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Dec 16, 2020

AbdulRazaq proposes N123b for next year • Minimum wage, others top list

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N123,091,307,468 to the House of Assembly. He described the fiscal docu...

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Dec 16, 2020

Doctors suspend strike in Zamfara

Zamfara State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its one week strike it embarked on to protest poor remuneration. The Chairman,...

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Dec 16, 2020

Badaru signs budget of N156.58b

Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Badaru on Tuesday signed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N156.58 billion. The budget was tagged: “Budget of Sustained Economic...

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Dec 15, 2020

27 per cent fail UNIBEN Post-UTME

Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Prof. Lilian Salami on Monday said 27 per cent of candidates failed the 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matr...

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Dec 15, 2020

Court orders release of Eze’s nephews from EFCC custody

An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice S.B Belgore, has ordered the release of Prince Olisa Eze and Onyeka Eze, who have been detained since November 11 a...

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Dec 15, 2020

Five feared dead in Delta accident • Hotelier, one other assassinated

Five persons were on Monday feared dead in an accident on the Asaba/Kwale Expressway in Delta State. The accident involved a commercial bus and a car. Many o...

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Dec 15, 2020

Akwa Ibom shuts bank for N184m debt

Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS) has sealed two branches of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) – Udo Udoma and Abak road in Uyo for alleged N184 m...

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Dec 15, 2020

Eight more Army Generals positive as 417 undergo test

EIGHT more Army Generals and other senior officers have tested positive for COVID-19, making 26 those infected with the virus, the Nigerian Army stated yesterda...

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Dec 15, 2020

U.S. Attorney-General resigns as Electoral College confirm Biden’s victory

Attorney General William Barr resigned on Monday, ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump loyalist carried the administration’s “law and order” mess...

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Dec 15, 2020

Over 500 pupils pregnant in Benin Republic

More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news ag...

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Dec 15, 2020

Emir of Lafia is Rivers varsity chancellor • School graduates 5,837 students

Addressing reporters on Monday at a news conference at the Senate building to mark the celebration of the university, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nlerum Okogbule...

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Dec 14, 2020

BREAKING: Kidnap, robbery suspects escape from Calabar prison

Unidentified kidnap and armed robbery suspects on Sunday night escaped from custody at the Cross River Police Command headquarters, Calabar. This was confirm...

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Dec 14, 2020

JUST IN: 26 Army Generals test positive as 417 undergo COVID-19 test

Twenty six Army Generals and other senior officers have so far tested positive for COVID-19, the Nigerian Army has disclosed. Four hundred and seventeen are...

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Dec 14, 2020

David Mark’s daughter, others join APC in Benue

BLESSING Onu Mark, the daughter of former Senate President David Mark, at the weekend led hundreds of other All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) members and P...

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Dec 14, 2020

‘No fresh recruitment for 774,000 Jobs in Nasarawa’

The Chairman, selection committee for the Special Public Works programme in Nasarawa State Dr Kassim Muhammad has dissociated himself from the ongoing sale of f...

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Dec 14, 2020

774, 000 jobs get Jan 5 date

THE 774, 000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will now commence on January 5, the Federal Government said on Sunday. Minister of State for Labour and Employme...

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Dec 14, 2020

18 Generals test positive for COVID-19 as SGF, wife go into isolation

EIGHTEEN top military officers have tested positive for COVID-19, the Channels Television reported last night. The report came as Secretary to the Government...

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Dec 10, 2020

BREAKING: Army GOC 6th Division dies of COVID -19

The General Officer Commanding 6th Division, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj-Gen. Johnson Olu Irefin has reportedly died of complications associated with the C...

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Dec 10, 2020

BREAKING: EFCC confirms arrest of fleeing Maina’s son

Faisal is facing a three-count money laundering charge the anti-graft agency preferred against him. Trial Justice Okon Abang had in a ruling on November 24,...

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Dec 10, 2020

BREAKING: FG crashes data price by 50 percent

The Federal government said on Thursday that the price of data has been reduced by more than 50 percent following a directive that the Nigerian Communications c...

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