A visit to the doctor when you are not ill might be daunting especially when it’s an eye doctor. They tend to stick things in your eyes in the name of medical tests and then stare directly into your eyes. Even though this might be weird and outright uncomfortable, it is very necessary for your […]
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Wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday paid glowing tributes to officers and men of Nigerian military for securing the country, saying the country could not pay them enough for the survival of the country. According to her; “We owe you from the depth of our hearts.” The president’s wife, who spoke at a […]
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The Lagos State Government on Thursday totally played down a report on social media alleging that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was making some moves against non-indigenes especially Igbos in the State, saying the report was baseless, mischievous and irresponsible. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan in a statement, said the claims in the said […]
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The meeting between senators and members of the House of Representatives over budget for Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday, ended in a deadlock. INEC is seeking budgetary approval of ₦189 billion to conduct 2019 general elections. The meeting came to a stalemate as the lawmakers could not agree on the figures presented to both […]
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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd August as Public Holidays to mark the 2018 Eid-El-Kabir celebration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr MB Umar. “The Hon. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, […]
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The Nigeria Police Force said Samuel Ogundipe of Premium Times online publication was being investigated and prosecuted for theft and unlawful possession of restricted and classified documents. Ogundipe was arrested on Aug. 14 for alleged publication of the Inspector-General of police interim report on the investigation on the former Director-General of DSS, Lawal Daura. Daura […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure and the NYSC over “failure to publish specific documents and information on Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s application for NYSC exemption, and seeking to compel them to explain if Adeosun obtained any Exemption Certificate from the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the registration of 23 new parties ahead of the 2019 general election. The number of registered parties is now 91. Before the parties announced yesterday, there were 68 political parties. INEC has extended the deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by two weeks. The registration, […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has directed Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). This followed complaints and reports on the activities of SARS, which bordered on allegations of human rights violations. There have been outcries on alleged infractions and atrocities by […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria was in dire need of new engineering technologies to address its power supply and metering challenges. Speaking at the 27th Engineering Assembly of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, also emphasized […]
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Former National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said he will bring an end to the growing insecurity currently ravaging many parts of the country if elected president in 2019. Senator Makarfi stated this in Umuahia while addressing the Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party and statutory delegates on […]
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A 26-year-old employee, Isaac Ayoke, who pleaded guilty to stealing his employer’s ₦1 million was on Tuesday remanded at Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The magistrate, Mrs F.F. George, ordered the remand of the accused, who resides at Ajah in Lagos State pending the review of facts and […]
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