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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has lost his Chief of Staff, Dr Babagana Wakil, after a brief illness on Wednesday, an official has said. A ...
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Daily Archives: July 1, 2020
Court orders Uzodinma to reinstate sacked Imo LG chairmen, councillors
A federal High court in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Wednesday, ordered the governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, to reinstate sacked chairmen and ...
Read More »774,000 jobs: NASS suspends NDE recruitment exercise
The National Assembly (NASS) on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to cushion the ...
Read More »BREAKING: FG raises petrol pump price to N143.80
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced a new price band of N140.80 to N143.80 per litre for Premium Motor Spirit, also known ...
Read More »Olam to speed innovation to address global food security
Olam International, in partnership with Agropolis Fondation, is on the hunt for ground- breaking scientific research that can deliver transformational impacts within global agriculture and ...
Read More »Stanbic IBTC donates COVID-19 test kits to Lagos State govt
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, Nigeria’s leading end to end financial services provider, has further strengthened its support for the government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Read More »Senate seeks probe into herdsmen attacks on Benue communities
The Senate on Thursday urged the Nigeria Police and other relevant security agencies in the country to carry out a comprehensive investigation into attacks by ...
Read More »Buhari seeks fresh Senate approval for 42 ambassadorial nominees
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday requested the approval of the Senate for the confirmation of 42 ambassadorial nominees. One of the nominees from the Federal ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Okigbo, 17 other world professionals become Senior Fellows at Harvard University
The Harvard Kennedy School of Government has appointed a Nigerian, Mr. Patrick Okigbo III as a Senior Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) ...
Read More »BREAKING: Gov. Okowa, wife test positive for COVID-19
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his wife, Dame Edith, have contracted COVID-19. The governor made the announcement via his social media pages on Wednesday. ...
Read More »Rivers’ horror house: Police dig out four bodies from septic tank
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed four decomposed bodies of kidnapped victims from a septic tank in the State. ...
Read More »Gov. Akeredolu tests positive for COVID-19
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has tested positive for coronavirus. ...
Read More »Coronavirus hits Osun cabinet, SSG tests positive, others at risk
The Government of the State of Osun on Tuesday confirmed that its Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prince Wole Oyebamiji, and some of his staff have tested positive for Coronavirus.
Read More »Nigeria records 17 deaths in single day as COVID-19 cases jump to 25,694
Seventeen people died of COVID-19 in the various isolation centres of Nigeria in the last 24 hours, the NCDC announced on Tuesday. ...
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