The Lagos State police command says it has apprehended a Gardner in a secondary school, for allegedly murdering a Senior Secondary school student. This is according to a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, on Sunday. DSP Elkana stated that Iponri Police Station received a complaint from Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School Iponri […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm and rainfall activities over most parts of the country on Monday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook, on Sunday in Abuja, predicted cloudy conditions over the central states with prospects of thunderstorms over Jos, Kaduna, Niger and Kwara axis in the morning hours. […]
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NIGERIA – Minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, says National Youth Service Corps members will receive the new minimum wage as allowance. Speaking on Thursday while intimating the press on the activities of her ministry, Ahmed said the federal government is working out the modalities of the new minimum wage. “Apart from the increase of the […]
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U.S.-China trade war has boosted the risk of a U.S. recession, say a strong majority of economists polled by Reuters, who now put the chances of that happening in the next two years at 40 per cent. That is up from a median 35% in last month’s poll, the first time it had dipped slightly […]
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The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a fresh $1 billion Chinese loan for a power project. The approval was given at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Confirming the loan approval, Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, said it will be obtained from the China-Exim Bank […]
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Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says the state could diversify its economy by tapping into the marijuana market. In a tweet on Monday, Akeredolu explained that with an estimated value of $145 billion in 2025, the state would be shortchanging itself if it ignores the marijuana business. “We all know that Ondo State is […]
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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Papua New Guinea at a depth of 10 kms on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake took place 44 kilometers northeast of Kokopo in PNG, the USGS said. A Tsunami alert was issued by the U.S. Tsunami Warning system, saying “based on all available data…hazardous Tsunami waves are […]
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Starting from Tuesday, May 14, 2019, the United States embassy in Nigeria has suspended drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country. “Effective at the close of business today, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, the U.S. Mission to Nigeria is indefinitely suspending interview waivers for renewals, otherwise known as the “Dropbox” […]
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There was joy in the air in some government agencies on Tuesday, May 14, as the federal government terminated the dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma and university degrees. The end of the discrimination affects all the services under the ministry of interior. The agencies affected are the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), […]
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Prof. Darlington Obaseki, the Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), says the influx of patients with minor cases of ailments constitute a distraction to the Hospital from performing its primary duties. Obaseki said this on Monday, while briefing the press on activities lined up for the inaugural Founder’s Day celebration, […]
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