Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, on Friday turned down his appointment as director-general of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Kogi state. Musa Wada, a younger brother of the immediate past governor of the state, clinched the PDP ticket, and will face Yahaya Bello, incumbent governor, who is candidate of the All […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said placing women in strategic positions of his government, like the financial sector, is to ensure effective management of limited resources available, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. President Buhari said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, Ministry of Finance, as […]
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The chief executive officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday, said citizens who fled South Africa over xenophobic attacks will be empowered. Dabiri-Erewa told the returnees that besides stipends to help them get to their destinations; for ease of communication, they will receive SIM cards with N40,000 worth of airtime, plus […]
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The Air Peace flight conveying some Nigerians who left South Africa over xenophobic attacks touched down at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 9:30pm on Wednesday. The chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led officials to receive them. Also on ground to welcome them back home are officials of the […]
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Persons suspected to be hoodlums, on Tuesday afternoon, hijacked a protest by students of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) and attacked the convoy of the wife of the Ekiti governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Fayemi was said to be returning from a tour of the […]
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The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has alleged that the major reason why Nigerians are sick and facing hardship is due to corruption. Buhari made the statement while speaking at the 49th annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, on Tuesday. Represented by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains over most parts of the country on Wednesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook for Wednesday released in Abuja on Tuesday forecast partly cloudy to cloudy conditions over Northern states with chances of thunderstorms over southern Borno in the morning hours. According to it, thunderstorms are anticipated over […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast thunderstorms and rains in some parts of the country for Monday. NiMET’s weather outlook on Sunday in Abuja forecasts cloudy skies over the Northern States with chances of thunderstorms over Sokoto and Yelwa in the morning. It further forecasts thunderstorms over few places during the afternoon/evening hours with […]
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Men of 22 Brigade Super Camp of the Nigerian Army in Dikwa, Borno State, have dealt heavy blows to Boko Haram terrorists in Gworege village in Dikwa Local Government Area. Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that the operations was carried out in conjunction with the Civilian […]
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South Africa has temporarily closed its embassy in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters. She said South Africa was in constant contact with Nigerian authorities to try to restore calm, adding there is no provision in local law for compensation for damage caused in the attacks. “There is […]
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