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JTF to fish out pipeline destroyer

THOSE responsible for the multiple armed attacks on strategic oil and gas pipelines in Delta State will be fished out, the Joint Task Force (JTF) has vowed. The Commander of the JTF, Major-General Alani Gafar Okunola, who led other military officers and men to some of the sites of the destruction yesterday, said the government […]

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Akande warns against ‘parasites’ defectors from PDP

FORMER interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has warned the party to beware of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party in order not to allow them to kill the ruling party. Akande, who described those defecting from other parties especially those from the PDP as parasites, said if allowed, they would […]

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Tinubu: I didn’t grant interview on defections, Buhari

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared as “fiction” and “fantasy” an online report in which he is quoted to have predicted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019. The report was published by a little known online platform, […]

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Edo urges federal MDAs to pay N2bn tax debt

THE Edo State Internal Revenue Service has called on federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the state to clear their tax debt, amounting to over N2bn in arrears, being owed the state government between 2014 and 2015. The Executive Chairman of the revenue agency, Chief Oseni Elamah, made the call during a one-day sensitisation programme […]

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FG to loan N60bn to one million traders

IN his bid to ensure the successful take off of the social protection programmes promised by his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Maryam Uwais as his Special Adviser for Social Protection Plan. Uwais, a lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, is said to have already started work in the office […]

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Saraki orders security beef up in N’Assembly

NIGERIA Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who is also the Chairman of the National Assembly,  has directed a review of all security arrangements in the federal parliament in order to keep the institution abreast of the current challenges in the country. The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Security, Major General Saleh Maina (retd.), who stated […]

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Arms Deal: EFCC to probe ex-service Chiefs, others

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate former service chiefs and other people connected to the arms purchases scandal in the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and several others have been fingered in the scam. A statement issued by the […]

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Nothing noxious must happen to Buhari, Arewa Community warns

THE Arewa Community United Foundation has warned those threatening national violence against the state that nothing unwholesome must happen to President Muhammadu Buhari in the discharge of his duties as the President of the country. It said although it is normal for the opposition party in the country to demand for unrealizable targets and express […]

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About Lassa Fever… a must read

Lassa fever is one of the types of haemorrhagic fevers that affects human beings and could lead to sudden death. Other haemorrhagic fevers are Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Dengue and Yellow fever. Some of the symptoms of haemorrhagic fever are high fever, serious headache and bleeding from the pores of the body parts which are […]

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Families of missing DSS agents petition Buhari, demand probe

FOUR months after seven Department of State Security (DSS) agents went killed at the Ikorodu area of Lagos, their family members have decried the agency’s silence on the issue. The families have therefore appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to open a thorough investigation into the operatives’ murder. They also want the President to compel the […]

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Lassa Fever: Medical doctor dies in Rivers

MEDICAL doctor with Rivers State-owned Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, Dr. Livy Ijamala, has died from Lassa Fever, bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state. Chairman of the state branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Furo Green, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, saying the late doctor, […]

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Lassa fever: FG places 15 persons under surveillance, seeks 35 others

THE Federal Government has started tracing 35 people, who are believed to have had contact with the Lassa fever patient that died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Wednesday with 15 other people already under surveillance. The death of the 33-year-old brought the total number of Lass fever deaths in the country to 43 and […]

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