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2023: Okorocha clears air on dumping APC

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong
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BREAKING: Afighwaad Ekid Election goes into rerun as winner fails to emerge

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 by Peasy
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Abia Monarch, Eze Bernard Enweremadu passes on

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong
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COVID-19: Africa’s cases surpass 3.3m as death toll hits 82,000

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong
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Ohanaeze chieftain lauds Gov Ikpeazu’s massive road construction project in Abia

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 by Edidiong
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Anambra community sends SOS to Obiano, FG over land dispute

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong
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Deeper life school: Reno Omokri reacts to accusations of threatening Mother of sexually abused boy

January 21, 2021 by Edidiong
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FIFA threatens World cup ban on players who enter breakaway competitions

January 21, 2021 by Edidiong
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I will not dabble into politics – Cross River State CP

January 21, 2021 by Edidiong
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We will not yield any inch of Abia territory to criminals, those with expansionist agenda – Gov Ikpeazu

January 21, 2021 by Edidiong

Accountant General gets ultimatum to obey court, minister’s order on payment to ex-NEMA official, Shuaib

Accountant General gets ultimatum to obey court, minister’s order on payment to ex-NEMA official, Shuaib

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) has reportedly defied a court order and that of Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on the payment of salary arrears to former National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, spokesperson, Yushau Shuaib. In November 2017,…

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Ondo varsity shuts down indefinitely over students’ death caused by Dangote truck

Ondo varsity shuts down indefinitely over students’ death caused by Dangote truck

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, has been shut down indefinitely. The indefinite closure of the school was coming about 24 hours after an accident caused by a truck belonging to Dangote Group claimed the lives of some students of the institution….

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2023: Okorocha clears air on dumping APC

2023: Okorocha clears air on dumping APC

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

A former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has cleared the air on hints and rumours of his alleged plan to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Okorocha said he is still a member of the party and has…

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Ebonyi unrest: Umahi declares curfew to avert further killings

Ebonyi unrest: Umahi declares curfew to avert further killings

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, at the weekend, imposed curfew on Effium community to avert further killings of farmers by unknown gunmen. Recall that Effium community has since three days been engulfed by bloody clashes that erupted between two…

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Edo: APC petitions National Secretariat to reverse Domingos’s appointment

Edo: APC petitions National Secretariat to reverse Domingos’s appointment

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has petitioned the National Secretariat of the party over the appointment of Senator Domingo Obende as Chairman, Niger State Registration Committee, alleging that Obende is no longer a member of the…

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Stakeholders react as Chevron, Conoil deny oil spill in Bayelsa communities

Stakeholders react as Chevron, Conoil deny oil spill in Bayelsa communities

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

Environmentalists, paramount ruler, chiefs, youth leader and women of Koluama 1&2 communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, have faulted claims by Chevron and Conoil that the January 16 oil spill near Funima field offshore was not from…

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Buhari reacts to death of Eze Enweremadu

Buhari reacts to death of Eze Enweremadu

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Abia State monarch, Eze Bernard Enweremadu, Eze Ukwu of Ngwa Ukwu, the traditional head of Ngwa land. Buhari commiserated with the government and people of Abia State, as well as the Royal…

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Dangote under fire as truck crushes AAUA students, others to death in Ondo

Dangote under fire as truck crushes AAUA students, others to death in Ondo

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the federal government to caution Dangote Company over incessant killings of Nigerians by its heavy duty trucks in every part of the country. Specifically, the students’ body condemned the owner of…

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Police recover two year-old-boy sold in Imo for N100,000, arrest suspects

Police recover two year-old-boy sold in Imo for N100,000, arrest suspects

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Anambra State Police has arrested two members of a child-stealing syndicate, who specialize in stealing children in Anambra State and selling them in Imo State. Police also recovered a two-year-old boy, Master Testimony Obiajulu Azubuike, who was stolen by…

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Southeast govs responsible for bloody clash between Nnamdi Kanu’s ESN, military – HURIWA

Southeast govs responsible for bloody clash between Nnamdi Kanu’s ESN, military – HURIWA

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has accused Southeast governors and elected members of the State and National Assemblies from the region of what it termed the “clear lack of good governance and political leadership.” HURIWA claimed that governors and…

