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Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with ex-Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon on the occasion of his 85th birthday, describing him as a courageous ...
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Onoja replaces Achuba as Kogi Deputy Governor
The running mate to Governor Yahaya Bello in the November 16 governorship election for Kogi State, Edward Onoja, will be sworn in on Saturday as the new Deputy Governor of the state ...
Read More »Achuba defies removal as Kogi Deputy Governor
Simon Achuba has insisted that he is the Deputy Governor of Kogi State ...
Read More »Nwodo calls for urgent action to quench Onitsha market fire
The President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nwodo, has called on relevant agencies to help quench the fire still burning at a section of Ochanja ...
Read More »WANEP expresses concern over continuous violence, abuse against Nigerian girl-child
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP- Nigeria) has expressed deep concern over issues still besieging the girl child in Nigeria. WANEP said issues ...
Read More »FG, labour unions strike new minimum wage deal
The Federal Government and organised labour on Thursday finally agreed on the percentage increase on the consequential adjustment in workers’ salaries as a result of the new minimum wage of N30,000 ...
Read More »Nigeria’s debt burden understated at N25.7tr, says Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday said there are debts owed by states and government enterprises that have not been captured in the N25.7 trillion recently declared as total national ...
Read More »Jonathan-led AU observers declare Mozambique elections peaceful, transparent
The African Union has described Mozambique’s October 15, 2019 general elections as peaceful and conducted in a transparent manner. The Union which deployed a team of ...
Read More »Metuh to face trial over alleged destruction of evidence
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, has lost his bid to stop his trial before the High ...
Read More »Ondo State First Lady, US Commercial Counselor for Lagos Women Fitness Fair
The Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Chief Mrs. Betty Akeredolu and the Acting Commercial Counselor of the United States to Nigeria, Mrs. Christine Kelley, ...
Read More »FG makes new minimum wage offer to avert labour strike
The federal government made a new offer to the organised labour to avert industrial action by the workers during a protracted negotiation which lasted till 2.05 a.m this morning ...
Read More »Buhari slashes foreign trips, allowances for ministers, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the number and duration of foreign trips for ministers and other categories of government officials in a move described as cost saving measure to achieve fiscal prudence ...
Read More »Unknown assailants stab Nigerian to death in South Africa
A forty-one-year-old Nigerian man has been stabbed to death in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal Province following an altercation over cell phone repairs ...
Read More »Two die as Anambra govt probes Ochanga market fire
The Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has sympathised the family of a woman and her child who was burnt to death in a truck accident at Ochanga market in Onitsha, the state capital ...
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