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As Nigeria grapple with the second wave of Covid-19, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to halt all flights to and from the United Kingdom. Atiku made the call on Sunday in a series of tweets. He explained that the reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Police for complicity in smuggling about 300,000 live cartridges from the Benin Republic into Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, in Lagos. Mr Ani said that the PSC took the decisions […]
The Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, is set to start this December. The Minister for Youths and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare confirmed this on Friday at the National Stadium Lagos while briefing Journalists. The league which was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic is to resume on Sunday 27th December. With emphasis on the right […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to execute projects that would add significant value to the socio-economic lives of people in oil bearing communities in the state. Okowa gave the charge at his office in Asaba, while swearing-in a new member of the Commission, Mr. Bright […]
Students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara abducted last Friday and released on Thursday night have arrived Katsina State, according to The Punch. The students escorted into the state capital by security operatives with some still in their school uniforms, were led to an expansive hall in the Government House where they were received […]
The federal government has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across Nigeria. This was disclosed on the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) website on Wednesday. This is coming after a two-week ultimatum was issued by the government to telecom service providers to block […]
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the seven-year jail sentence handed down to Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party. In its ruling on Thursday, the court held that Okon Abang, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, exhibited bias in the case of the former PDP spokesman. The […]
The Defence headquarters (DHQ) says there is no cause to worry over the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina state. John Enenche, Coordinator of Defence media operations, said this during an interview on Wednesday morning. The president was in the state on a private visit to Daura, his hometown, when gunmen attacked and abducted over […]
Nigerian artists Stanley Omah Dibia known as Omah Lay and Temilade Openyi popularly known as Tems arrested in Uganda have been released. This was revealed in a tweet on Tuesday by the Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. The artists were arrested in Uganda following a concert at Speke Resort in […]
The Delta State government on Tuesday handed starter packs to four hundred and sixty women from the 25 local government areas of Delta State who completed their training under the Women Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Programme (WESAP) in Asaba. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa speaking at the event congratulated the beneficiaries of the programme and urged them […]
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