The freed 15 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, on Saturday reunited with their parents. The children, who appeared frail, weak and malnourished, reconnected with their families amid tears on Sunday. The parents were prevented from speaking with journalists by officials of the Baptist church. Israel Akanji, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, said 63 […]
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Lagos State Government on Sunday announced that the Marine Beach Bridge, inwards Apapa area of the state, would be shut for five months. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the closure was for emergency repair works and would start from Wednesday, May 27. Oladeinde, in a statement, said the repair works by the […]
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Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prayer to freeze the First City Monument Bank (FCMB)’s Operational Account number: 0998552074 of the Bauchi State government. The EFCC, through his Counsel, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, in an Exparte Order with file number: FHC/ABJ/CS/858/2019, sought the […]
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The Ethiopian Airline says it will establish a new airline to grow more frequency and operation in Nigeria. Mr Tewolde Gebremariam, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that the plan would give better choice for air travellers. According to him, the operation in Nigeria will continue with […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says all shortlisted candidates for its recruitment will sit for Computer Based Testing (CBT) on Saturday, June 1, 2019 across the Country. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the corporation’s spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the scheduled CBT for shortlisted candidates marked the third […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy, sunny and hazy weather conditions with prospect of localised thunderstorms over most parts of the country on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Monday, in Abuja, predicted partly cloudy conditions over the central states with chances of thundery activities over Mambilla axis, during the morning hours. It […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted dust haze to thick dust haze weather conditions with reduced visibility over most parts of the country on Saturday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Friday, in Abuja predicted dust haze condition with visibility range of two to five kilometres over the central states during the forecast period. It also […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held National Security Council meeting with the heads of Nigeria’s security agencies to review the country’s security situation ahead of the 2019 election. A statement made available by the spokesperson of the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, Tukur Gusau, a colonel, said after reviewing the security situation across the country, […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of thunderstorms and rainfall activities over most parts of the country on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) on Monday, predicted cloudy conditions with prospects of thunderstorms over the Central States like Ilorin, Lafia, Minna, Kaduna, Lokoja and Abuja […]
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Three academic staff of Shehu Idris College of Health, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have been kidnapped. The victims were kidnapped on Sunday while travelling to Makarfi from Zaria in Kaduna. Among the kidnapped lecturers are two women, Rabi Dogo and Halimatu Malam, and the director of the institution’s dental school, identified as Dr. Akawo. Confirming the […]
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