A coalition of 28 political parties in Sokoto State on Tuesday rejected the victory of Governor Aminu Tambuwal at the governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Tambuwal winner of the election after Saturday’s supplementary polls with a narrow margin […]
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The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleman Adamu, has said that 52.7m Nigerians have no access to water supply in the country. He disclosed this on Saturday, while delivering a lecture titled “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Sustainable Development,” to mark the 3rd Founder’s Day ceremony of Edo University, Iyamho, Etsako West local government of […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured its local and international investors that it’s prudent focus on improved asset quality as well as the continuous adoption of strict cost efficient measures will help the bank achieve its objectives and priorities for the 2019 financial year and beyond. This the bank […]
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, Friday announced 3,050 African entrepreneurs, drawn from all 54 African countries, selected to join the 5th cycle of its $100million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The announcement was made at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja, following a presentation of the selection process by Accenture […]
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A Benin-based pastor, Ekene Samuel, who allegedly specialises in charming his victims with voodoo, has been apprehended by Edo police operatives. He was arrested for allegedly impregnating a 17-year-old girl, Miracle Nwabueze, after using voodoo on her. The 38-year-old pastor who was paraded with one of his church members said to be his collaborator, Mrs. Happy […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folasade wanted after they failed to answer for fraud charges filed against them. Justice Chukwujeku Aneke of a Federal High Court Lagos, had on February 7, 2019 issued an arrest […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged state governments in the South-south region to make judicious use of resources to drive socio-economic development. The Governor who made the submission during a visit of executives of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), lamented that there was little to show that the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Aminu Tambuwal as winner of the governorship election in Sokoto state. Fatimah Mukhtar, returning officer for the election, said Tambuwal, who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled a total of 512,002 votes to beat Aliyu Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC)who garnered 511,660 votes. […]
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Dupe Olushola, Group Head Marketing for United Bank for Africa was recently listed among 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria, 2019. For the 5th consecutive time, the list features 100 Nigerian women drawn from a diverse range of background and sectors who are standing out and most importantly deliberately impacting their world and local communities […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy weather conditions over most parts of Nigeria on Friday, with sunny and chances of thunderstorms activities over some parts. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Thursday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy to cloudy morning with day and night temperatures of 35 to 41 and 24 to […]
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