The Enugu State Police Command has started full scale investigation into the circumstances that led to multiple accidents involving 16 vehicles within Enugu metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the multiple accidents occurred on Saturday at about 5.30p.m at the NNPC Mega Filling Station located at Naira Triangle axis. The Command’s spokesman, […]
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Israel on Saturday said it launched heavy air strikes in Syria, and hit air defenses and Iranian targets in retaliation for its F-16 fighter jet that was downed by Syria. The Syrian army had claimed to have brought down an Israeli F-16 that crashed on Saturday in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. […]
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Two days after a White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter left his position, another staff, this time, a speechwriter, David Sorensen, is resigning amid domestic abuse allegations. The cause of Sorensen’s exit is similar to that of Porter whom ex-wives accused of physically abusing them. “Before we were contacted by the media, we learned last […]
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A young man (name withheld) in China was rushed to hospital in the middle of the night after noticing his rectum had fallen out of his body. He told doctors that he had been using his mobile phone while on the toilet for over half an hour trying to poo. When they went to check […]
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Suspected thieves on Thursday night opened the cargo hold of an Air Peace aircraft scheduled for departure at the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Corporate Communications Manager of Air Peace, Chris Iwarah, said this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Mr. Iwarah said the cargo hold of Flight 7138 scheduled […]
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Nigeria’s Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on February 13 inaugurate Marketmoni/Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Clinics in Kogi under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP). The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Mr Adoga Ibrahim, the Special Adviser to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Multilateral Donor Agencies and Special Projects/Focal Person […]
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Barca new boy, Philippe Coutinho scored his first goal for the club on Thursday to help them reach the King’s Cup final for a record fifth year in a row. After the 2-0 victory on Thursday, the Catalan club progressed on a 3-0 aggregate semi-final success. Valencia dominated the first half at a packed Mestalla […]
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The House of Representative has accused Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation and Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), of manipulating the country’s legal system. The resolution of the house was sequel to a motion sponsored by Yakubu Barde, minority whip. Barde, while moving the motion on Thursday spoke about […]
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Malam Is’haq Kawu, Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has urged broadcasting stations not to air political campaigns before the stipulated period for commencement. Kawu, at a news conference, in Abuja on Thursday advised broadcasters to adhere strictly to the ethics of journalism to promote democracy as the nation approached electioneering period. The DG also […]
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Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the water and sanitation situation in the country was worrisome. She said although 64.1 per […]
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