President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the immediate, compulsory, and indefinite suspension from Office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun. In a statement signed by the Deputy Director/Head, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Charles Akpan, noted the suspension was as […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Governm has announced resumption schedule for domestic flight operations in the country. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made this disclosure on Wednesday via his official Twitter handle. According to him, operations would resume at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja on July 8, while Kano, Port […]
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Nigeria has recorded 790 fresh cases of Coronavirus. According to data from the NCDC the cases were spread across 19 states including FCT, with Delta accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 166 cases as the Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and wife tested positive. The states with the 790 new cases are […]
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, on Wednesday announced petrol pump price for the month of July at N140.80 per litre. This was contained in a letter to petroleum products marketers signed by PPPRA’s executive secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, on Wednesday. The letter reads: “Please recall the provision for the establishment of a monthly price […]
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A midnight fire in the early hours of Wednesday gutted Ajao market in Lagos state. Kokomansion understands that the fire which started from a shopping mall destroyed shops and properties worth millions of naira. Spokesman of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, in a short statement confirming the incident said that no casualty was recorded yet. He said: […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the provisional list of candidates for Gubernatorial election in Edo state scheduled for September 19, 2020. Kokomansion understands that the list published by INEC on July 1 consists of governorship candidates from 14 political parties. INEC in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within a period of 10 years. Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in a video message to a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on poverty eradication. His words: “Nigeria attaches great importance to poverty […]
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Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have uncovered members of a kidnap syndicate, who had kidnapped and murdered a doctor, Audu Benedict, his son, Iranum, and a family friend after collecting N7.5 million ransom in Benue State. Parading the suspects — Tehile Tsavbee and Gwa Tekula Henryn — on Monday, the Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, […]
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The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football, CAF. has announced the postponement of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations by a year. The continental games will now hold in Cameroon in January 2022. CAF said in a statement said, “After consultation with stakeholders and taking into consideration the current global situation, the tournament […]
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Akeredolu made this known in a video he shared via his official new media channels on Tuesday. According to the governor, “Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms. I am currently self-isolating […]
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