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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service for one graduate from each of the immediate families of the 10 slain National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in 2011 in Bauchi State. This information was disclosed by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Akin Dare on Tuesday. […]
The Nigerian Army has clarified that the new Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya’s service record started on Sept. 22, 1990 when he was commissioned as an officer. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Yerima said that the COAS, during his […]
State governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari should consider lifting the suspension on Twitter. The Nigerian government recently suspended Twitter after the microblogging site deleted Mr Buhari’s tweet which it said violated its rules. Since then Nigerians have been denied access to Twitter, […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency […]
China’s Liaoning Province has built 26,500 5G base stations to date, amid efforts to accelerate the upgrade of its digital infrastructure, local authorities said on Tuesday. It is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. The 5G network now covers all Liaoning’s urban […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, a veteran broadcaster, as the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. Recall that after the suspension of Moddibo Kawu as the DG of NBC, Professor […]
Hundreds of Isoko Youths in Delta State, under the auspices of Isoko Development Union Youth Wing, IDUYW, earlier today, Wednesday June 9, reportedly blocked the Ughelli/Iyede Express Road, protesting over what they described as refusal by Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC to pay them social security funds. The protest reportedly prevented […]
Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American business man popularly known for founding Kentucky fried Chicken (KFC) and for also acting as the brand ambassador. He was born on 9 September, 1980 at Henryville, Indiana, United States. Colonel sanders is an idol in the American restaurant history. […]
Federal Government on Thursday declared Monday, June 14, 2021, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Aregbesola in the statement urged Nigerians to reflect on the nation’s country challenges and support the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari towards resolving them. He appealed to Nigerians to drop all forms of agitation […]
In the presence of Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the documentary film Courage about the protests in Belarus is scheduled to celebrate its premiere this Friday at the Berlinale. Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has also been announced for a panel discussion relating to the film about the protests in […]
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