A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Wammako (Sokoto State), is dead. He died at an Abuja hospital after a brief illness at the age of 51. Wammako was a first term lawmaker, who represented Kware/Wammako federal constituency. He contested and won the 2015 parliamentary election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress […]
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Former Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five graft trials he faces. The two-term president was sentenced to nine and half years in prison but would remain free on appeal. The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, Brazil’s first working-class president who […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described Sen. Ahmed Makarfi’s victory on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership tussle at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as verdict that would bring PDP together. Jonathan stated this on Wednesday on his tweeter handle in his reaction to the court judgment on the party’s leadership crisis. The Supreme Court in […]
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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the issuance of promissory notes for the settlement of debts owed local contractors worth N740 billion. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, gave the hint while addressing newsmen after the Federal Executive Coucil meeting, adding that debts to GENCOS, DISCOs and state governments stood at N193.69 billion. […]
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Bauchi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said it sealed 18 private healthcare facilities and 161 patent stores across the state due to failure to meet operational guidelines. The Director of Public Health in the ministry, Dr Bako Mohammed, disclosed this at a news conference during annual assessment of private hospitals and patent stores in […]
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Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Ltd. (EMTS) trading as Etisalat Nigeria on Tuesday informed its customers that the change of brand name will not affect its operations. Mr Ibrahim Dikko, the Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, EMTS made this known in a statement. Dikko said that EMTS was aware of recent news reports regarding Etisalat […]
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Doctors Without Border, a humanitarian aid group, says a total of 240 displaced children have died of malnutrition in Borno state. Moctar Abari, emergency officer of the group – which is also known as Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) – made this known in an interview with NAN on Monday. Abari said the cases were recorded […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected $142.5 million into the inter-bank foreign exchange, days after intervening in the retail segment of the market with $254.3 million. The spokesperson of the apex bank, Mr Isaac Okorafor, in a statement, said on Monday that CBN would continue to carry out its regular mediation in the […]
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No fewer than 16 marines were killed when a U.S. military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening, a regional emergency management official said. The plane crashed into a soybean farm in northern Mississippi’s LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Jackson, the state capital.The Clarion-Ledger newspaper said debris of the crash […]
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Cement industries are actively working hard to reduce the price of the commodity to boost the nation’s housing and the construction sector. The Chairman of BUA Cement, Alhaji Andulsamad Rabiu, told the State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja that plans are […]
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