Twelve people perched precariously on a branch of a mango tree, sheltering from the floodwaters of tropical Cyclone Idai which wrought devastation across southern Africa. “But after two days, it snapped,” said Isabel Bernard, 20, a survivor of the storm’s aftermath who had been clinging to the tree branch along with her son. “We were […]
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The three most spoken languages in Nigeria; Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa have been to English language on GTBank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATM). With the introduction of the languages, a customer who wishes to use the ATM in any branch of Gtbank is prompted by a software to chose preferred language before commencement of transaction once […]
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A total of N619.857 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of February 2019 between the Federal, States and Local Government Councils. The communiqué issued by the Technical Sub -Committee of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of its monthly meeting in March 2019, indicated that the Gross statutory […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy to sunny and hazy weather conditions with prospects of thundery activities over most parts of Nigeria on Thursday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy to cloudy conditions over the central states with day and night temperatures of 31 to 41 and […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N1.3 billion contracts to strengthen and reposition its media outfits for effective information dissemination. The media organisations to benefit from the projects include the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigeria Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai […]
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Kidnappers of the abducted Deputy Superintendent of Police, Godwin Oshiogbuwe, have reportedly killed him in the forest. Oshiogbuwe was abducted on Wednesday by unknown gunmen at Ubiaja, Esan South East local government area of the State. Police sources had it that his body was found in a forest on Ubiaja-Ewohimi-Agbor road by a police tactical […]
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Nigeria’s minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that some states in the country now enjoy “almost 24 hours” of electricity supply. Speaking on Wednesday at a programme on Channels Television, the minister said the increase in electricity supply is as a result of the increase in transmission capacity. Fashola said even […]
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said he has resolved to avoid political and economic controversies in the aftermath of the 2019 elections. According to PUNCH, Sanusi spoke during a dinner organised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of First Bank, on Tuesday. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prayed for […]
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The troubled Boeing 737 Max 8 airliner, that has recorded two tragic crashes in five months, was in the news again as it made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Orlando, Florida. According to a report by UPI, there were two persons- the pilots- on board Southwest Airlines Flight 8701 when it took off […]
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Venezuela suffered another nationwide blackout Tuesday, with President Nicolas Maduro accusing “terrorists” as masterminds. It was the second blackout in less than two weeks In a statement on Twitter, Maduro said a deliberately set “large-scale fire” hit facilities around the Guri hydroelectric plant in the south of the country that supplies power to 80 percent […]
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