Two citizens of the Federal Republic, Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu are being accused by the Federal Government of terrorist activities with support from foreign sources. Igboho, an agitator for self-determination for his Yoruba ethnic group, is alleged to receive more than N127 million toward his activities from, according to Attorney General and Minster of […]
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The Federal Government has frowned at the increasing number of unaccredited and ill-equipped medical laboratories across the country. It has directed that such laboratories have until 2025 to get accredited and standardised, or risk being shut down or prosecuted, in the case of quacks posing as professionals. The Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has honoured nine-year-old Miss Deborah Quickpen for her heroic feat at the recent Africa Youth Chess Championship in Accra, Ghana. Quickpen emerged champion in the U-10 category after winning nine of 10 games. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Alabrah, aside from appointing the Bayelsa-born chess […]
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Zamfara gov to plant one million against natural disaster Following commitment by President Muhammadu Buhari to plant 26 million trees to tackle climate change, experts have urged government to channel efforts towards planting economic trees such as cocoa and cashew. This, according to them, will not only tackle climate change, but also create jobs and […]
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Sanwo-Olu (middle) at the Ikoyi collapsed building. photo/facebook/facebook/jidesanwooluofficial The 21-storey structure in Lagos that went down is likely to dampen the property market and may worsen problems in the country’s embattled real estate sector, professional agents said. They also anticipate some apathy on the short-term from investors in the purchase of real estate on multi […]
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Clarifies N6,000 administrative fee at private vaccination centres Lagos State Government has developed a robust vaccination strategy leveraging on both the strengths of the public and private sectors of the healthcare system to mitigate the impact of a fourth wave in Lagos. The strategy is also aimed at reducing the impact of the spread of […]
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A bad road in the Niger Delta •Kick against move to merge NDDC with Niger Delta ministry IJAW youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have issued a warning to President Muhammadu Buhari not to exclude the region from infrastructural development. They also kicked against alleged move to merge Niger Delta Development […]
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Intercepts cocaine, illicit substances in Kano, Kogi, Osun Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an alleged drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, said to be the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and some courier companies in Lagos. Director, […]
Continue ReadingAPGA wins 18 local councils, PDP, YPP take one each No election in Ihiala LGA – Collation Officer I was tear-gassed, locked in toilet, signed Orumba North LGA result under gunpoint – INEC official APC seeks cancellation of poll How resilience, determination of electorate won Anambra polls Situation Room alleges vote-buying, non-payment of security personnel […]
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Like the case of last year, when many households could not afford rice to celebrate the Yuletide, the scenario may repeat itself, as the price of the product is still high. Though the current economic crunch cannot be ruled out as one of the factors responsible for this, investigations showed that the much-hyped rice sufficiency […]
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