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Arrest Miyetti Allah President over claims of Fulani owning Nigeria lands – Omokri to Buhari

Arrest Miyetti Allah President over claims of Fulani owning Nigeria lands – Omokri to Buhari

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

Reno Omokri, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s ex-aide, has condemned the claim of the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, that the Fulani own the lands in Nigeria. Omokri called for Bodejo’s arrest over his declaration. Bodejo had…

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PDP plotting to pull-down Nigeria’s roof via unconstitutional restructuring – Okechukwu

PDP plotting to pull-down Nigeria’s roof via unconstitutional restructuring – Okechukwu

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to destroy Nigeria by pushing for the restructuring of the country via unconstitutional…

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FG given 7 days to disclose details of N729bn paid to poor Nigerians

FG given 7 days to disclose details of N729bn paid to poor Nigerians

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to publish details of proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. This, according to SERAP, is including…

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N75B Survival Fund: Abia Govt makes revelation, warns school proprietors

N75B Survival Fund: Abia Govt makes revelation, warns school proprietors

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The Abia State Project Delivery Office of the Federal Government’s 75 Billion Naira Survival Fund, says its attention has been drawn to reports that some school proprietors in the state are requesting their staff who benefitted from the N30,000 Payroll Support…

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COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,633 new infections, additional deaths in Nigeria

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,633 new infections, additional deaths in Nigeria

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

COVID-19 infections in Nigeria have continued to surge as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,633 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 120,602. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter account, Saturday night. The health…

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Buhari shuns Nigerians’ calls, demands ECOWAS restructuring

Buhari shuns Nigerians’ calls, demands ECOWAS restructuring

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, advocated the restructuring of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) amid his seeming objection to similar clamour by Nigerians. He urged the regional body to streamline its management in a way that would conform…

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Ondo Truck Accident: Varsity breaks silence over students’ death, postpones exams

Ondo Truck Accident: Varsity breaks silence over students’ death, postpones exams

January 24, 2021 by Edidiong

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, has expressed shock over the fatal accident that occurred in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accident claimed scores of people, including some of the University’s students. According…

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APC postpones membership registration

APC postpones membership registration

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

The All Progressives Congress has announced the postponement of the proposed nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise slated to hold on Monday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Caretaker/National Convention Planning Committee of the party, Senator…

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Abia Monarch, Eze Bernard Enweremadu passes on

Abia Monarch, Eze Bernard Enweremadu passes on

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

A foremost traditional Ruler in Nigeria and Eze Ukwu of Ngwa land, Eze Dr Bernard Enweremadu has passed on at the age of 77 years. Announcing the death of the foremost traditional ruler in Ngwa Ukwu in Isialangwa North LGA, the eldest…

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Restructuring: PDP dares Tinubu, El-Rufai, Amaechi, other APC stalwarts

Restructuring: PDP dares Tinubu, El-Rufai, Amaechi, other APC stalwarts

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday challenged leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to speak out on President Muhammadu Buhari’s “decision” to go back on the campaign promise of restructuring. PDP said its challenge followed the comment by Senate spokesperson,…

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Again, truck kills scores in Ondo community, varsity students among casualties

Again, truck kills scores in Ondo community, varsity students among casualties

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

It was a black Saturday in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State following the death of students and residents of the community who were killed by an articulated truck. The cement-laden truck belonging to Dangote Group was said…

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NCDC confirms 1,483 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in Nigeria

NCDC confirms 1,483 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in Nigeria

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,483 new cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this on its Twitter page on Friday. It confirmed that Nigeria now has 118,138 cases of the infection and the country had recorded additional five…

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Rivers govt denies shutting down primary, secondary schools over COVID-19

Rivers govt denies shutting down primary, secondary schools over COVID-19

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

The Rivers State Government has denied report that it has ordered the closure of primary and secondary schools in the state. The Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kanye Ebeku, in a statement issued on Friday described as a fake news, reports that Governor…

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Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Anambra

Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Anambra

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

An unidentified motorcyclist was crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred in Umuazu Nteje in Anambra State. A statement released by the Public Education Officer for Anambra State Sector of FRSC, Edor Florence said that the accident occurred when the…

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Abia govt offers integrated health services to 200,000 pregnant women, children

