NASS

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Osun State chapter, has urged stakeholders across the country to support the immediate passage...
Customs hands over 159,000 litres of seized fuel to NMDPRA

Customs hands over 159,000 litres of seized fuel to NMDPRA

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has handed over three fuel tankers containing no fewer than 159,000 litres of petrol to the...
Nafdac Seals 18 Warehouses Over N100m Expired Products

Nafdac Seals 18 Warehouses Over N100m Expired Products

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Niger State after uncovering large...
Southeast Faces Darkness After EEDC Grid Collapse

Southeast Faces Darkness After EEDC Grid Collapse

Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, EEDC, has announced a partial national grid collapse that has plunged parts of the southeast...