Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter was rushed to hospital on Thursday after becoming dehydrated at a charity house-building project in Canada. His charity organisation, Habitat for Humanity however said he is doing “OK.” Carter, 92, became unsteady at the construction site and slumped away from his work area to a chair, according […]
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Yemi Osinbaj, Acting President of Nigeria, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will be back in the country very shortly. Speaking with state house correspondents on Wednesday, he said of the President, “he is in very high spirit, he is recuperating very well and we had very long conversation, we spoke for well over an […]
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sacked Ali-Modu Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring Ahmed Makarfi as the authentic chairman of the party. In its ruling, the Apex Court held that the appeal filed by Makarfi at the Federal High Court in P/H was not an abuse of court process as […]
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Manchester United have agreed a fee of about £9.8m with Real Sociedad for Belgium winger Adnan Januzaj. Januzaj, 22, was told he could find another club this summer by United manager Jose Mourinho. He returned from an unsuccessful campaign on loan at Sunderland and was left out of Mourinho’s squad for the pre-season tour of […]
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Ismaila Funtua, vice chairman, Mainstream Energy Solution, on Tuesday disclosed that electricity generation companies (GenCos) in Nigeria want an increase in electricity tariff due to what it described as high business costs. He said the GenCos were asking the government to stop subsidising electricity and “let those who can pay for it do so”. He also said […]
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Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, charged the public sector to urgently fix bureaucracy and the process of doing business in Nigeria to promote, attract and retain willing investment partners in the country. He made this call yesterday while discussing the topic “Nigeria Open for Business” at the 2017 National Insurance Conference organised by […]
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said six Boko Haram suspects were killed after a gun batlle with soldiers along the shores of Lake Chad. The spokesperson of the 8 Task Force Division in Borno State, Timothy Antigha, said the six suspected terrorists were killed in two separate operations carried out by soldiers in the division […]
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Not less than 11 people have been reportedly killed while three sustained injuries in separate suicide attacks in Maiduguri. As reported by TheCable, a security source said that two bombers detonated their explosives around Molai Kalamari at exactly 10pm on Tuesday. He added that the second explosion took place at Sabongari Polo area of the […]
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The federal high court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) till October 17. Kanu, who is due to appear in court on Tuesday, was last arraigned on April 25 during which he was granted bail on health grounds. Binta Nyako, justice of the court, […]
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Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has transformed the old Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba into a state of the art learning and recreation facility. Executed in partnership with the Lagos State Government, the project is part of the Bank’s YOU READ CSR Initiative which identifies, renovates and reequips public libraries, turning them into centers for learning and […]
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