Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the attack on his convoy was carried out by soldiers and not Boko Haram insurgents. Recall that Zulum’s convoy was attacked last Wednesday in Baga, while on his way to visit internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. The attack was initially […]
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Nigeria has recorded 457 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 44,890. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Wednesday night via Twitter. The new infections were recorded Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 19 other states of the federation. While Lagos topped the list with 137 cases, […]
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyseom Wike, on Tuesday gave the green light for schools to re-open in Rivers state. The information was contained in a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Education, Prof Kaniye Ebeku. The re-opening, however, is for the limited purpose “of allowing candidates in exit classes to revise with their […]
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Barely two weeks to the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the West African Examinations Council has released the timetable for the examination. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Head of Public Affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu, the examination body asked candidates to disregard other versions of the examination timetable in circulation. “The West […]
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has authenticated the list of contract beneficiaries released by Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs. Recall that the embattled Akpabio had named some federal lawmakers and former governors as beneficiaries of contracts awarded by the commission. Some of the lawmakers named as beneficiaries include: Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of […]
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The number of deaths from the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria now stands at 910. This as the NCDC announced 304 more cases of COVID-19, bringing its total infections to 44,433. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Tuesday night via Twitter. The new cases were reported in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory […]
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The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says its attention has been drawn to the above subject of a newspaper report credited to the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee which recently investigated the alleged financial malfeasance in NDDC. The Ad-hoc Committee which had Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, All Progressives Congress, APC, Ekiti North […]
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A crack team of Police detectives have arrested seven armed robbers including a serving and a dismissed soldiers for alleged robbery of a bullion van in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the bullion van was coming from Enugu State when it was attacked in Abakaliki on July 29, 2020, while […]
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Leading retail supermarket operator, Shoprite, has said it is exiting the Nigerian market, 15 years after it began operation in the country. The South African company announced this in a statement on Monday. According to the retailer, it has commenced a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in […]
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Nigeria, on Monday, recorded 288 more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing its total infections to 44,129. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Monday night via Twitter. According to the health agency, the new infections were recorded Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 13 other states of the federation. While […]
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