The spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, Frank Mba has said that Nigerians have the right to search policemen in certain situations when the officers are about to carry out inspections. Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer made this disclosure in a statement on Monday. Mba said in a bit to allay fears, a […]
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Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dismissed the assertion by the Nigerian Senate that the Abuja-Kaduna highway is the most dangerous road in the country, saying that the road is now safe for travellers. El-Rufa’i stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
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Candidates who wrote the 2019 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) have decried the technical challenges faced when trying to check their results via phone. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which conducted the examination, also admitted the problem, but said it was working in collaboration with telephone service providers to resolve the glitches. […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Monday. NiMet, on Sunday in Abuja, predicted cloudy morning over the central states with day and night temperatures of 27 to 40 and 20 to 26 degrees Celsius. It also predicted that […]
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Five people including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said Sunday. The soldier was among security forces who rushed to the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel after the attack on Saturday. During the attack […]
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Barely a week after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the death of 10 soldiers in Borno state, the group says it has carried out another attack in the north-eastern state. According to information released via Amaq, the insurgent group struck at a barracks in Gajiganna local government area of Borno state, killing 11 soldiers and […]
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The media adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, says the bribery allegation against his principal was expected after his election duty in South Africa. In a statement on Saturday, Eze said the former president did not ask for or receive any bribe in regards to the controversial OPL 245 oil deal. Documents reportedly […]
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Gunmen shot dead Mina Mangal, a former television journalist and adviser to the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Saturday, underlining threats to women and drawing widespread condemnation. Mangal, who used to report for prominent TV station Ariana News, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorbike close to her home in eastern Kabul, police […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Sunday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Saturday, in Abuja, predicted cloudy morning over the central states with thunderstorms over Mambilla axis. It also predicted thunderstorms activities over the high ground areas of Abuja, […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set for a showdown with the Labour Ministry following its declaration of a one-day national protest in Abuja over an attack on its members on a peaceful protest. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president gave the signal at the end of an emergency meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of […]
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