The Yahaya Bello government of Kogi state has declared a 24-hour curfew in the five local government areas of Kogi central senatorial district. As contained in the announcement, the affected local government areas are Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi and Ogori/Magongo. Petra Akinti Onyegbule, chief press secretary to Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, disclosed this […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday approved N5.6bn for soil erosion control accelerated intervention projects for six states in different geopolitical zones in the country. This disclosure was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who was joined at a […]
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Italian authorities have began post-mortem examinations into the cause of death of 26 teenage girls whose bodies were recovered in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday. This is as the federal government called for an international inquiry into their death, which it described as “a monumental loss and a sad moment for our country”. The girls, […]
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Top human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and Zainab Elzakzaky, his wife. In a letter dated November 7, Falana said the refusal of the federal government to release the duo despite the order of an […]
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Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2face or ‘2baba’ has slammed his colleagues, Blackface and Eedris Abdulkareem, over their recent comments about him. Eedris, in an interview with GoldmyneTv called 2baba a double-faced individual who cared about no one, saying the legend neglected his friend, Blackface, “when he needed him the most.” 2baba […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, organisers of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, has banned the use of wrist watches and pens during the conduct of its 2018 test. The board’s Registrar, Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this to journalists on the sideline of a one-day sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test, CBT, centre owners […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday in Austria said it recovered loots totalling N738.9 billion or $2.9 billion between May, 2015 and October 20, 2017. Its Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, stated this at the ongoing 7th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption holding […]
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A soldier who would rather stay anonymous has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about the alleged corruption in the army. The officer on the frontline of the war against insurgency wrote the letter in reaction to the army’s dismissal of the complaints of Abdulrauf Aliyu, a private of the Nigerian army. […]
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The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has declared the People Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the chairmanship and councillorship positions in all 17 local government areas of the state. The party also swept all ward councillorship positions in 11 Local Government Areas also announced by the commission. The Chairman of ENSIEC, Dr Mike Ajogwu, […]
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Two people, a leader of a Shi’ite sect and unidentified woman, have been reportedly killed during a clash with the police in Kano State. It was gathered that trouble started after the police intercepted the annual Arbaeen annual trek of the group in the town. An eye witness told newsmen that the movement of the […]
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