Information Minister, Lai Mohammed has said Twitter’s decision to set up in Ghana instead of Nigeria where it has more users will serve as a lesson to Nigerians to stop de-marketing the country. “I think the natural expectation is for Nigeria to be the hub of Twitter headquarter especially in this part of Africa given […]
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A man holds a national flag as he celebrates with others in the streets in the capital Bamako after a mutiny in Mali. – Photo: Associated Press Presidential and legislative elections in Mali will take place next February, the country’s post-coup government announced Thursday, saying it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international […]
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‘1.2 million Nigerians receiving treatment for life’ Health Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire The United States (U.S.) Consul-General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo, yesterday, disclosed that since 2003, the U.S. government had provided at least not less than $6 billion worth of assistance to Nigeria to fight HIV/AIDS in the country. Pierangelo also said that no fewer […]
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In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on September 8, 2020 that it had “voluntarily paused” a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. He announced his plans to pull all remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 in a final step towards ending […]
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The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on Nigerians to use the Ramadan for spiritual introspection and supplication to God to intervene in the many challenges facing the nation. Also, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimogu, has advised Nigerians to use the period to advance the peace […]
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Former Akwa Ibom AG held for alleged N1.4b fraud Senator Rochas Okorocha remained with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, 24 hours after he was arrested. The ex-Imo State governor, the first high profile person to be arrested since the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as EFCC chair, is being questioned for various petitions, […]
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approves FIRS, UI library The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N20, 114, 002,871 for the acquisition of operational equipment for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed stated this to State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo […]
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The Presidency has said there is hope for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the girls had not been forgotten. The statement said government was as concerned as the parents and other loved ones […]
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It was seven years yesterday since the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped. Since then, their school has remained shut and scores of the girls are yet to be reunited with their families. The Chibok community yesterday pleaded with the Federal Government to reopen the Government Secondary School in Chibok that was destroyed by Boko Haram. Seven […]
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