The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Thursday said over 88 capital road projects captured in the 2017 budget nationwide had been completed. Maryam Sanusi, spokesperson of FERMA, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Mrs Sanusi said another 66 road projects that were also captured in […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) primary to elect its candidate for the forthcoming Osun governorship election has been postponed from Thursday July 19, till Friday July 20. The party announced the postponement in a statement issued by Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, its National Publicity Secretary on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement added that a meeting between […]
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The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue, Agbo Terkula, has resigned both his membership of the party and the position he occupied. In a letter of resignation, dated Wednesday, July 18, 2018, addressed to the state chairman of the party, Mr Terkula claimed the APC controlled federal government did not represent […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted prospects of thunderstorms and rains over the Central States of the country such as Bauchi, Kaduna, Abuja, Minna and Zaria axis on Thursday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 25 to […]
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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, is dead. Family sources said he died at about 2am Wednesday at Cida Orthopaedic Hospital, Gudu, Abuja. Katsina-Alu, who was CJN between 2009 and 2011, hailed from Benue State. He would have been 77years on August 28. Family sources told THISDAY Newspaper that the former CJN […]
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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria, UBA has grown to become a Pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, […]
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The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. Sirika disclosed this in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Media and […]
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A former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot zone his constitutional rights, stating that he has the right to aspire, win or lose the party’s presidential ticket. The former governor said the federal government is distracted in that it is fight symptoms instead of actual problems. […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy skies over the central states of the country on Wednesday. According to NiMet, there are prospects of thunderstorms over places like Jos, Abuja, Jalingo, Kaduna and Minna in the morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Tuesday also predicted day and night […]
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The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, says the killings across the nation boils down to failure of leadership. While commiserating with families of security personnel killed in the line of duty, the governor said the “growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood” has brought a new dimension to the reprehensible state of insecurity […]
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