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Morgan Agidi, 84, stood at the eroded shore of Abari creek, gesturing as he spoke about the havoc flooding has wreaked on the living and the dead in his community. “Most of our (late) fathers, their bones are now in the river. When they die, we bury them but erosion carries them away into […]
…NAMA acquires automated mobile control towers The Federal Government, yesterday, said the quartet of Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano airports will be concessioned by August. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said in Lagos that the last phase of the concession preparations would be done between this month and July. In a related […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, the Presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He explained that the President’s trip to London was for a scheduled medical follow-up, adding that he […]
From traumatic childhood to redemptive role of faith, discover the rags-to-riches rise of Tyler Perry, one of America’s most respected entertainers in new feature-length biography ‘Tyler Perry: Man of Many Faces’ from Legacy Distribution. “Refuse Hate” is the powerful message heard worldwide when writer, filmmaker, philanthropist, and respected mentor Tyler Perry accepted the Jean […]
Russia on Wednesday said it fired warning shots at a British navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country’s territorial waters, but the UK denied the incident had occurred. Incidents involving Western aircraft and ships are not uncommon at Russia’s borders, especially during heightened tensions with Washington, Brussels and London, but […]
Seven years after the Federal Government amended the Pension Reform Act, which stipulated that employers should remit 18 per cent of workers’ monthly emoluments into their RSAs, the government is yet to comply with its own law. The Pension Reform Act promulgated in 2004 had stipulated that workers and employers should contribute 7.5 per […]
The Nigerian government has announced that it has set up a committee to negotiate with social media giant, Twitter, a few weeks after a controversial government ban. The committee includes five serving ministers of the Nigerian government, a statement from the information minister said. Nigeria recently banned Twitter after the social media platform deleted […]
Palestinians and Jewish settlers hurled stones, chairs and fireworks at each other overnight in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood where settler groups are trying to evict several Palestinian families, officials said Tuesday. The threatened evictions fueled protests and clashes in the runup to last month’s 11-day Gaza war and pose a test for Israel’s new […]
The Economic Community of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice has ruled against the Federal Government of Nigeria on the suspension of Twitter, saying the app is a fundamental right. The ECOWAS Court also ruled that the Federal Government cannot arrest or prosecute anybody for using Twitter. Socio – Economic Rights And Accountability […]
Dubai main airline Emirates has announced the indefinite suspension of flights to and from Nigeria from Monday 21 June, 2021. The Airline on Monday revealed this on their website emirates.com. “In line with government directives, passenger flights to and from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) are suspended with effect from 21 June 2021 until further […]
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