Abia govt offers integrated health services to 200,000 pregnant women, children

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

Abia State Government, Friday said that almost 200,000 pregnant women and children across Abia communities are to benefit from integrated health services under another round of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health week. The wife of the state governor, Nkechi Ikpeazu stated this…

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COVID:19 offenders in Imo risk six months jail term, N20,000 fine

COVID:19 offenders in Imo risk six months jail term, N20,000 fine

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, in a live broadcast on Friday said that henceforth, violators of COVID-19 protocol in the state will serve a jail term of six months or pay the sum of 20,000 naira for their release if caught…

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Chidi Ibe using inciting statements to mobilize IPOB for Okorocha’s presidential project – Ohanaeze

Chidi Ibe using inciting statements to mobilize IPOB for Okorocha’s presidential project – Ohanaeze

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC), has admonished factional President General, Engr. Chidi Ibe to refrain from making inciting statements capable of causing disunity and disharmony among Igbos. OYC maintained that Ibe’s inciting statements against Ohanaeze Ndigbo is emboldened by…

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New bank cheque books usable from April 1 – CBN

New bank cheque books usable from April 1 – CBN

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says revised cheque books of all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) will become operational from April 1, 2020. CBN directed all banks, accredited Cheque Printers/Personalisers, and the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to enlighten their customers. Sam…

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COVID-19: Africa’s cases surpass 3.3m as death toll hits 82,000

COVID-19: Africa’s cases surpass 3.3m as death toll hits 82,000

January 23, 2021 by Edidiong

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has said that there are over 3.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases on the African continent. The UN health agency made this known in a statement released via its official Twitter account on Friday….

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Nigerian university workers announce date to begin strike

Nigerian university workers announce date to begin strike

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Non-teaching staff in Nigerian public universities will commence a nationwide strike from February 15, 2021. The workers are opposed to the Federal Government’s handling of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). They are protesting the sharing formula of the N40billion…

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‘Governance activities grinded to a halt in Edo’ – APC

‘Governance activities grinded to a halt in Edo’ – APC

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Col David Imuse Rtd, says that governance in Edo state has finally grinded to a halt. He said this is at a time when there is increasing alarming number of COVID-19 cases,…

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Tons of foreign rice offloaded at Nigeria’s borders weeks after reopening

Tons of foreign rice offloaded at Nigeria’s borders weeks after reopening

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has alerted of massive rice smuggling into the country. Their alarm comes barely five weeks after the federal government reopened Nigerian borders. The entry points were shut from August 20, 2019 to December 17, 2020…

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HURIWA wants COVID-19 vaccines verified by Nigerian experts before use

HURIWA wants COVID-19 vaccines verified by Nigerian experts before use

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Nation’s prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group:- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has cautioned the Nigerian authorities against the deployment of foreign manufactured vaccines against Covid-19 without total compliance with the pharmaceutical laws of Nigeria. The Rights group said it…

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NIN registration: NIMC makes fresh announcement

NIN registration: NIMC makes fresh announcement

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has announced the commencement of enrolment of foreign diplomats in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications of the agency. “The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa…

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Ohanaeze chieftain lauds Gov Ikpeazu’s massive road construction project in Abia

Ohanaeze chieftain lauds Gov Ikpeazu’s massive road construction project in Abia

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, a chieftain of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lauded the massive road infrastructural improvement in Abia State. Isiguzoro who spoke with ND REPORTERS during the commissioning of road project executed by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led administration in…

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My life changed after I stopped having sex – Uche Ogbodo

My life changed after I stopped having sex – Uche Ogbodo

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo has said her life took a new turn after she stopped having sex. The 34-year-old actress commending herself for not been sexually active, said she has been celibate for two years. Ogbodo disclosed this on her official Instagram…

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Anambra community sends SOS to Obiano, FG over land dispute

Anambra community sends SOS to Obiano, FG over land dispute

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The people of Ibughubu Umuchu Community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State have cried out over the looming land boundary crisis between the community and the neighbouring Ugwunano Umunze clan. The Anambra Community appealed to the Government of President Muhammadu…

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Political crisis in Cross River as leader Odukpani council is impeached

Political crisis in Cross River as leader Odukpani council is impeached

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

There is tension in Odukpani Local Government Council in Cross River State over the control of the local government legislative council. Already, the Leader of the Odukpani Legislative Council, Hon Godswil Etim Iya, representing Obot Ward in Odukpani LGC has been impeached….

