Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu has said that Nigeria and China have completed arrangements to sign 328 million dollars agreement on the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase 11 (NICTIB 11). Shehu, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. […]
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Top Nigerian journalist and author, Dele Momodu, has shared what he says is Senate President Bukola Saraki’s strategy on how to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. In his weekly column, Pendulum, the publisher of Ovation Magazine said he had initially omitted Saraki’s name from the list of potential presidential candidates because of his “geographical […]
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The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its board, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). The new board members are Mrs. Erelu Angela Adebayo, Ms. Angela Aneke, Alhaji Abdulqadir Jeli Bello and Mr. Isaac Olukayode Fasola. These […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai ,says the Army University is expected to commence academic activities before the end of the year. Buratai made this known during an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the university would run courses in the sciences and humanities and that admission […]
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Not less than eight persons were killed and 95 houses burnt when attackers invaded Abonong and Zayit communities in Foron district of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau. Terna Tyopev, spokesman of the Plateau police command, said the attackers hit the community in the wee hours of Wednesday. He said 310 cows were also […]
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Flood occasioned by a four-hour downpour killed no fewer than 8000 chickens at a poultry at Igiede Street, off Erediauwa Street, in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo on Wednesday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain which started at about 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, did not stop until about […]
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Sule Lamido, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is not being backed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He said he does not have any godfather in politics. Lamido said this in an interview with journalists during a solidarity visit to retired general Jeremiah Useni in Jos on Wednesday. […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed that about 1,331 Nigerians died in road accidents in the second quarter of 2018. This was contained in a report released on Tuesday entitled; “NBS Road Transport Data (Q2 2018).” According to the report, 1,257 of the 1,331 Nigerians that got killed were adults, representing 94 percent, […]
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Trading on Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on a positive note on Tuesday, with Total Oil leading the gainers’ table. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crucial market indicators appreciated marginally with 0.58 per cent growth, following gains by some blue chip concerns. Specifically, the market capitalisation increased by N75 billion or […]
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Abia Police Command has impounded a large quantity of military uniforms, allegedly imported from China and stocked at a warehouse in Aba, the commercial hub of the state. Anthony Ogbizi, the state Commissioner of Police, made this disclosure at the Umuahia Central Police Station on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded by the […]
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