The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Thursday with prospects of thunderstorms and rains over Yola, Jalingo and Mambilla Plateau in the morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range […]
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other matters of interests for the development of the country. While the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing a minimum wage of N65,000 for workers, the governors have been insisting on the staggering of the implementation […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be democratic for the first time by accepting defeat in good faith if it loses the July 14 governorship election. Atiku, who visited Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti, said losing an election to a rival party should be seen in the light […]
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Stefanou Pontesilli, Italian ambassador to Nigeria, says at least 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. Pontesilli made the disclosure in an interview with reporters in Abuja. ”In Italy we have about 1500 Nigerians in jail for various offences. It is a big number,” he said. ”We sometimes send them back […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted possible thunderstorms over the central cities of the country, including Abuja, Jos, Lafia, Minna, Bida, Makurdi, Lafia and Ibi later in the day on Tuesday. Other cities listed are Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Jalingo and Mambilla Plateau, Ilorin and Ibbi in Taraba. NiMet’s Weather Outlook issued by its Central […]
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The Boko Haram terrorists in a flagrant show of defiance have again openly celebrated this Year’s Eid-el-Fitr in Sambisa Forest. The five minute, 17 second video footage seen by NAN correspondent in Maiduguri shows the terrorists and their families dressed in festival attires, performing salat after completing 29 days of fasting. The video is believed […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has charged the 23 newly elected council chairmen to prudently utilise council funds to pay workers’ salaries and fight insecurity in their areas. Mr Wike gave the charge on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital while swearing in the chairmen who emerged victorious in the council poll conducted […]
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…Gives N100k each to IDPs to start new life ….Dangote is the fourth arm of Govt-Shettima Barley two weeks after donating 150 cars to the Nigeria Police, in yet another massive philanthropic gesture, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday, launched the Dangote village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The […]
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Four men, who allegedly defiled and impregnated a 15- year-old girl, were on Thursday remanded at Kirikiri Prisons by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Henry Edmond, 47, metal fabricator; Richard Effiong, 22, businessman; Simeon Michael, 30, self employed; and Ashumu Muhammed, 33, security guard are being tried for defilement. Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi refused […]
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The Vice President of Nigeira, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday afternoon arrived in Benin, the Edo State capital, for a two-day official visit to the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft that conveyed the nation’s number-two man landed at the airport at exactly 2:29 p.m. Mr Osinbajo, who is […]
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