Suspected militants have kidnapped four British nationals in Delta state, southern Nigeria, police and community leaders said on Wednesday. The four had been providing “free medical care and religious activities” in the Burutu area of Delta state, said Chief Theo Fakama, from the local Enukorowa community. Fakama said locals were “saddened” by the kidnapping as […]
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One of Nigeria’s leading logistics company Red Star Express Plc, commemorated its Twenty-Fifth (25th) anniversary in Grand Style, recently in Lagos. The company began its celebration with the unveil of a 3D version of the 25th anniversary logo few months back, embarked on a Corporate Social Responsibility tagged ‘SME 1000’ for upcoming entrepreneurs, organized a […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the meeting of federal executive council (FEC) in the presidential villa, Abuja, and was scheduled to leave for Turkey immediately after the meeting. The FEC meeting which started at about 10am, was attended by the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Habiba Lawal, acting secretary to the government of the federation […]
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The 36 states shared N173.8 billion from the Federation Account in September from the distributable revenue generated for the month. The breakdown was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a report from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation in Abuja. The funds are usually shared the following month For example, […]
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Swiss ace, Roger Federer played his A-tennis today to overcome the challenge of World Number One, Rafael Nadal to clinch his second Shanghai Masters title. He beat his Spaniard rival 6-4 6-3 for the title that he last won in 2014. It was his 27th Masters title and 94th career titles. Federer gave notice of […]
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Death toll in the massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday has risen to at least 230 people, police say. Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy weather condition over central states of the country on Saturday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Friday in Abuja also predicted thunderstorm over Abuja, Lokoja, Makurdi, Lafia, Ibi, Mambilla and environs in the afternoon and evening hours. It added that the […]
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Speaking at the presidential villa in Abuja when he hosted stakeholders from the South-East, President Muhammadu Buhari said while four south-easterners are heads of ministries, seven northerners were made junior ministers. “I gave south-east four substantive ministers — the ministries of foreign affairs, trade and investment, science and technology and labour,” he said. “Seven states […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kainji, Niger state, has convicted and sentenced 45 Boko Haram members to jail, following the conclusion of the first phase of the trial of 575 suspects. The convicts were sentenced between three and 31 years in jail In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information […]
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The presidency says north-east has always been the priority of President Muhammadu Buhari. The statement follows reactions to the comment of Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, that Buhari requested the organisation to focus development on the north. Many, especially on social media, had accused the president of promoting the interest of the […]
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