Comrade Bunmi Ojo, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state has been killed. The former Special Assistant to former Governor Segun Oni was shot on Friday night by unidentified gunmen. He is reported to have been shot around a football viewing centre in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The death of Ojo […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rainfall over most parts of the country for Saturday. NiMet made this known in its Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday. It predicted thunderstorms and rains over Gusua, Katsina and environs while other places remain in the northern parts would be […]
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Ethiopian Airlines says it is the front-runner to set up and manage Nigeria’s new national carrier, Nigeria Air. “We are among a small group with an interest in establishing a national carrier (in Nigeria)…we do not know the results (of the tender), though we are frontrunners,” The Ethiopian Airline Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam told a […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has declared three days of mourning for the corps members who drowned at the Mayo-Selbe river near the Gashaka falls in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba. Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mrs Adeyemi said the […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy conditions in most parts of the country with prospects of thunderstorms and rainfall activities on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday also predicted thunderstorms and rains over the Northern States of Sokoto, Gusua, Kano, Katsina, Zaria and their environs in […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the gale of defection in the nation’s party politics will not shield any corrupt politician from investigation and prosecution. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, gave the assurance when he paid an official visit to the Abuja office of The Authority Newspaper. Fielding questions from members of the editorial board […]
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Pa Moses Ekpo, deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly resigned, according to a tweet by @APCNewspaper and ibom.com.ng The resignation has not been confirmed officially by the PDP controlled Akwa Ibom State Government, but the APC organ said Ekpo, the oldest deputy governor in Nigeria, is heading to join Senator Godswill Akpabio into […]
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Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr Joshua Ojo, on Sunday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to expedite action on the completion of the Oyo-Ogbomoso dual carriage highway. Ojo, representing Oriire state constituency in the Assembly, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on the sideline of the just-concluded 2018 Conference of […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed drugs and products worth N650 million in Kaduna. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, said at the destruction site in Buruku, Kaduna State, that the products were substandard, falsely labelled medicines, unwholesome food products and cosmetics. Other products destroyed were […]
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Facebook is in deep financial difficulty after its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Zuckerberg lost more than $16 billion in less than 24 hours. The company reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter results and issued guidance that its financial future is not as rosy as some investors thought it might be. Set against this backdrop, one activist investor […]
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