Nigeria has been projected to add no fewer than 189 million people to its current population between 2018 and 2050, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), said. UN, in a new report: ‘2018 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects’, projected that around 2.5 billion more people would be living in cities by 2050. […]
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The federal government has queried the Nigerian ambassador over the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera, an international news television, the Nigerian Government has asked for the retraction of a report that it was represented at the official relocation of U.S embassy to Jerusalem. The United States officially relocated its embassy […]
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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, were on Tuesday, arraigned before a high court sitting in Kaduna. The IMN leader and his wife are being arraigned on eight counts of alleged culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disturbance of public peace, among other allegations. They were brought to […]
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The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in compliance with a Federal High Court order. The Senate had initially stated it would not respect the order, since it has filed an appeal, in a higher court. But in a sudden twist, the Senate […]
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At least 24 person died while 176 were rescued in the fire outbreaks which occurred in Delta between May 2015 and April 2018. Ernest Ogwezzy, the state Commissioner in charge of Directorate of the Bureau for Special Duties disclosed this in Asaba, the state capital, on Monday at an annual news conference of the bureau. […]
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Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles coach, has named a 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Included in the squad is the leading scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Junior Lokosa and Simeon Nwankwo as the new faces. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) released the provisional list on Monday. Kano […]
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Security operatives in Sudan are reported to have arrested a woman suspected of killing a Nigerian Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. Habibu Almu, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum on Thursday last week. In a very short statement, the […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s capital importation in the first quarter stood at 6,303.63 million dollars. The NBS stated this in the Nigerian Capital Importation for First Quarter for 2018 released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau stated that the value of capital imported in the quarter recorded an increase of 594.03 […]
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In an attempt to keep Nigerians safe from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry of Health to step up surveillance activities in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting […]
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The Senate has summoned all service chiefs; the Director General of the State Security Service, Lawan Daura; the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali; and the National security adviser, Babagana Monguno over the illegal possession of firearms by non-authorised Nigerians. The invitation was sequel to deliberations on a motion titled “proliferation of dangerous firearms in […]
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