Ahmed Joda, who was one of Nigeria’s famous permanent secretaries in Nigeria’s second military regime of retired Gen Yakubu Gowon, has died. He was 91. He died in Yola, capital of his home state, Adamawa according to a family friend, Fenny Fwa, a prince of the Mbula Kingdom in Adamawa State, who confirmed the death. […]
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The mother of a seven year old girl who has been diagnosed of a massive tumor in the head, Mrs. Bamidele Aro Opeoluwa, has called on well-meaning Nigerians for urgent financial assistance for the daughter to live. Mrs. Aro, who hails from Ondo State, and the husband from Kogi State, are also appealing to their […]
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The Federal Government said yesterday that security agencies remain strong, determined and robust in tackling security threats and protecting the lives and property of Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari wo was represented by the Defence Minister Bashir Magashi at the graduation of Course 29 participants of the National Defence College, in Abuja, said government had embarked […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised alarm over fake online registration portal for Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The commission raised the alarm in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Friday. Okoye said that INEC attention had been drawn to […]
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By Femi Adesina Former Governor of Anambra State and running mate to Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, flew into the eye of the storm some days ago, when he said on the breakfast show of a television station that the Nigerian economy couldn’t be driven on infrastructure development. Mr Obi, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Nigeria from London, the United Kingdom after 19 days to a warm reception by some top officials of his administration. He touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 18:15 pm. At the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, will its local government congresses in the first week of next month, September according to the party’s Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). CECPC Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday just as he refuted reports that the Caretaker Committee has indefinitely […]
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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating officer, Mr Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interview on Thursday, in Abuja, said that the country would be procuring […]
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The Federal Government has declared that the striking resident doctors will no longer be paid as long as they continue to shun work. This follows the invocation of the “no work, no pay” rule, which Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire said is necessary because “the doctors have no basis for going on strike at […]
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The freed Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, has described his abduction by gunmen last Sunday night as a setup. Idris, who regained his freedom Thursday night, five days after his abduction, told people in his Babantunga town in Tafa Local Government Area of the state that his abductors informed him that […]
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