The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate suspension of the APC rally scheduled for Friday in Benin City. The rally was meant to welcome Osagie Ize-Iyamu, former governorship candidate of the PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Philip Shaibu, deputy governor […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari says all Africans travelling to Nigeria will get visa on arrival from January 2020. Speaking at the ongoing Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa holding in Egypt, the president said: “We in Nigeria have already taken the strategic decision to bring down […]
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Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit will face scrutiny by the Department of Justice (DOJ) amid data privacy fears, The Post has learned. The controversial merger in recent days was cleared for review by the DOJ after federal law enforcement tussled with the Federal Trade Commission, which had also sought authority to investigate the deal, […]
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Blackout is currently rocking Nigeria as electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have announced another collapse of national electricity grid. In different statements by the DisCos on Wednesday, it was said that the blackout in the country is as a result of the industrial action by electricity workers. Earlier on Wednesday, the National Union of Electricity Employees […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari bastardizing and reducing presidency to a house of commotion. Speaking via an official statement in Abuja on Wednesday, Kola Ologbondiyan, national publicity secretary of the PDP, said the president has handed over the control of the government to a cabal. The PDP made the assertion […]
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Federal Agents in the United States of America have seized an aircraft belonging to a Nigerian facing multi-million dollar fraud charges in the country. As reported by WSB-TV, the seizure was made on Tuesday at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Georgia. Federal agents were said to have ransacked the aircraft for evidence, while another team […]
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A passenger identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage Ezeh, according to information […]
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The remaining tickets to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages were booked on Wednesday, with Atalanta and Atletico Madrid booking passage to the next round. All of the other top teams had already qualified, but they still took care of business. Paris Saint-Germain crushed Galatasaray 5-0, and Real Madrid overcame a spirited Club Brugge side […]
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Former Governor of Akwa Ibom state and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has pulled out of the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial rerun election. In a letter dated 2 December and addressed to Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akpabio stated his reason for pulling out of the rerun. Recall […]
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The defending champions of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool progressed into the knockout stages of the competition on Tuesday, beating Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 to keep their hopes of a successful defence alive. Goals from Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah were enough for the Reds to advance. A loss would have seen them eliminated at […]
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