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The Kano State Government has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiri children for allegedly violating the Law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure in Kano on Monday. The word ‘Almajiri’ refers to the children of the non formal Quranic schools […]
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to petrol subsidy and COVID-19 vaccines. The governors made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Head, Media and Public Affairs […]
Property owners and other residents in Boji-Boji Owa, in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta, have appealed to the state government to help in improving the state of roads in some parts of the area. The Chairman, Landlords/Landladies Association of Asiwe Street, Mr Adebayo Obiazikwor, made the appeal while speaking to newsmen […]
The Federal Government has described the reported formation of Biafra Customary Government by Asari Dokubo as a “theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’’. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the development in Lagos on Monday, the Minister of Information, and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President, Muhammadu […]
Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish made history at the Grammy Awards. Just as joyously, dozens of creators largely sidelined for a year due to the pandemic got to make music again. The Grammys on Sunday broke through the Zoom trap that has bedeviled other awards shows with a surprisingly intimate evening that, at […]
Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun has won his first-ever Grammy Award. The win is coming through his duet with Beyonce on the song, ‘Brown Skin Girl’ off the 2019 album, ‘The Lion King.’ The collaborative effort, which also featured Beyonce’s first child, Blue Ivy Carter, won the Best Music Video category. The announcement was made at […]
One of the great middleweights in boxing history, Hagler died Saturday at the age of 66. His wife, Kay, announced his death on the Facebook page for Hagler’s fans. “I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,” she wrote. “Today unfortunately my beloved husband Marvelous Marvin passed away unexpectedly at his home here […]
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has deleted a template announcing the new price of petrol stands N212.6 per litre from its website. The agency had published the template on its website, http://pppra.gov.ng/pms-guiding-price-for-march-2021/. The publication was greeted with outrage across the nation with fuel queue observed in several filing stations in Abuja […]
The Nigerian government on Thursday disclosed that it has replaced the Federal Inland Revenue Service with the Nigeria Postal Service NIPOST as stamp duty collector. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made the disclosure at the launch of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary Commemorative Postage Stamps held at the Digital Economy Complex, […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has insisted that there is no increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol this month despite a template released by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency that the new price of petrol has reached N212.6 per litre. The ex-depot price is the price […]
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