Global music star, Beyoncé is currently locked in a legal tussle over her intention to trademark her daughter’s name, Blue Ivy. The 37-year-old Grammy award-winning singer has refused to hand over private communications with husband Jay Z and her mother, Tina Knowles amid ongoing trademark battle over Blue Ivy’s name. The “Single Ladies” hitmaker is locked […]
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The general manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adeshina Tiamiyu, says there is no casualty left under the debris of the collapsed three-storey building in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos Island. Tiamiyu spoke with journalists at the site of the incident on Thursday morning. “We stopped work at 3am after recovering the lifeless […]
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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has asked senators-elect to start work early. He spoke while presenting certificates of return to senatorial candidates who emerged winners in the February 23 polls. The event is taking place at Africa Hall of the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. “For the […]
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Boeing has announced its decision to ground its entire fleet of 737 Max 8 aircraft days after a crash involving one of the planes killed 157 persons. The US company, in a statement on Wednesday, said the decision to suspend operations of all 371 of the aircraft in its possession follows consultations with US authorities. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced winners in 21 of the 29 states where the governorship election held on March 9. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has 13 states ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has eight. The exercise has been declared inconclusive in five states while collation was ongoing in […]
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The incumbent governor of Taraba State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Darius Ishaku, has scored a majority of votes in Saturday’s governorship election. According to the breakdown of the results from the 16 local government areas (LGAs), the PDP won 12 LGAs while the All Progressive Congress’ candidate, Sani Danladi, claimed victory […]
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has not been recognised as a senator-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The stance of the electoral umpire was reflected in the list of senators published on its website on Monday. Okorocha’s name was conspicuously missing in Box 47, where his name ought to have been printed. Instead, […]
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The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, who is also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, has urged his supporters to remain calm and work towards consolidating the mandate given him by turning out en mass when INEC fixes a date for the supplementary poll. Mr Ortom made the call on Monday […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy, sunny and hazy weather conditions with chances of thunderstorms activities over most parts of the country on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Monday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy conditions with day and night temperatures of 35 to 37 and 22 to 27 degrees Celsius. […]
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China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday. As witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed killing 157 people. The disaster came just months after a jet of the same model came down in Indonesia killing 189 people, […]
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