No fewer than 19 people were yesterday feared dead following an explosion that occurred at the Osisioma, Abia State axis of the petroleum products pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Eye witness account said that the explosion happened in the early hours of Friday and the victims included a nursing mother, three […]
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The out going Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Friday presented a handover note to the state’s Head of Service, Dr. Gbenga Faseluka. This was just as the Governor told the embattled Speaker, Hon Kola Oluwawole to accept his impeachment in good faith, saying it is a price of leadership. The handing over […]
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In a matter of hours, the Super Eagles will be having, perhaps their sternest test yet, in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series, when they confront The Mediterranean Knights of Libya at the magnificent Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo. As the minutes are ticking away, the atmosphere here in Uyo is electrifying. The […]
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A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Joseph Adebayo has been confirmed dead after drowning in Gubi dam, about 20km from Bauchi capital. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi Command, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar said he died on Thursday evening. Joseph Adebayo, was, until his death, an indigene of Ogun State […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of lobbying the United States Government to lift the alleged travel ban placed on his former vice, Atiku Abubakar, now the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. “We have come across credible reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made moves […]
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Friday promised to name his cabinet before six months, unlike President Muhammadu Buhari that took months to name his. He disclosed this through his official Twitter handle @Atiku. Atiku, Peter Obi should be steadfast in restructuring Nigeria–Afenifere His statement reads: If Nigerians elect […]
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Friday picked the former governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi as his running mate. Since PDP elected Atiku as its Presidential candidate, reactions on whom he is going to pick as his running mate in order to […]
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has promised to reward the 11 aspirants who contested the sole ticket with him, if he is elected President of Nigeria in the 2019 general elections. Atiku who stated this in Abuja at a meeting with members of the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, charged […]
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The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) fighting against the Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria, has released 833 children from its own ranks. The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), which made this known on Friday said some of the children are as young as 11 years-old. UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac, said the task force is […]
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Friday said that he was contesting for the office of the President as a Nigerian and not as an Igbo man. Moghalu, who was a former deputy governor of the CBN, said that Nigeria’s problem was not about tribes, but socio-economic problems […]
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Leading professional services firm, PwC Nigeria, last week, hosted its fifth annual capability enhancement workshop for journalists, where it discussed the importance of investigative journalism in unraveling hidden and untold stories that are of interest to the public. The one day workshop, which held in Lagos, had as participants from across both traditional and new […]
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The Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said yesterday, that Governor Ayodele Fayose was free to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, if he wishes. At a press conference addressed by the Committee handling the preparations for the inauguration ceremony in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors, […]
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