Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar (left); President Muhammadu Buhari, his son Talban Daura Yusuf; Dan Madamin Daura, Musa-Haro; and other worshipers during the Eid-el-Kabir Sallah Prayer in Daura, Katsina State… yesterday; Photo: NAN 41,000 Nigerian Pilgrims Pray For Country At Mount Arafat Leaders Charged To Lead Exemplary Lives Olurode Preaches Rededication To Tenets […]
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The Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, has said that the ministry is working on a national policy on beer production. The minister was represented by the Deputy Director of the Agro-Allied Division of the Industrial Development Department of the Ministry, Mrs Olumuyiwa Ajayi-Ade, during the launch of the SMASHED project in […]
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The Director General of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Support Groups in the South West, Ambassador Sola Iji, has canvassed tolerance, peace and love among all Nigerians irrespective of their religious, ethnic or other social backgrounds, or diversities, as he joins Muslims across the Country in celebrating this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. In a Sallah message signed by […]
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Aguba on arrival at the OPM Church following invitation by Apostle Chinyere By Nnedinso Ogaziechi I had as a teenager protested to some of our extended family (Umunna and Umuada) over the persistent attempts to ‘marry’ wives for some of the ‘not too buoyant (often a euphemism for loafers who wasted their youth) family members. […]
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It has been an eventful week of celebration for veteran folklore singer and thespian, Jimi Solanke, as he celebrated his 80th birthday anniversary. He was born on July 4, 1942. The series of event kicked off on July 1 with a virtual conference on the life and times of Solanke. That was followed by the […]
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The rising cost of fuel is threatening to spiral out of control in Africa, putting governments under severe pressure on how to handle looming protests over the situation. Demonstrators blocked a key supply route in SA last week, tying up the delivery of commodities over an increase in the regulated pump price. That followed a […]
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A Delta State High Court sitting in Oghara, Delta State, has ordered the Benin Electricity Development Company to pay a sum of N20 million as damages to Edjemuonyavwe community in Oghara and reconnect the community to the national grid. The community was said to have been disconnected from the national grid since November 2017. The […]
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Demand dollars, say FG owing members billions Oil marketers are yet to receive a response from the Federal Government as regards the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country and might go ahead with their proposed strike after the Sallah break. Members of the Independent […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it stands on the election and reports it received from state chapters as regards the primary election conducted in Akwa Ibom North and Yobe North senatorial districts. The electoral body through a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, […]
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By Tatalo Alamu If a man is diligent in his work, he will not only walk before kings and royalties, he will become a king and royalty in his own right. For the better part of this past week, the art and culture community in Nigeria, the grizzled purveyors of sacred tradition and the surviving […]
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