The Apapa Bridge will be closed for permanent repairs as soon as stakeholders come up with alternative routes for commuters to ply. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. He said that Julius Berger Plc. , the contractor handling the project, was […]
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The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians not to accept the apology tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Monday, Uche Secondus, national chairman of the PDP, apologised to Nigerians, saying his party made mistakes. Tinubu described the apologies as deceitful, saying they sought to hoodwink […]
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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm over the low ratio of medical doctors to patients in the country. Mike Ogirima, president of the association, expressed the concern in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Thursday. Ogirima said at the moment, Nigeria had a ratio of one medical doctor to 6000 people. […]
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“There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity”, Pope Francis was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. Francis said: “after death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation, but those who do not repent, and therefore cannot […]
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Scores of security men including officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) and officers from the Lagos state police command invaded the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) office, Ikeja branch on Thursday. The siege followed a threat by the NBA to call out members on a protest tomorrow to coincide with President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate media report on bribery of its members over Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Rep. Abdulraman Danburan (Kano-APC) had drawn the attention of the house to a media publication that the lawmakers were being given Danburan said that the report was worrisome […]
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The Police Command in Kwara, on Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist it arrested with three human skulls in Ilorin. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lawan Ado, said that one Suleiman Adenifuja was caught with three human skulls along Ogbomosho-Eiyekorin Area, Ilorin, on March 26. Ado said that when the suspect was interrogated […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N20.8billion for the rehabilitation of Ikorodu–Shagamu road. It also approved N4.2billion for the procurement of aviation firefighting equipment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the disclosure when he briefed State House correspondents alongside the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika and […]
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The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says each senator collects salary and allowances of N1.6 million every month. Ibrahim Mohammed, head of public relations at RMAFC, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said the N1.06 million figure consists of: basic-N168,866, fueling and maintenance of vehicles, N126,650; personal assistant N42,216. Domestic […]
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The Enugu Zone of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arraigned four former bank staffers for N129 million fraud. They were arraigned on a 12–count charge of stealing, conversion and obtaining N129 million by false pretense. The bankers, Nwachukwu Placidus, a former manager of First City Monument Bank Ltd, Onitsha Branch and three former […]
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