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It was music, dance and drama at the closing ceremony of a two-day training workshop for the National Troupe of Nigeria’s newly recruited staff and artistes, recently.
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has found Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) guilty of violating consumer protection laws on Thursday. FCCPC, in a statement signed by it management, accused the two companies of misleading trade descriptions, unfair marketing tactics, and failure to comply with regulatory requirements. The investigation,…
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Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state after the protest against economic hardship turned violent, leading to vandalism and looting within the state. The governor announced the curfew in a broadcast at the government house on Thursday, few hours after video footage shows the level of violence during the…
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Thursday’s nationwide protest over economic hardship affected interstate transport activities in Lagos State as most transport companies did not operate. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some motor parks, reports that their activities were paralysed. READ ALSO:Protesters demand electricity tariff, fuel subsidy reversal At the popular Mazamaza Motor Park, where almost all…
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The Equity International Initiative and Citizens Coalition Against Corruption, two of the groups leading the ”End Bad Governance” have called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse the electricity tariff hike and restore fuel subsidy. The group made the call on Thursday in Jos, while briefing newsmen on the ongoing ten-day protests across the country. The…
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A plane carrying the body of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel, landed in Doha Thursday after a public funeral in Iran, Qatar-based network Al Jazeera reported. Haniyeh, who had resided in exile in the Gulf state with other members of Hamas's political office, is to be buried…
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Zambia announced Thursday it will import electricity from neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe as drought slashes hydropower output, leading to blackouts of up to 16 hours a day. The state-owned power company ZESCO will procure 218 megawatts of power from South Africa's Eskom and the Zimbabwe Power Company, Energy Minister Makozo Chikote said. "The electricity…
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Civil rights activist and former National Assembly lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has condemned the violence and looting by hoodlums in Kano, as protesters took to the streets against hardship and bad governance in the country. The ex-lawmaker cautioned the protesters in Kaduna to be peaceful and law-abiding as they engage in protest. Sani, who took…
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Reports have emerged about clashes between Protesters and some youths in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital during the hardship protest. The end bad governance protesters who were accompanied by two police vans were allegedly attacked unexpectedly from behind with bottles, planks of wood and other weapons, by those alleged to be against the protest. The security…
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Residents of Abuja who left their homes for work today have been stranded due to the sudden hike in transportation. For instance, the cost of transportation from Kubwa to Jabi used to be N600, now it is N1200. Berger Junction used to be N500, but now it is pegged at N1000. Berger to Suleja, formerly…
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Zamfara State Government says it has paid the sum of N7.3 billion gratuities to retired local government and state civil servants in the state The Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Idris, made this known in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday. Idris said the state government instituted a committee…