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“What will the Sports Minister John Owen Enoh tell President Bola Tinubu now that Nigeria failed to win a single medal at the Paris Olympics?” That was the big question by the chairman of Gombe State Athletics Association, Shuiabu Gara-Gombe, on Friday, shortly after World Record holder, Tobi Amusan, failed to qualify for the final…
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A passenger plane with 61 people on board crashed in Brazil’s São Paulo state on Thursda, with all passengers and crew dead. “There are no survivors,” Col Emerson Massera of the Brazilian military police told reporters at the crash site in the city of Vinhedo late on Thursday. According to Massera the fire had been…
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Governor Alex Otti of Abia has clarified the nagging issues surrounding some deductions in the salaries of some civil servants in the state. Otti made the clarification at the Government House, Umuahia, on Friday night during his monthly media interaction with newsmen. He said that the government had conducted investigations in response to the complaints…
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Governor Alex Otti of Abia has said that the State Government will soon make a pronouncement on a new retirement age for nurses in the state from 60 years to 65 years. Otti said this on Friday night at the Government House, Umuahia during his monthly interactive session with newsmen. He said that the measure…
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The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 17-year old boy, who was electrocuted while working with his step-father at a building construction site. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the mother of…
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The University of Benin (UNIBEN )has said that Sen. Daisy Ehanire-Danjuma was the donor of the newly inaugurated girls hostel in the institution. It also said that the lady was undertaking the construction of a second hostel. The university made the clarification in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, and…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has summoned an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting following the alleged invasion of its headquarters by armed security agencies on Wednesday night. A notice of the meeting obtained by The Guardian showed that the meeting would be held virtually today (Saturday) at 4pm.The Guardian gathered that the meeting was summoned to…
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Over the years, Lagos has been the hotbed of revolt and dissension in Nigeria, even after the Federal capital moved to Abuja. It was not so in the last protest dubbed hunger protest, even though key players and a number of conveners are Lagos based. It is not clear whether interventions by the state government pre…
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The Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria has said that without an effective, efficient, and vibrant midstream and downstream sectors, investments in the upstream sector would become meaningless. The Chairman, SPE Nigerian Council, Salahudeen Tahir,who stated this at a media parley during the closing of Nigeria Annual International Conference & Exhibition (NAICE) 2024, in Lagos,…
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• Nigerians Count Gains, Losses Of Exercise • Say It’s A Warning To Ruling Class To Curb Luxurious Lifestyle As the 10-day #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest ends today, Nigerians are counting their gains and losses, even as they are naming the heroes and villains of the exercise, and sharing the lessons learnt. Despite assurances that…
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•Seek Synergy, Action Against Abuse The First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, and the wife of the governor of Enugu State, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, have flagged off the 2024 Annual August Meeting in Enugu State, calling for synergy and action against all forms of abuse. Tinubu and Mbah commended the August Meeting initiative as a veritable…