Three kinsmen of Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, have been murdered by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. It was gathered that the three, two males and a female, were killed around 5pm in the evening after the gunmen laid an ambush and blocked the Lordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of […]
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The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday said that guaranteeing inclusive prosperity in the governance of Nigeria, with its geographical spread and a huge population is a major challenge of the government. Osinbajo stated that this had been made even more difficult by the growing urbanisation and the difficulties of allocating scarce resources for […]
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Dangote Group has denied it owned a truck conveying petroleum product that exploded on Friday in Ogun State. This was made known in a statement signed by the group’s chief branding and communication officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, on Thursday. According to the statement, although the truck has the logo of Dangote Flour, the […]
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Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said the Nigerian nation “needs more rebels” to speak the truth to power without minding whose ox is gored. According to Obasanjo, this is one of the greatest steps towards rebuilding the nation. Obasanjo spoke on Saturday during the unveiling of the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, […]
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The Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has won the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola’s ward in the ongoing primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aregbesola, who was in absential, lost his ward – Ward 8, Ifofin – in Ilesa East Local Government to Oyetola on Saturday. The leader of Aregbesola loyalists at […]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has assured the frontline People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant, Pastor Umo Eno, of God’s guidance and protection in his quest to emerge as the next governor of Akwa Ibom state in 2023. Speaking during a consultation visit to the body, the State Chairman CAN, Rev Ndueso Ekwere, commended […]
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Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Ward 15 in Oyan town, Odo North Local Council development area, have staged a peaceful protest as their names were exempted from the party’s membership register. Thousands of the affected party members, who had converged at the voting centre, presented their party identification cards. According to reports […]
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The Government of Adamawa State on Friday, said it has resolved to enforce a ban on the sale and haulage of livestock out of the State to other parts of the country. The government claimed, the measure would help to stop revenue leakages and boost internally generated revenues from livestock business, where the State has […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed the Interconnected Mini-grid Acceleration Scheme award grant deal with eight indigenous Solar Mini-grid developers for the development of 23 mini-grids across 11 states in the country. Kokomansion understands that the scheme is aimed at generating a 5.4-kilowatt peak to connect about 27,600 households, and impact over 138,000 Nigerians […]
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The University of Oxford in England, has inducted its first-ever Igbo language lecturer in the person of Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha. This comes as the university that was established in 1096 is set to commence the study of the Igbo language for the first time on February 24, 2022. Umeonyirioha revealed this in a post he […]
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