Air pollution can cause non-communicable diseases like stroke, diabetes, miscarriage, dementia, Parkinson disease and poor development in children, says a public health expert, Tolulope Tolufase. Tolufase, president, Moole Charity Foundation, said this in an interview with NAN. He said people are ignorant of the danger that air pollution resulting from man’s harmful activities to the […]
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The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted 3,792 kg of Indian Hemp worth N379, 200, 000 along the Oyo/Osun border within the past four months. FOU Zone A Customs Area Comptroller, Mohammed Aliyu, told journalists on Tuesday in Lagos that the unit also intercepted contraband with […]
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Mr Niyi Ajao, Managing Director, Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), says one million bank accounts are opened monthly by Nigerians as the nation’s financial inclusion rate increased to 63.6 per cent from 45.4 per cent recorded in 2016. Ajao made the disclosure at the launch of the 2018 Financial Inclusion Survey by Enhancing Financial […]
Continue ReadingNigerian political parties on Tuesday signed a peace accord committing to a peaceful poll in 2019. Although some key candidates were absent at the event, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, others including President Muhammad Buhari, signed. There are 91 registered political parties in the country, but it was not immediately clear how […]
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is working toward achieving a transmission capacity of 20,000 Megawatts (MW) by 2021, its Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, who briefed State House correspondents on Monday at the Presidential Villa, said that the capacity of transmission was a combination of the capacity of the transformers and […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the ongoing strike will continue until it sees the steps taken by the Federal Government in the coming days. This is at variance with what the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige said. Ngige announced on Monday, that the Federal Government and ASUU have reached […]
Continue ReadingThe head of Edo office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Yakubu Mailafia Monday said corruption is responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country. This is even as he warned that all would be vote-buyers in the 2019 general elections should be ready for face the full wrath of the […]
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An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Monday, remanded two persons over alleged possession of human parts. The suspects are Supo Bamidele, 48 and Amos Suleiman, 51. The presiding Magistrate, Olalekan Ijiyode, refused the oral bail applications of the accused and ordered their counsels, Lere Ayinde and Niyi Kosile, to file a written application […]
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Mr Mustapha Shehuri, the Minister of State 1 for Power, Works and Housing, has expressed concerns over lack of housing for more than 70 million Nigerians. Shehuri who made the disclosure in Calabar on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said “ the development was worrisome to the Federal Government.’’ […]
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Laure Beaufils, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, says the UK is committed to fighting terrorism in Nigeria yet “worried” about deploying people to the north-east, the epicentre of Boko Haram insurgency. Since the insurgency started, the UK and other foreign donors have helped internally displaced persons (IDPs) with basic and humanitarian needs. Of late, […]
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