Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, noted that Nigeria will have a very strong, viable national airline before the end of 2017. “When we came in we were very clear on our targets and goals and what we set out to achieve, and we did say that […]
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Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI, operational report for Jan. 3, said the power sector hit a peak generation of 4,959 megawatts as against 3,321 megawatts recorded on Dec. 2.On Wednesday, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilised. The […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the very first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the year, and approved N4.6 billion for the purchase of new fire-fighting equipment to contain fire incidents in the country. At the meeting, the council approved the closure of Abuja airport for a period of six weeks, as proposed. Hadi […]
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Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made up of entries from first-time authors whose books were published in the past 24 months. The longlisted books are Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by Julie Iromuanya (Coffee House Press, […]
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Singer Janet Jackson on Tuesday, January 3, 2016 gave birth to her first child, a baby boy at the age of 50, her publicist has confirmed. A statement said the musician and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana, were “thrilled” to welcome the infant, Eissa Al Mana. “Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and […]
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Hull City have announced the dismissal of manager, Mike Phelan after a poor run of form. The manager was appointed on a caretaker basis after the sacking of Steve Bruce, and got a permanent deal in October. However, Hull have won just one of their last 18 top-flight matches, with Monday’s 3-1 defeat at West […]
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The Nigerian army has stated that its men are prohibited from uploading pictures and videos of their operations on social media. As reported by DailyTrust, a lieutenant-general and general officer commanding (GOC) 1 Division Mechanized Army, Kaduna, gave the directive on Tuesday. Oyebade said this when he represented Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, at […]
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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says the state government spent N14.2 billion to offset four months salary arrears of workers in December 2016. Mr. Aregbesola made the remarks at an interdenominational thanksgiving service in Osogbo on Tuesday. According to him, the ability of the state government to pay workers salaries for September, October, November and […]
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Civil War Officers who voluntarily retired or were discharged from service under the 1976 – 1979 military administration want their 38 years pension arrears paid. The group made the demand in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, retired Sgt. Kasali Busari and made available newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday. The Group of Able Voluntary […]
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The Federal Government has postponed till 8 of March, the scheduled for closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for repair of damaged runways and other facilities. The decision to shut the airport and divert Abuja-bound flights to Kaduna, an airport used primarily for domestic flights about 160 km (100 miles) to the north, was taken […]
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