Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 20th December 2018
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target=_blank>Open governance: Edo Govt trains procurement officers on data disclosure
To deepen reforms in governance, the Edo State Government has organised a 3-day workshop for procurement officers in Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs), including staff of Edo State Public Procurement Agency (EDPPA), on data disclosure to meet guidelines for open contracting data standards.
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target=_blank>Micro-entrepreneurs lament harsh environment for MSMEs
The Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN) has lamented that the operating environment is too harsh for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to thrive.
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target=_blank>Why we’re hunting for IT StartUps – NITDA
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has said that the wisdom behind the NITDA ‘Start-Up Friday’ is to identify young innovators who have potentials and see how they can be supported to achieve their dreams.
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target=_blank>Film entrepreneurs win $5,000 in LFA project
Lagos Film Academy (LFA) has selected three young aspiring entrepreneurial filmmakers, with $5,000 for making a short film directed at impacting social change with a storyline around the 2019 general elections in Nigeria.
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target=_blank>Gunmen kill policeman, snatch riffle
WARRI—A Policeman was allegedly shot dead yesterday around Jeffia estate area of PTI road, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State with his rifle snatched by his assailants.
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target=_blank>Policeman that shot passenger over N100 in Rivers nabbed
PORT HARCOURT—The Rivers State Police Command has arrested the police officer, who shot a passenger in Rivers State because of N100 bribe.
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target=_blank>2018 deadliest year for journalists, 53 killed on the job – CPJ Data
At least 53 journalists were killed on the job this year, 34 of whom were targeted for murder in reprisal for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, says in its annual analysis.
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target=_blank>My wife asked me to die and be buried, write my will and die – Pastor
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday dissolved the 14-year-old union between Pastor Peter Onuoha and his wife, Rose.
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target=_blank>Ikpeazu threatens to sack ASEPA GM over refuse in Umuahia
UMUAHIA—IN response to the various huge heaps of refuse scattered all over Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has given the General Manager of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, Victor Apugo an ultimatum to keep Umuahia clean before Christmas or be sacked.
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Excess Crude Account crashes to $631m
bout $1.68 billion was drawn down from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) in the last one month leaving a balance of $631 million as at 19th December, 2018.
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