The Police Command in Imo has warned that it will arrest anybody breaking the law in compliance with the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Dasuki Galadanchi, issued the warning during a joint news conference by heads of security agencies in the state […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted the weather for Today. There are possibilities of thunderstorms and rainfall activities over most parts of the country. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday, predicted moderate rains over the Central states of Abuja, Lokoja, Bida, Minna, Ilorin, Yola, Makurdi, Mambilla Plateau, Lafia, Jos […]
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Female lawmakers with artificial nails and false eyelashes have been banned from Tanzania’s parliament, local media reported on Monday. Job Ndugai, the Speaker of Parliament, who made the announcement, stated that both cosmetic trends could cause health problems, the Citizen Tanzania newspaper reported. Twitter reacted with mirth to the reported announcement, with one user tweeting […]
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N3.946 trillion in the first half of 2018 to Federal, State and Local Governments, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) quarterly report has revealed. The report released in Abuja, on Monday, noted that amount rose by 41.4 per cent compared to N2.788 trillion disbursed in the […]
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Some groups in Kaduna state have purchased expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna. While receiving the forms at government house, Kaduna on Monday, the governor said he does not have up to N20 million in his account. The forms cost N22.5 million Among the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the electoral act (amendment) bill. The forum made the condemnation in a communiqué signed by Ayodele Fayose, its chairman and governor of Ekiti state, after its meeting in in Abuja on Monday. The governors said the president’s decline of […]
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At least two persons died and 37 others injured in a gas explosion that occurred in Lafia on Monday . The Nasarawa State Government expressed shock and sadness over the explosion. The Deputy Governor, Mr Silas Agara, said during on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of the incident that the government would take the necessary […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will receive presidential nomination and expression of interest forms on Tuesday. Buhari would pick the forms at the new banquet hall of the presidential villa, Abuja, at 11:30am. On September 5, a group known as the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassador Network (NCAN) presented a cheque of N45 million to Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of […]
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Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri on Sunday won the Men’s Singles title at the 2018 ITTF African Championships in Mauritius, the first time in his career. He beat veteran and three time champion, Egypt’s Ahmed Ali Saleh (11-7, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-1). The victory came one month after he won the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open […]
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Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says the service will soon go after the bank accounts of defaulting taxpayers who are billonaires. Fowler, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, said most of such taxpayers, have between N1bn and N5bn in their accounts. He said such individuals have no taxpayer […]
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