The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday said it had received another batch of 121 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Suleiman Yakubu, zonal coordinator of NEMA, received them on behalf of the federal government. The returnees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at 5:30 p.m on Wednesday aboard a chartered Airbus SA320 Nouvelair Flight […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the news that Nigeria has exited recession, saying there is nothing to celebrate until the “harsh living conditions” have improved. On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the country’s economy grew by 0.55% after five negative outlooks. But in a statement on Wednesday, Dayo […]
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Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, Chimamanda Adichie, literary icon, have been among “the leading visionaries of our time” by the Albert Einstein Foundation. The Nigerians join 98 other notable personalities in diverse fields of human endeavour around the globe as part of the centenary celebrations marking Albert Einstein’s ‘Theory of General Relativity’. Other visionaries include […]
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Ace American rapper and Grammy winner, Lil Wayne was rushed to the hospital on Sunday afternoon after suffering an epileptic seizure and was found unconscious in his hotel room. Wayne was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where according to TMZ, he got hit with another attack. This won’t be the first time the 34-year-old would […]
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It is a sad day as veteran actor Kasimu Yero has died in Kaduna on Sunday at the age of 70. The deceased’s eldest son, Mansur Kasimu Yero, told newsmen in Kaduna that his father died at his residence in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, after a protracted illness. Yero who was buried at Bachama Road Cemetry in Kaduna, […]
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American tennis superstar, Serena Williams, welcomed her first child, a baby girl, with fiancé and Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, in Florida on Friday. Reports obtained from New York Daily News states; “Tennis star Serena Williams gives birth to a baby girl weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Mom and baby doing well.” “Obviously, I’m super excited,” […]
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Kingsley Ikeri, a businessman from Imo state, has been killed in Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal province, according to to the Nigeria union in South Africa. Ikeri, 27, was reportedly killed on Wednesday. Bartholomew Eziagulu, chairman of the union in the province told NAN, that the businessman was allegedly tortured to death by police officers. […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, said over 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi, the state capital, were displaced by flood in recent months. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Boniface Ortese, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Makurdi on Wednesday that over 2, 769 households were also affected. He explained […]
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Thousands of people thronged the Daura airstrip in Katsina State to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari, who has arrived his hometown for Eid-el-Kabir. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Airforce helicopter conveying the president and members of his immediate family landed at the airstrip at 4:45 p.m on Wednesday. The […]
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The now estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola has released a statement confirming the crash of her marriage to the reigning Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II. In the statement released through her official Instagram account, Queen Wuraola, who has now reverted to her maiden name Zaynab Otiti Obanore, […]
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