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The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, on Wednesday, said no Nigerian life has been lost so far in the crisis engulfing Sudan. He stated this at a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, adding that the Federal Government had already perfected plans to evacuate over 5,000 citizens in the […]
Delta State Government (DTSG) has described the level of compliance of teachers and students to resume the third term school calendar in the state as impressive. The Commissioner for Secondary Education in the state, Rose Ezewu, stated this while monitoring the resumption of schools for the third term academic activities across the state. Ezewu […]
Babafemi Oba, the recently posted Controller, Correction Centre, Delta State Command, has appealed to the State Government to provide measures to ensure offenders of the law do not go back to their old ways when released from correctional centres. Oba appealed that the prerogative of mercy be brought back to the system to […]
The Governor of Delta State, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the state was ready to partner investors in its vast oil and gas deposits as the country grappled with economic turnaround. The governor made this known on Wednesday while receiving Delta Special Economic Zone license from the Federal Government through Nigerian Export Processing […]
A pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has said cervical cancer may become the first cancer to be eliminated with a vaccine. In a statement signed by the company and in commemoration of World Immunisation Week, Medical Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pfizer, Kodjo Soroh, said there was a need to invest in vaccine research and development. He said, […]
The federal government says the 40 buses evacuating Nigerians from the civil unrest in Sudan cost about $1.2 million. According to NAN, Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, spoke on Wednesday. The minister said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the Nigerians’ journey to the Egyptian borders. “The sum […]
Air Peace Chief Executive, Allen Onyeama, has warned that his support to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan should not be considered an ethnic matter. Onyeama disclosed this on Wednesday in Arise TV interview. He stated that his action was not a publicity stunt but instead borne out of the deep conviction to promote […]
Monica Mensem, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal has ordered the Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday to relocate to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with immediate effect. Mensem’s order was announced by Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla, in Abakaliki on Wednesday. In explanation, Sekulla said after the order, […]
A Ghana’s presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling NPP, His Excellency Allan John Kyerematen on Monday met with Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi in his office in Abuja. Kyerematen was a former Minister of Trade & Industry and former Ghanaian Ambassador to the United States of America. He was in […]
The Otota and regent of Okere Urhobo Kingdom, Brigadier General Gold Eburu retired, has described as false, claims by Apostle Isaac Eraivor, Okpakorere of Okere-Urhobo that he and members of the ruling houses were not carried along or involved in the recent selection and installation of the new Orusuen of the Kingdom. Chief Eburu […]
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