The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has issued a statement on the death of his son and has attributed it to cardiac arrest. Tinubu revealed the cause of his son’s death in a statement issued on his behalf by Tunde Rahman, his media aide. He said his son’s death is a […]
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World number one, Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday before his quarter-final match. Nadal was forced out with a knee injury. The Spaniard, who had his right knee strapped during his third-round win on Thursday, said he wanted to try and be ready to face Filip Krajinovic in the last […]
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Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC striker, Obafemi Martins, on Thursday donated hospital equipment and mobility aids worth millions of Naira to the Lagos State Government. Presenting the equipment to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode at the State House in Alausa, Ikeja, Martins said the gesture was part of the mission of his foundation – Obafemi Martins Foundation. The […]
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has expressed confidence that the Federal Government’s revenue and debt management strategy would mitigate the country’s debt service risk and fast-track her development. The Minister, who welcomed the advice of Nigeria’s international development partners, including the International Monetary Fund, said the strategy would achieve a number of objectives that […]
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Christian Nwosu, an ex-administrative secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the N30 million he received from Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, was used for logistics. Nwosu is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside two other INEC officials, for allegedly taking a bribe of N264.88m […]
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Chris Ngige, minister of labour and productivity, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the membership of the proposed national minimum wage committee. Ngige, who briefed reporters on Thursday after meeting with the president, also said discussions with the affected parties would decide whether the N56,000 national minimum wage being demanded by workers “is achievable”. The […]
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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said on Thursday that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was putting in place deliberate policies and measures to reform all facets of the education sector. Adamu, represented by Mr Ezekiel Asubiojo, Director , Ministry of Education said this at the 37th Convocation and 50th Anniversary of Federal College […]
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Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says there is no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The governor stated this on Thursday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president. Okorocha, who is chairman of the Progressives governors’ forum, an association of governors under the platform of the ruling All Progressives […]
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The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested two suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for printing seditious materials in Onitsha. “We recovered thousands of pamphlets printed by the IPOB members who were planning to distribute same to the public in order to cause apprehension and prevent people from exercising […]
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The senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, has accused the ministry of power spending $385 million on a project that was not appropriated by the national assembly. Speaking on the floor of the senate on Wednesday, Melaye said the project which he identified as “fast power” was meant to build generating plants that would add power […]
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