The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was calling off “peace negotiations” with Taliban leadership after a U.S. service member was killed […]
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said media report that a Max Air aircraft carrying over 500 pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to Nigeria crash landed at Minna International Airport on Saturday was false. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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South Africa has temporarily closed its embassy in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters. She said South Africa was in constant contact with Nigerian authorities to try to restore calm, adding there is no provision in local law for compensation for damage caused in the attacks. “There is […]
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A 74-year old woman, Yerramatti Raja Rao is set to deliver twin babies on Thursday in India after being married for 54 years without a child. The birth of the twin babies will topple a record set by another Indian woman who gave birth to twin babies in 2015 at the age of 70. The […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Navy have pledged deeper collaboration to tackle crude oil theft and attacks on oil and gas facilities. The two organisations came to the resolution when the NNPC GMD, Malam Mele Kyari paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas at […]
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David Lyon has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Bayelsa state. He scored 42,138 votes to defeat his closet rival, Diseye Nsirim, who scored 1,533 votes. Others are Heineken Lokpobiri, who scored 571 votes, Preye Aganaba, 354 votes, Amgbare, 633 votes, while Maureen Etebu scored 564 votes. Dangana Emmanuel, chief […]
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The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday when gunmen invaded Lokoja Confluence Stadium, the venue of the election. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that voting had ended and sorting of votes were going on when the gunmen came to the […]
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A plastic surgeon, Rex Dafiewhare, on Tuesday in Abuja warned that complications arising from the process of buttocks and breast enlargement might lead to the death of the patient. Mr Dafiewhare, an Abuja-based plastic surgeon, who gave this warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described the process as the transferring […]
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Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains across the country on Wednesday. NiMET’s weather outlook on Tuesday in Abuja further predicted some places to be in fine weather. It forecasts Partly cloudy conditions over Northern States in the morning with chances of thunderstorms over Dutse, Nguru and adjourning cities during afternoon. According to […]
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Housemates, Esther Agunbiade and Daniel Tioluwa aka Sir Dee have been evicted from the ongoing BBNaija season four. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they were evicted on Sunday during the live show and swiftly follow Gedoni Ekpata and Jackye Madu who were evicted on Aug. 25. Esther, who was romantically linked with Frodd, […]
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