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Fashion, hospitality, tourism industry contribute over N3.2 trn to national economy – FG reveals
The fashion industry, hospitality and tourism contributed over N3.2 trillion to national economy, a report by the Federal Government’s Post Covid-19 Initiative Committee on the Creative Industry has revealed. The ...
Business & Economy
NOSDRA, Agip probe Azuzuama oil leakage
National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) say they are jointly investigating an oil leak from Ship’s Clough Creek-Tebidaba ...
World News
Putin says Russia is first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine
Russian President, Vladimir Putin President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a ...Twitter expresses interest in buying TikTok’s U.S. operations
Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter ...
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Nigerian-American basketballer slumps, dies during training
Former Florida State center Michael Ojo collapsed and died on Friday. He was 27. Florida State confirmed the passing of Ojo, who was overseas in Belgrade, Serbia. Multiple reports said Ojo collapsed ... -
4 months after, Ronaldinho set for release from Paraguayan house arrest
Former World Cup winner Ronaldinho Gaucho moved a step closer to ending his Paraguayan ordeal on Friday. This came about when prosecutors said they would not oppose a “conditional suspension” of the ... -
10 special things about Arsenal FA Cup victory over Chelsea
Arsenal won the FA Cup for the 2019/2020 season by defeating Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley but there are landmarks about the victory. Here are 10 of them. It was the first FA ...
Commentaries
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Okowa: Taking the bull by the horns
Ray Umukoro Early this year, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, predicted a rash of pay cuts in global public finance amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ... -
The fall of Magu is betrayal of Buhari
BY KEN UGBECHIE Ibrahim Magu, a police officer, has fallen. And great’s his fall. He was the former acting Chairman of the Economic and ... -
I stand with Festus Keyamo
KEN UGBECHIE ..gongbeat column It’s democracy in action once again last Tuesday at the National Assembly. Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for ... -
THE DAY AREGBESOLA CAME TO JUDGMENT – FEMI ADESINA
Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials ...
