Rotimi Amaechi, The Minister for transportation has said that banditry became rampant because of the poverty created by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Speaking on ‘Hard Copy’ a Channels Television programme, Amaechi claimed the money Jonathan left for Nigeria after he left office in May 2015, was not enough to run the country for three weeks. The […]
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NEXT supermarket located in the Kado area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday gut fire. Detail of the fire incident, as of the time of filing this report, was yet to be ascertain. NEXT supermarket is one of the largest in Abuja. The cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained as […]
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Nigeria on Saturday 25th December named a 28-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON The list was made public by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Huesca’s Kelechi Nwakalu, Union Berlin’s Taiwo Awoniyi, Almeria striker Sadiq Umar and in-form Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis all make the cut. The usual suspects are also included […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has approved free rides on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors on Christmas and New Year days for residents of the state. This was made known in a statement signed by the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Engr. (Mrs.) Abimbola Akinajo, on Friday. According to her, the “free […]
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has asked Commissioners of Police (CPs) in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as well as their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), to initiate and implement well-coordinated crime prevention strategies and ensure round-the-clock visibility patrols towards peaceful […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would not abandon all its campaign promises before the end of his tenure. The President disclosed this in his message to Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Christmas Celebrations. It reads: “I rejoice with Christians in Nigeria as they join fellow believers all over the world […]
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The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Revd. Ignatius Kaigama has said with security challenges, COVID-19 pandemic, and agitations for self-determination, Nigerians would not forget 2021 in a hurry Kaigama stated this in Christmas message made available to journalists in Abuja on Friday also called on Nigerians not to give up on the country, […]
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A third Republic Senate President, Senator Ameh Ebute, has alleged that some serving Northern governors are festering insecurity in the region and across the country. Ebute bemoaned that these governors and supposed leaders act as patriots during the day but are bandits and terrorists at night. The ex-Senate President made the allegation in his Christmas […]
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No fewer than five electricity transmission towers collapsed on Friday in Lagos State. This follows an inferno caused by a vandalized pipeline along Isheri Olofin, off Igando – LASU expressway of the state. It could be understood that the fire caused massive damage to a 330kV Ikeja-West Akangba transmission line 1 and burnt off a […]
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Just 24 hours after a Mobil Petrol station in Awka went up in flames, another petrol station, Jezco on Friday evening caught fire However the cause has been given for the outbreak of the fire, just as it is not clear yet if there were casualties. Chief fire fighter in Anambra State, Martin Agbili confirmed […]
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