The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted dust hazy conditions over most parts of the country with partly cloudy sky over some Southern cities on Saturday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Friday, in Abuja, predicted sunny and hazy conditions over the Central region throughout the forecast period. It added that the region would have day and […]
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The Nigerian Army has said it is suspending the operations of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in the North-East theatre until further notice. The Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, which coordinates the Boko Haram anti-insurgency war in the North-East, stated this in a release by its spokesperson, Col Onyema Nwachukwu. It alleges that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has met with 36 governors in Abuja and tasked them on the need to redouble efforts in addressing infrastructure deficit in states in order to revamp the economy. The Chairman of the Governors’ forum and Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, said the president gave the challenge during a closed door with […]
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A Southwest Airline flying to Dallas, Texas, from Seattle had to turn around after crew realized someone had forgotten to unload a human heart. The captain said the heart should have been left in Seattle and taken to a hospital, according to Yahoo News UK. The life-critical cargo shipment was reportedly unloaded after the aircraft […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone D, Bauchi, has seized contraband worth N156. 61 million in 2018. The Controller F.O.U. Zone D, Peters Olugboyega, made the disclosure at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday. According to him, this is an increase of N55 million compared to the seizures made in […]
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The Federal Government is working toward early implementation of new minimum wage which has caused a lot of controversies in recent times, Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said Mustapha made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a one-day symposium on the 25th anniversary of the […]
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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday said the Muhammadu Buhari administration was in support of jacking up the retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. The minister made this known at a public hearing on the need to insulate teachers from the retirement age for public servants organised by the […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted dust hazy conditions over most parts of the country with partly cloudy sky over some Southern cities on Friday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Thursday, in Abuja, predicted sunny and hazy condition over the Central region throughout the forecast period. It added that the region would have day and […]
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The Board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading philanthropic organisation empowering African entrepreneurs, announced the appointment of Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu as Chief Executive Officer at the end of its Board Meeting on December 12. This appointment takes effect from April 1, 2019. Ifeyinwa will lead the team in scaling the impact of the Foundation […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country’s broadband penetration stood at 30.9 per cent as at November 2018, surpassing the 30 per cent target by the National Broad Band Plan. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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