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The Guild of Medical Directors and Rights Activists have called on the Federal Government to immortalise and confer National Honours on the Late Dr Stella Adadevoh. They made the call on Sunday, during a commemorative thanksgiving service to honour her life and legacy at the First Baptist Church in Abuja. Dr Stella died on August […]
Nigeria and Russia Thursday in Sochi, Russia, signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will enable both countries’ oil giants, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Russia’s Lukeoil to elevate commercial relationship to a government-to-government backed partnership. With the signing of the MoU, NNPC and Lukeoil will work together in upstream operations and revamp […]
Jurgen Klopp moved to allay fears over Mohamed Salah’s left ankle problem saying his departure five minutes before the end of Premier League leaders Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur was a precautionary measure. The 27-year-old Egyptian star — who had missed the previous match with Manchester United due to the injury — scored the […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s relief at Manchester United securing their first Premier League away win in eight months over struggling Norwich has been tempered by the “hurt” he has felt over their results this season, he told the BBC. The 46-year-old Norwegian has enjoyed a rare week of good results beginning with a draw against Premier […]
Aishatu Jummai Balewa, the last surviving wife of the late Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is dead. She died on Sunday, October 27 at a Lagos hospital at the age of 85, during a protracted illness. The funeral prayer will be held for the deceased on Monday 28th October 2019 at the Emir’s palace […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). Under the theme, ‘‘What’s Next for Global Business?’’, the event, which holds from October 29-31, will focus on three key pillars: Sustainable Future, […]
Property worth millions of Naira have been destroyed by flood in Dampar community of Ibi local government area of Taraba state. The flood which is said to have commenced late Saturday night has rendered many of the residents homeless and forced them to take refuge in IDP camps, relations apartments. Though no loss of life, […]
Nigeria’s first female science graduate, Lady Deborah Jibowu, is dead. She was aged 95 years. The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode. According to him, Lady Jibowu was reputed for being the first Nigerian female science graduate, having graduated from the […]
The United Nations has advised the Nigerian government to step up its fight against insurgency as military action is not enough to address the situation in the North East. UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, gave the advice in a statement. The UN humanitarian chief who visited Nigeria recently said […]
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has drawn the attention of the Technical Committee on security for the 19 Northern states to focus attention on finding solutions to the four critical and lingering problems rocking the region. These include banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping and Boko Haram insurgency. The governor was speaking at the opening of the […]
