Acho Ndukwe, the traditional ruler of Amagu Ihube, and Paul Ogbu, ruler of Ihitte Ihube in Imo state, have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The two communities are in Okigwe LGA of the state. The palaces of the two monarchs were set ablaze by the gunmen during the attack on Sunday. A youth leader in […]
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Cassava Technologies (CassavaTechnologies.com), Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui), one of Japan’s largest global conglomerates. Cassava Technologies and Mitsui share a common vision of facilitating digital transformation across Africa. The partnership will bring together the […]
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Not less than 16 persons have reportedly died in Bauchi State Fatal Crash. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday. According to Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, the accident which involved an articulated truck and one other commercial Toyota Hummer bus, […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the sacking of Gernot Rohr as technical adviser of the Super Eagles. The NFF made the confirmation in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. Augustine Eguavoen was named the interim coach of the three-time African champions. The statement reads: “The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Mr […]
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Popular Nigerian singer, Anthony Olanrewaju Awotoye, widely known by his stage name ‘Tony Tetuila’, has revealed how he was promised a juicy political appointment after he lost the contest for a seat in the Kwara State House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015. Tetuila said he waited to be given an […]
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Some student of Idogbo Secondary School, located in the infamous Upper Sakponba in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have vandalized school properties in an outrage. It was gathered that the students resorted to violence when one of them had an altercation with one of the policemen drafted to the school to maintain law […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday afternoon announced three additional cases of the Omicron variant in the country, The new cases bring the total of the recently discovered variant of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria to six. The NCDC in the statement signed by the Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa further explained that the […]
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed that three suspected Dowen College students are in their custody assisting the police in their investigation to uncover the reason behind the death of the 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromini who was allegedly beaten to death for his refusal to join a cult. Speaking with Channels […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). The strike by the NUEE left areas serviced by the AEDC without power for hours on Monday. The areas serviced by the company are the federal […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says six countries, including Nigeria, accounted for around 50 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2020. The organisation disclosed this in its world malaria report released on Monday. According to WHO’s latest report, there was an estimate of 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 malaria deaths — mostly of children under […]
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