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19 Apr 2024
The tourism industry is worth billions of dollars in yearly returns globally. Yet, despite her unique potential in rare natural tourism that is in high demand year-round, Nigeria is still obscure on the global tourism map and this has become a perennial worry for stakeholders...
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Renowned Nigerian writer and literary icon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has revealed that she welcomed twin boys in 2024. The celebrated author, known for bestsellers like Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, shared that she chose to keep their birth private to protect her family’s privacy. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian’s Charlotte Edwardes,…
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The 2025 Bafta Awards took place on Sunday, February 16, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, celebrating the best in film. Below is the full list of winners: Best Film Winner: Conclave Nominees: Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez Outstanding British Film Winner: Conclave Nominees: Bird, Blitz, Gladiator 2, Hard Truths, Kneecap,…
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A dramatic scene unfolded at the 10th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, on Saturday when the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general election, Omoyele Sowore, allegedly took over the seat reserved for Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Eko Atlantic finish point of the race.
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Uncertainties have continued to plague land registration processes in states due to delays, high costs of documentation, official corruption, long duration and administrative hiccups.
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The President of MAAUN Group of Universities, Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has congratulated Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, on his emergence as the African Union (AU) Chairperson. Gwarzo urged Youssouf to prioritise Africa’s unity and independence, cautioning against aligning with Western interests that may hinder the continent’s development. The election, which saw Youssouf…
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Ahead of 2027, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday threatened to constitute a 'shadow government' to expose the failures of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's administration in Kano. The Patriotic Volunteers, a group within the Kano chapter of APC, insisted that the option of a shadow government has become necessary to put Kano on…
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A popular entertainer and entrepreneur, Obinna Simon, popularly known as MC Tagwaye, has joined the race for the next chairmanship of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, between this year and early next year, conduct the chairmanship election in the nation's capital, along with the governorship election in Anambra…
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About ten people, including children, lost their lives in a fatal accident involving a cement-laden truck in Nnewi, Anambra State.
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Stakeholders have called on the National Assembly to pass the National Building Code into law as part of efforts to stem building collapse in the country.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), through its subsidiary, NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML), has agreed to take a 15 per cent equity shareholding in Starzs Gas Limited’s two million standard cubic feet per day (2mmscf/d) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mother station in Iwhrekan, Ugheli South Local Council of Delta State.