The Army will conduct more exercises in 2018 to assist civil authorities to deal with internal security challenges in parts of the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said. Speaking with newsmen on Friday after leading troops on a 15km Route March, Buratai said Exercises Harbin Kunama III, Crocodile Smile III […]
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A key Cameroonian separatist leader, Julius Ayuk Tabe and 46 others, some of whom were arrested in Abuja earlier this month have been deported by Nigerian authorities to Cameroon. Ayuk and the others were deported on Friday to Yaounde, Ayuk’s lawyer, Abdul Oroh, a former member of the House of Representatives and human rights activist […]
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Liberian President, George Weah has pledged to cut his salary by 25 per cent. The former soccer star made the disclosure on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to […]
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Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, on Monday said the Federal Government would declare a state of emergency in the education sector in April. He made this disclosure when he received Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger and some members of his cabinet at the Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters in Abuja. Mr. Adamu requested the […]
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Nigeria’s stocks have been rated among the world’s best-performers in the past four months. Bloomberg reported on Monday that the good performance was as a result of foreign investors. The New York-based financial software, data, and media company, said net foreign inflows to Nigerian equities totalled 337 billion naira ($940 million) last year, the first […]
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The Bayelsa State Government said on Monday that it had secured no fewer than 100 patrol vehicles and 16 gunboats from 2012 to date to ensure maximum security in the state. Boma Sparo-Jack, Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on Security Matter, said this at the ongoing Inter-Ministerial and Agencies’ briefing in Yenagoa, the state […]
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Players and officials of MFM FC escaped death on Sunday after their bus had an accident on their way back from a Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) game in Jos against Plateau United. The Media Officer of MFM FC, Olawale Quadri who confirmed the mishap on Sunday said that the team was safe and sound after […]
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It was indeed an exciting moment on Sunday, January 28, 2018, at the official launch of the season three of Big Brother Naija, which kicked off with twenty housemates. This year’s edition, which is tagged “double wahala” stars Vandora, Teddy A, K Bruce, Nina, Miracle, Alex, Princess, DeeOne and Ahneeka. Other housemates are Rico Swavey, […]
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The presidency says Ahmed Abubakar, the new director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), neither failed promotion examinations twice nor holds dual nationality. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. According to him, Abubakar has never been a Chadian and his […]
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The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) shut down operations on January 15 due to the non availability of crude oil. Abdullahi Idris, executive director, services, of KRPC, disclosed this to NAN in Kaduna. He said the refinery, whose fuel plant was commissioned in 1980, was functioning at 60 percent capacity “but shut down on […]
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