The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze to thick dust haze weather conditions with reduced visibility over most parts of the country on Wednesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Tuesday in Abuja predicted dust haze condition with visibility range of two to five kilometres over the central states during the forecast period. It added […]
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has burst a make shift warehouse for storage of Cannabis harvests in Ondo State. This led to the recovery of 10, 210 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 132.730 tons. The warehouse was located in Uteh, a remote community in Ondo State. The warehouse which belongs to a man […]
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Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said. Others killed included a policeman and three of the attackers who were shot […]
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In his third straight day holed up inside the White House during the partial federal government shutdown that he initiated over his demand to construct a border wall, President Donald Trump barked out his frustrations on Twitter: Democrats are hypocrites! The media makes up stories! Senators are wrong on foreign policy – and so is […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday a snap election in less than four months. The April 9 election would otherwise not have been due until November. The prime minister is appealing directly to voters for a fresh political mandate that could help him weather possible charges in corruption investigations. The government cited differences […]
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Forte Oil Plc has disclosed plans by Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola to sell his 75 per cent direct and indirect shareholdings in Forte Oil. Forte Oil Plc in a statement signed by its General Counsel, Akinleye Olagbende stated that it has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC and the […]
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No fewer than 25 people are believed to have died or are missing, including a pregnant woman, when a group of migrant boats got stranded at sea and was rescued off the Spanish coast on Thursday. Briefing reporters in Geneva on Friday, Spokesperson for the UN High Commission Refugees (UNHCR), Elizabeth Throssell, said that colleagues […]
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Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Gajiram, the headquarters of Nganzai Local Government of Borno State, on Friday. Some witnesses who fled the area told Channels Television that the assailants came in four vehicles but they were intercepted by federal troops, who engaged them in a gun battle. Gajiram is located in the northern axis of […]
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Exercising three times a week and eating healthy foods can take 10 years off your brain age, a new study has revealed. The study, which could reverse the mental decline of ageing was conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Centre in the US. The researchers recruited 160 sedentary people with an average age of 65 […]
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At least eight persons were killed in protests across Sudan on Thursday as thousands took to the streets against soaring prices, with some calling for the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, officials and witnesses said. Six died in the eastern city of al-Qadarif and two more in northern Nile River state, officials from those areas […]
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