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Gov. Nyesom Wike on Monday donated N200 million to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kaduna State for their upkeep. Wike made the donation when he visited the state secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna as part of his campaign tour to seek for the party’s ticket for 2023 presidential poll. “We must not…
Minna: Immediate past senate president and presidential hopeful of the Peoples’ Democratic party (PDP) his Excellency Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said what Nigeria needs at this point isan energetic, Courageous and vibrant leader that can fix the country for the betterment of all.He made this assertion while addressing PDP delegates at the party’s Secretariat…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries following the reported deaths of tens of people Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Reacting to what he described as a “catastrophe…
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station in Kogi state. It was reported how gunmen attacked the police station in Adavi LGA of the state in the early hours of Saturday, killing three officers. Edward Egbuka, commissioner of police in the state, had described…
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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja urged entrepreneurs and investors to channel ideas and resources into areas of the economy that stimulate growth, with long-term effect on job creation and poverty reduction, assuring that fixing infrastructure remains government’s top priority.Receiving Chairman of Dangote Industries Ltd, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and Board members of the Group at…
Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo and top Yoruba monarch, has died. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third member of the Alowodu Ruling House, died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria. According to palace sources, the remains of the top Yoruba…
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed not to step down for any consensus candidate of the party ahead of its presidential primary. The Governor said only death will make him quit his ambition to become the President of Nigeria. “The only thing that will make me to quit is death; if I’m alive, we…
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The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Chapter, has urged Governor Seyi Makinde to direct the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mojeed Olaide Liasu and Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Deji Omole, to pay seven years of Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) arrears owed academic members of staff of the institution. Among other…
The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, will tomorrow host presidential aspirants across political parties to an Iftar at the Presidential Villa. This was learnt from an invitation letter to the aspirants, a copy of which was sighted in Abuja. The invited guests are instructed not to come with their mobile devices, except their invitation cards,…
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173 soldiers have been deployed to keep peace in Guinea Bissau as part the country’s contribution to global peace. The Chief of Operations, Army headquarters, Major General Oluwafemi Akinjobi, disclosed this while speaking at the pre-deployment training graduation of Nigerian contingent to ECOWAS mission in Guinea Bissau. He spoke at the Martin Luther Agwai International…
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