Nigerian billionaire and real estate mogul, Olu Okeowo has kicked against the country’s break up. The real estate magnate warned against succession plans, stating that the South-West region will lose. Okeowo had made the remark while speaking at a church service organized in his home to mark his birthday, Daily Times reports. According to him, […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has extended the work-from-home directive for civil servants from Grade Level 12 and below until June 11, 2021. This is part of measures aimed at containing the spread of deadly strains of the deadly COVID-19 in the country. According to the Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19, after the date in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday arrested no fewer than 52 suspected internet fraudsters aka ‘Yahoo boys’ in Benin. In a statement on Monday, Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media, revealed that the suspects were apprehended in different locations in the state capital after actionable intelligence. Those in custody are Wisdom Attah, […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of May as public holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria Monday in Abuja, congratulated the Muslim faithful on this occasion and called on all Nigerians, […]
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An office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia state has been set ablaze by hoodlums. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement issued Monday in Abuja. According to him, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the […]
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The suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has reacted to new media reports that she solely awarded ports contract during her tenure. Her reaction was contained in a statement signed by Hadiza Bala Usman on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Usman described such reports as “irresponsible, mischievous and defamatory”. It could […]
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Some gunmen have reportedly abducted 40 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, from a mosque in Jibiya town of Katsina State. According to reports, the worshippers were kidnapped while observing Tahajud, a midnight prayer during Ramadan. The assailants were said to have struck around 2 am in the early hours of Monday, whisking away 47 […]
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The Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Church International (AKA: Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo has said the COVID-19 vaccine in circulation is “a deadly thing”. Oyedepo then called on the government to come to him for a solution to coronavirus. He stated this on Sunday during the church’s 40th-anniversary thanksgiving service in Ota. “They […]
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Fear has gripped some residents of Onitsha in Anambra State as a truck loaded with live bullets fell in the area. According to reports the Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in the early hours of Sunday, had the cartons of the bullets spill into the drainage when it […]
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced Monday 10th May as resumption for full physical reopening for the second semester of academic activities for the 2019/2020 session. The development came following the successful completion of the first semester’s virtual and physical examinations. The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, had told reporters […]
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