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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, said yesterday that Bayelsa State ravaged by the flood was not among the 10 most hit states. She said Jigawa State recorded the highest number of death and was number one of the states most affected by the disaster. Yesterday, […]
No fewer than 28 host communities in OML34, Delta State, yesterday, issued a five-day ultimatum to ND-Western E&P Company and NNPC E&P Limited, to shut down their operations over the companies’ continued failure and refusal to fulfil the mandatory obligations to the aggrieved host communities, Vanguard reports. The notice for peaceful protest and […]
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan has been shot and wounded in his left leg in a suspected assassination attack. Khan was attacked while leading a protest march in Islamabad, the country’s capital city, demanding snap elections on Thursday. The ex-PM was rushed away from the scene while his camp said […]
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has told his supporters that it is insulting to mention star actress and PDP’s Lagos gubernatorial running mate Funke Akindele in his presence. Mr Tinubu is backing incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of APC for reelection. At a political outing in Lagos on Wednesday, his […]
Employees and agents of Glencore, a British subsidiary of the mining and trading group, delivered cash in private jets to oil officials in West Africa including Nigeria, according to UK prosecutors. UK’s serious fraud office (SFO) made this known to the Southwark crown court on the first day of a sentencing hearing, […]
The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the federal government’s plan to redesign the naira notes is a political move. It was during the inauguration of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party Women Campaign Council on Wednesday at the presidential campaign secretariat in Benin, the governor made the statement. On October […]
A public affairs analyst and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Delta State, Chief Pius Ovwbije is popularly known as Chief P.O.C says the majority of the aggrieved members of the party across the State have no problem with the governorship candidate of the party, RT. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori but their problem […]
North Korea fired at least 17 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast on Wednesday, prompting South Korea to issue rare air raid warnings and launch its own missiles in response. It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and Kano, as the Naira slumped to N857 to a dollar at the parallel market. The raids in the two cities, which netted a good number of illegal BDC operators and individuals suspected to […]
After the protest of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited for sacking airport workers, the strike has been called off. On Tuesday, flights were suspended while passengers were left stranded due to the shutting down of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), […]
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