According to the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, 17 bodies have been recovered, while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries from the pipeline explosion that rocked Abule-Ado area of Lagos state on Sunday. He stated that the raging fire had displaced several residents who fled their abodes for […]
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The Federal Government has described the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal and an act of corruption. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made the government position known while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal […]
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Atletico Madrid ended Liverpool’s defence of the Champions League on Wednesday as Marcos Llorente’s double and Alvaro Morata’s late strike stunned Anfield with a 3-2 win after extra time to progress 4-2 on aggregate. The holders looked to have ended Atletico’s dogged resistence when Roberto Firmino put them ahead in the tie after Georginio Wijnaldum’s […]
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Graca Machel, widow of late Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, has expressed her solidarity with Muhammadu Sanusi, deposed emir of Kano. Recall that Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor, removed Sanusi as emir on Monday “for disrespecting the office of the governor”. In a statement on Tuesday, Machel who is the […]
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One of the lawyers representing Muhammadu Sanusi, former emir of Kano, Abubakar Mahmoud, has disclosed that after his dethronement, the ex-monarch wanted to move to Lagos state, but was forced to Nasarawa. Recall that the Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, removed Sanusi from the throne on Monday, replacing him with […]
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MyOffice (https://MyOffice.ru/en/), the Russian developer of software for collaborative work with documents, has developed a partner network for operation in the countries of Africa. They are planning to create a two-level distribution channel for sales of software to government and major commercial agencies of the region. MyOffice is conducting negotiations on the government level regarding […]
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To check the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Italian authorities on Sunday locked down the northern region of the country, which has a population of 16 million. The death of the disease rose from 233 on Saturday to 366 on Sunday. According to the country’s civil protection agency, the total number of infections also moved […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has completely deactivated 2.2 million Improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards across telecommunication networks nationwide. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC, Umar Danbatta, made this known in a statement signed by Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs in Abuja. Mr Danbatta said that the commission’s efforts in this regard was […]
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Aaron Ramsey starred as Juventus beat title rivals Inter Milan 2-0 on Sunday to reclaim top spot in Serie A in a game played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier in the day, Italian sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora called for the league season to be put on hold. His statement caused chaos […]
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The federal government has reacted to the power supply shortage being experienced in Nigeria. According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Saturday, shortage in power supply was caused by low gas supply. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, explained that the gas shortage had restrained the ability of many thermal power […]
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