Okechukwu Osadebe, 18-year-old son of late highlife maestro, Chief Stephen Osadebe, has died in a flood disaster in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the younger Osadebe died on Thursday Sept. 27 in the Osadebe’s Atani country home in Ogbaru when he was swept away by the flood […]
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The presidency, on Friday, stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The meeting between the labour leadership and the representatives of the employers of […]
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Group, have joined together to strengthen health systems and raise awareness of immunisation across Africa, starting in 2018 with Nigeria. “We are delighted to work with the UBA Foundation to help protect children across Nigeria against […]
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Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari has commiserated with a pilot of the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that crashed in the Katampe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Friday. He was accompanied by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu during the visit […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, held its Presidential Primaries across the 319 wards of Rivers State Friday without any reported incidents. According to reports collated at the APC State Secretariat, 63 Aba Road, Port Harcourt by the Presidential Primaries Returning Officer for Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a total of 388,653 party members […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has condoled with the people and government of Kwara state over the death today of Rep. Funke Adedoyin. In a condolence message, Dogara described the late Adedoyin as a vibrant lawmaker whose death came as a shock. “News of the death of Hon. Princess Funke Adedoyin […]
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The Plateau State Government on Friday, reportedly imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Jos North and South Local Government areas of the state. The curfew comes less than 24 hours after suspected gunmen invaded Rukuba community in the state. The assailants were said to have attacked the community on Thursday night. Some reports say nine persons were […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday approved that Rivers State should host the party’s national (presidential) convention ahead of the 2019 general elections. The National Executive Committee of the PDP took the decision after its meeting at Wadata Plaza, the national headquarters of the party, the Punch reports. You May Read: PDP Will Regret If […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians in the diaspora that his administration has done well in the areas of security, economy and anti-corruption. Buhari, who stated this during an interactive session with a select group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States and Canada, said his administration had delivered within the available resources. The […]
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A flotilla of small boats rescued all 47 passengers and crew from an Air Niugini flight that crashed into the sea short of the runway at an airport in the tiny South Pacific nation of Micronesia on Friday, the Airport’s Manager said. “It was supposed to land but instead of landing it was 150 yards […]
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