Tag: November
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The ember months, By Abdu Rafiu
Whenever we embark on the last leg of each year tagged the ‘Ember Months’ millions become edgy, the atmosphere is tensed up. It is a period that is approached with dread and trepidations. The enlightened communities live in morbid fear and trembling. The sense of foreboding arises from widespread misconception that the last four months…
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BREAKING: INEC fixes Nov. 6 for Anambra governoship poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 6 for the conduct of the governorship election in Anambra State. INEC Chairman of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. He said the date followed a meeting by the commission to deliberate on the activities for the conduct…
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Nigerian born politician, Okoye to contest in US November elections
A Nigerian, Mr Gabe Okoye, is on the ballot in a forthcoming Democratic Party’s senatorial primary runoff election in the U.S. Okoye, who hails from Enugwu-Aguleri, in Anambra, is seeking the main opposition party’s ticket for the Nov. 3 general election into the Georgia State Senate to represent District 9. Okoye, who is a chieftain…
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Coronavirus: FG clears air on alleged November resumption for schools
The Federal Government has disowned a social media post, which stated that primary and secondary schools nationwide would be resuming by November 2020 as a result of the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The government also declared a manhunt for the author of the fake press release, which was circulating on the social media on Wednesday.…
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Lagos-Ibadan train operational from November – Amaechi
Commercial activities may begin on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge train this November, the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Amaechi spoke on Monday, when he and the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemi Saraki, led other stakeholders on tour of the project. He said the Federal Government would also begin a free trial…
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Nigeria’s Inflation rate increases to 11.28 per cent in November – NBS
The National Bureau of statistics (NBS), says the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measured inflation increased to 11.28 per cent (year-on-year) in November from 11.26 per cent recorded in October. The NBS disclosed this in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for November released in Abuja on Friday. According to the bureau, the figure is 0.02…
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Black Friday and the Nigerian Entrepreneur
The earliest mention of the phrase Black Friday was used to describe the day after Thanksgiving in the United States in 1952, which is usually the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November — a day considered to be the beginning of the country’s Christmas shopping season. Black Friday was coined to describe the heavy…
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Yuletide: Okorocha orders ‘Happiness Ministry’ to pay Nov, Dec workers’ salaries
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has directed the immediate payment of November and December salaries of civil servants in the state. A statement issued on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information, Nnamdi Obiaraeri, said the motive was to ensure that all employees of the state government had seamless Christmas.” The statement read, “This…
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Nigerians paid less for petrol, kerosene, diesel in November – NBS
Latest statistics by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the average price paid by consumers for petrol, diesel, and kerosene decreased month on month by 0.3 per cent, 1.3 per cent and 2.30 per cent respectively in November 2017. This was disclosed in three reports published on the bureau’s website on Sunday.…