The Anambra State government has prohibited the drinking of garri in the state as a measure to prevent the contraction of Lassa fever. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, announced the ban while educating residents of the state on how to prevent the disease. “The garri you see spread along the highway while […]
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The presidency has not responded to a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s, wherein the latter urged the former not to seek re-election in 2019. Obasanjo said instead of re-contesting, Buhari should rather contribute on the sideline nationally and internationally. When reached for comments on the statement, Garba Shehu, Senior […]
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday amended the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections’ time table. This came barely a month after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the time-table for the general elections. With the amendment, the National Assembly election is to hold first, followed by gubernatorial and state […]
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Former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has released a statement to clarify the meeting he and former Osun State Governor, Bisi Akande held with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. The three men had met behind closed-doors hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo released a statement critical […]
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The policemen responsible for the death of one Ebuka Okori, a Nigerian who lived in South Africa, have been remanded in prison. Okori was allegedly killed by two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the Nigeria consulate in […]
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Out of the total active labour force of 85.08 million people in Nigeria, about 16 million people were unemployed in the third quarter of 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said. This was contained in a report on Labour Force Statistics in the third quarter of 2017 published on the bureau’s website on […]
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The Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris 14 day ultimatum to arrest and investigate the perpetrators of Benue killings. This position was sequel to the consideration of a report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Current Security Infrastructure in Nigeria. The committee had on Friday […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked all those who stood by his family when Yusuf, his only son, was at Cedacrest Hospital in Abuja. Yusuf was admitted to the hospital following a bike crash in the Gwarinmpa area of Abuja. In a statement issued on his behalf by Femi Adesina, his spokesman, Buhari said people showed his […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday remitted the corruption trial of PDP chieftain, Olisa Metuh, back to the Federal High Court for continuation. Metuh had asked the court to determine if it was right for the EFCC to press corruption charges against him for his involvement in a contractual agreement. The latest ruling comes after Metuh […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another $262.5m into the foreign exchange market. Nigeria’s apex bank announced this on Friday. The intervention is targeted at the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors. Isaac Okorafor, the Acting Director in charge of Corporate Communications of the CBN, said the fund will […]
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