Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a sixty-two billion Naira (N62bn) trust fund to help the country end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. Speaking at the launch of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN), the President pledged that his administration […]
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Ijaw national leader, Edwin Clark, appealed to those aspiring for presidency in the 2023 general elections in the north to reconsider their ambition. Edwin noted that those aspiring for presidency from the north such as the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Aminu Tambuwal and others, for the interest of unity, peace and […]
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Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has expressed disgust over claims by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that the Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, while as Rivers Governor, flew and abandoned in Germany since 2012, an aircraft -Legacy 600, […]
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Arsenal has agreed to let Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang join Barcelona on free transfer, 18 months from end of his £350,000-a-week contract. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signed for Barcelona on a free transfer from Arsenal on Monday. Arsenal became willing to allow the 32-year-old to leave after stripping him of the captaincy in December following a disciplinary issue. Recall that the […]
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An Orchard Farm, belonging to former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has been gutted by fire. The farmland, located at Howe, a few kilometres away from Aliade, headquarters of the Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, was said to have suddenly gone up in flames on Saturday. The inferno reportedly burnt some […]
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Jennifer, one of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, explains why she is divorcing her husband and the controversies that have characterized the process in a statement. Read the full statement: For some time now, especially in the last few weeks, there has been a whole lot of rumours and in circulation about […]
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The United States embassy in Nigeria has lifted the suspension on drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country. Recall that the “drop box” or interview waiver was suspended for Nigerian applicants in May 2019. Although checks showed that the suspension on the interview waiver has been lifted, applicants must, however, be […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited has made a shocking disclosure at the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. The company, in its 2021 performance report submitted to the committee recently, the national oil firm said it spent N100 billion on the rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries last year. It revealed that N8.3 billion […]
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The African Union (AU), has suspended Burkina Faso, following the military coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, on 24th January. The AU’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department announced on Twitter on Monday that it had voted “to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities, until the effective restoration of constitutional […]
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Candidates who would be sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), can now include Computer Studies or Physical and Health Education (PHE) as part of their four UTME subjects, if they so desire or as dictated by their programme preferences. This is made possible following the addition, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), […]
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