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Post-Ohanaeze election crisis: Igbo youth group frowns at media attacks on Prof Obiozor

Post-Ohanaeze election crisis: Igbo youth group frowns at media attacks on Prof Obiozor

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

An Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Youth Parliament, OYP, has decried the opposition of some Igbo leaders against the emergence of Professor George Obiozor as the new President General of the apex Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. This comes as factional President General of…

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Women Empowerment: Valency Nigeria engages 1,000 women in Agro food processing employmen

Women Empowerment: Valency Nigeria engages 1,000 women in Agro food processing employmen

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Amidst the economic uncertainties and loss of livelihood in many Nigerian homes occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, no fewer than 1,000 young women have been engaged in the production and processing of agro food products by foremost non-oil exporter in Nigeria, Valency…

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Two Nigerian undergraduates arraigned for alleged internet fraud in Enugu

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, Genesis Arinze Daniel and Chinedu Ayogu Christopher for fraud. They were arraigned on a separate one count charge of cybercrime before Justice N.I Buba of the…

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Secondary School student bags five years imprisonment over cultism

Secondary School student bags five years imprisonment over cultism

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The State High court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old student, Emmanuel Itoro Thomas, to five years in prison for involving in cultism. The court established that the convict, a student of Community Secondary School, Mbaise, in…

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7 dead, 4 injured as prison warden cause fatal accident in Imo

7 dead, 4 injured as prison warden cause fatal accident in Imo

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

A fatal accident has claimed seven lives in Owerri and left about four persons severely injured. ND REPORTERS reports that the accident happened on Thursday between Nworie River and Mbari Kitchen, Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, in the afternoon. Eyewitness account said the…

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One beheaded, two killed as communal crisis escalates in Akwa Ibom

One beheaded, two killed as communal crisis escalates in Akwa Ibom

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Three persons have been feared killed in a fresh attack at the ongoing communal crisis between Uko-nteghe Uda and Uko Akpan Enwang communities in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Report says of the three, one of them was beheaded….

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Nigerian Railway launches N900m e-ticketing platform – Amaechi

Nigerian Railway launches N900m e-ticketing platform – Amaechi

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, has disclosed the launch of N900 million e-ticketing platform of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. Amaechi said the e-ticketing platform was another milestone for the NRC, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the federal government. The Minister…

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Police in Delta arrest man for killing, burying girlfriend

Police in Delta arrest man for killing, burying girlfriend

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Police in Oghara Divisional Headquarters, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a man simply identified as Happy for allegedly killing and burying his girlfriend at the Unoghovo bush in Oghara. The suspect, who took the police to the…

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COVID-19 vaccination: Africa in danger of being left behind – WHO

COVID-19 vaccination: Africa in danger of being left behind – WHO

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Africa is in danger of being left behind in COVID-19 vaccination as prices spike due to competition in other regions. NAN reports that the agency’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, gave the…

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I will smash Anthony Joshua – Tyson Fury

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

WBC Champion, Tyson Fury, has boasted he will beat Anthony Joshua inside three rounds. Negotiations for a dream fight between the two British boxers are still on. But Fury took to social media to say: “I just got off the phone with…

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Abia Govt reiterates commitment to reconstructing Aba–Ikot Ekpene Road

Abia Govt reiterates commitment to reconstructing Aba–Ikot Ekpene Road

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Abia State Commissioner for Works, Barrister Bob Chiedozie Ogu, has reiterated the commitment of the State Government to reconstruct the dilapidated Aba Ikot-Ikpene road from Opopo Junction in Ogbor Hill Aba. The Commissioner disclosed this when he visited the Ikot-Ikpene road…

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Nigerians pay high taxes, provide water, electricity, others for themselves – Adesina

Nigerians pay high taxes, provide water, electricity, others for themselves – Adesina

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has frowned on the situation where Nigerians do not have basic infrastructure despite paying taxes. Adesina spoke on Thursday at the first national tax dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS)….

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Why pigeons Buhari released refused to fly – Presidency

Why pigeons Buhari released refused to fly – Presidency

January 22, 2021 by Edidiong

The Presidency has explained why pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the pigeons could not fly because they have been kept in a cage for…

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