Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says the state could diversify its economy by tapping into the marijuana market. In a tweet on Monday, Akeredolu explained that with an estimated value of $145 billion in 2025, the state would be shortchanging itself if it ignores the marijuana business. “We all know that Ondo State is […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) remitted N5 billion to the federal government’s coffers after the conduct of its 2019 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). Fa bian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of media and information, disclosed this in the board’s weekly bulletin, tagged “JAMBULLETIN”. Benjamin later explained that out of the N5 billion returned to […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Sunday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Saturday, in Abuja, predicted cloudy morning over the central states with thunderstorms over Mambilla axis. It also predicted thunderstorms activities over the high ground areas of Abuja, […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set for a showdown with the Labour Ministry following its declaration of a one-day national protest in Abuja over an attack on its members on a peaceful protest. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president gave the signal at the end of an emergency meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Friday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Thursday in Abuja, predicted cloudy morning and thunderstorms over the central states with day and night temperatures of 29 to 39 and 17 to 24 degrees Celsius. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked service chiefs and heads of security agencies to work towards ensuring that the security of Nigerians is guaranteed. Speaking during his second meeting with service chiefs in 48 hours, the president said Nigerians ought go to bed with their eyes closed. Ibok Ekwe Ibas, chief of naval staff, disclosed this while […]
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NIGERIA – The house of representatives has passed a bill enabling married women to choose their state of origin. The “Bill for an act to amend the Federal Character Commission (Establishment, etc) Act, 2010, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, Cap F7 to give married women the option of indigeneship and for related matters” was […]
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Nigeria will assume the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) when the next term begins, the presidency has announced. According to a post on Twitter by Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, the announcement was made by Maria Espinosa, the incumbent UN General Assembly President, and Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister […]
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The Nigerian Army says it legally acquired its landed property in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and advised indigenes protesting alleged land grab to channel their complaints to the appropriate quarters. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai stated this on Tuesday in reaction to protest by some indigenes, who barricaded the […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm 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 thunderstorms over Abuja, Minna and Lokoja in the morning. It also predicted thunderstorms over Yola, Bauchi, […]
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