Nigeria

NAF demolishes Boko Haram facilities in Borno

The Operation Lafia Dole of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has destroyed some facilities of the Boko Haram terrorists, at Bukar Meram and Tumbun Allura on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola who […]

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2019 Election: Ambode picks APC nomination form for second term bid

The incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode today, Monday, finally picked his interest of expression and nomination form for his second term bid in the forthcoming 2019 general poll. Ambode, after picking his nomination form, formally declared his intention for re-election at rally on open ground, Alausa, Ikeja, attended by Senator Gbenga Ashafa, representing […]

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Ekiti govt denies Fayemi claim of ₦117 billion debt loan by Fayose

The Ekiti State Government has said that the administration of Governor Ayodele Fayose did not commit the State to any financial institution in form of bonds and commercial loans. The state government pointed out that “no loan can be granted without the approval of the Debt Management Office (DMO) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, […]

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Air Peace rewards Anambra Technovation Challenge Winners

One of Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace has congratulated five Anambra State students and their teachers for emerging victorious in the recent Technology challenge held in the United States. The airlines honoured them with free return Owerri-Abuja tickets to facilitate their visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, last Thursday. The five Anambra students from Regina […]

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2019 Election: I’ll be Nigeria’s first female elected governor – Patricia Akwashiki

Former Information Minister, Professor Patricia Akwashiki, Friday, said she would break the jinx to become the first female elected governor in Nigeria in the 2019 general elections. She stated this yesterday while addressing journalists shortly after submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to run for the governorship of Nasarawa state on the platform […]

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Bukola Saraki

Nigerians needed a President we can be proud of – Saraki

President of the Senate and Presidential aspirant, Dr. Bukola saraki has said that Nigerians were tired of things going wrong and could no longer continue with detoriations across the country. Saraki disclosed that Nigeria needs a President that would unite the country, adding that it takes a politician who knows the problems of the masses […]

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SARS won’t bear arms while on mufti dress, says IGP monitoring team

The monitoring team, set up by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, continued its tour of facilities of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in the South West, warning that SARS operatives will no longer bear arms while on mufti. The team led by ACP Adepojulo Ilori and ACP Abayomi Shogunle visited the SARS headquarters […]

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Buhari committed to addressing illegal migration, say APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is committed to mitigating the migration crisis Nigerians are facing, particularly in Libya and in the Mediterranean Sea. The party stated this in a statement issued by Mr Yekini Nabena, its National Publicity Secretary in Abuja on Sunday when he reacted to […]

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2,051 Nigerian Libya returnees engages in new trades – IOM

About 2,051 Nigerians, who returned from Libya, have engaged in learning new trades between April 2017 and August 2018, the International Organisation for Migration has said. The United Nations agency said 1,130 men and 921 women participated in business training in Lagos, Edo, Nassarawa, Kano and Kaduna states, where they learnt types of business they […]

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Over 50 security personnel lost to herdsmen mayhem in Benue this year – Gov. Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom, Friday revealed that close to 50 security personnel have lost their lives in Benue state between January and August to activities of marauding militant herdsmen in parts of the state. While condoling the bereaved families over the unfortunate incidence, Ortom maintained that those conniving with enemies of the state to execute clandestine […]

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Why I was in Nigeria, by Theresa May

British Prime Minister, Theresa May has said she was in Nigeria to bring jobs and enhance treading links between Nigeria and Britain. While in Nigeria Theresa May, at FMDQ Security Exchange building, Victoria Island, Lagos, had a meeting with the Nigerian business community. The prime minister, accompanied by members of her trade delegation, met with […]

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Nigerians migrating illegally to Europe on their own – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declared that Nigerians migrating illegally to Europe, were on their own as he would never support any illegality or indiscipline. President Buhari stated this while fielding questions from journalists during a joint press briefing between him and the visiting German Chancellor, Angela Merkel at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President […]

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