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Heavy rainfall that occurred two days ago accompanied by flooding has cut off a bridge in Akwanga town, which connects Nasarawa, Plateau, and other states up North and Southeastern part. This is coming barely 48 hours after the collapse of part of the bridge on the Federal Highway, around Isah Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic […]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the only way Iyorchia Ayu can be removed as chairman of the party is when the PDP constitution is amended. Abubakar spoke on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, during a meeting with party stakeholders. There have been calls — including from […]
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has restated Federal Government’s commitment to revive the Old Port Harcourt Refinery in River State by December 2022. Sylva hinted at this at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Council […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has asked the House of Representatives to grant the examination body total financial autonomy and remove it from the annual national budgetary allocation. The call was made by Prof. Ishaq Oloyede the registrar, when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said that he would never buy votes during the 2023 presidential election. He said this while speaking on the influence of vote buying during a recent meeting with Nigerians in Diaspora. According to Peter Obi, he can only spend his money by using it […]
Officially, William Samoei Ruto has been declared President of Kenya during his swearing-in ceremony at the Karasani Stadium, Kenya. Ruto was sworn in by the Chief Judge, Martha Koome, on Tuesday at a ceremony held in the packed Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani. With his inauguration on Tuesday, Ruto becomes the fifth president […]
Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has appealed for a kidney donation as she is suffering from a kidney disease and needs a transplant. The former deputy senate president and Beatrice, his wife, are currently facing charges in a UK court over alleged conspiracy to facilitate organ harvesting. While […]
The Igba of Warri Kingdom, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has urged the Federal Government to revoke the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to the former Niger Delta Militant Leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. According to the Niger Delta activist, there is a “drum of war” in the region amid oppositions on the contract. Lori-Ogbebor […]
Aviation workers have shut Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano over a dispute between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Flights scheduled to leave Kano on Monday morning were disrupted as the Air Traffic Controllers suspended their operations which affected the landing and taking-off of flights. An […]
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Chidozie Collins Obasi, 29-year-old Nigerian, was charged by Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Six counts of mail fraud, and 16 counts of wire fraud, all stemming from a complicated, evolving fraud scheme that initially targeted Americans through a spam […]
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