Category: News
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POS operator docked over alleged N446,300 fraud in Abuja
A 27-year-old Point of Sale (POS) operator, Blessing Chinwuba, on Friday appeared before an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, over alleged N446,300 fraud. Chinwuba of No 25 Jerusalem Street, Old Kutunku Gwagwalada, is being charged for criminal breach of trust and cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the matter was…
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Jakande lived a great, exemplary life – Makinde
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Friday said that the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos State, lived a great and exemplary life. Makinde, in a statement by his Special Assistant (Print Media) Mr Moses Alao, in Ibadan, described the late politician as one of the last set of true progressives…
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Coalition salutes President Buhari, Farouk for approval of National Policy on Ageing
The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) on Friday saluted the leadership qualities of President Muhammadu Buhari and Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs for approving the National Policy on Ageing. The President of the coalition, Sen. Eze Ajoku, told our correspondent on Friday in Abuja that the…
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Okowa mourns ex-Lagos Governor, Jakande
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the government and the people of Lagos State over the death of its first civilian governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande. The governor’s condolence was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Friday in Asaba. Jakande, the governor of Lagos State from 1979…
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BASUBEB trains 6,445 teachers on basic teaching skills – Official
The Bauchi State Universal Education Board (BASUBEB)said it conducted capacity building trainings for 6,445 teachers to inculcate in them basic teaching and learning skills between December 2020 and February. Malam Muhammad Abdullahi, the Spokesperson of BASUBEB, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Bauchi on Thursday. He said the training was part…
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Allow investors to run Nigerian refineries- IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has advised the Federal Government to allow investors to take over the running of the country’s three refineries. Alhaji Danladi Pasali, National Secretary of IPMAN, stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abuja. He spoke while reacting to a report that the pump…
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Kwara govt alerts to plots to blackmail Gov AbdulRazaq
***Says opponents plan violence, baseless corruption allegations against Gov By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara state government has alerted to various plots by some unpatriotic political interests in the state to instigate violence and blame it on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as part of a grand conspiracy to defame him. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Ilorin, the…
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Nasarawa speaker installs 150 solar powered street lights in constituency
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, has begun installation of 150 solar powered street lights worth N8 million in his constituency. Balarabe-Abdullahi (APC-Umaisha/ Ugya) while inspecting the lights installed in Umaisha on Wednesday, appealed for the continuos support of his constituents for them to enjoy more dividends of democracy. He said…
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Nigeria lauds 50 years relations with China
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has lauded diplomatic relations between Nigeria and China in the past 50 years, describing the bilateral relations as an invaluable partnership Onyeama made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, as both countries celebrate 50 years of bilateral relations. Nigeria and China formally entered into diplomatic…
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COVID-19, not threat to our Convention- Apostolic Church President
Pastor (Dr) Sampson Igwe, President, The Apostolic Church Nigeria, says the raging global pandemic, COVID-19 is not a threat to the Church’s forthcoming quadrennial convention. Igwe said at a press briefing ahead of the convention on Tuesday in Lagos that the church had put in place plans for delegates to observe all the COVID-19. He…