English Channel boat tragedy French Interior Ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of 27 migrants who died after their boat capsized in the English Channel. A spokesperson for the ministry said that the death toll of the tragedy, which was revised down from 31, was still preliminary. On Wednesday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin had […]
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Specialists take part in a rescue operation following a fire in the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region, Russia, November 25, 2021. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters Attention Editors – This Image Has Been Supplied By A Third Party. No Resales. No Archives. Mandatory Credit The governor of the Kemerovo region, Sergei Tsivilev, on […]
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The entertainment industry has done remarkably well when it comes to international collaborations and working with some of the biggest names in the global entertainment scene. Just as a number of Hollywood stars such as Isaiah Washington, Vivica Fox and Kim Basinger have featured in Nollywood films, quite a number of Nigerian celebrities have made […]
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Remains of popular comic Actor, Babatunde Omidina, with stage name ‘Baba Suwe’ were buried on Thursday, in Lagos state. His earthly cloak was committed to mother earth around 11:05 am. Adesola Omidina, the late comic actor’s son, and other Nollywood stars attended the burial rites. Many well-wishers And sympathisers could not hold back tears when […]
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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, over looted Benin artifacts that are to be returned from abroad. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the governor said the state government in collaboration with partners had completed arrangements to set […]
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The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has taken custody of three Benin and Ife artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York. The Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Prof. Abba Tijjani, received the artifacts from the museum in company of the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Ambassador […]
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No fewer than 425 petrol stations were shut down across 20 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in Lagos State by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, in the last 10 months of 2021. This is coming even as the authority urged motorists and other fuel users not to engage in panic buying of […]
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Senate disagrees with FG over N5,000 transport grant Grant to cost N2.4trn annually, FG caps implementation to 1yr Its open invitation for civil unrest — NLC TUC shocked, insist negotiations ongoing The Senate, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and experts yesterday disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy next year and replace it […]
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Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan, will this weekend host the University of Port Harcourt alumni set of 1981. Jonathan, an alumnus and a pioneer graduating student of the federal institution will alongside his former schools mates will participate in reunion activities scheduled for Thursday, November 25 to Saturday 27, 2021 in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State […]
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The oil spill The Senate has asked the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited to accelerate environmental action on remediating Ogboinbiri community affected by crude oil spill in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State within the next 90 days. However, it hailed the oil company for providing some monetary compensation to the affected community […]
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