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21 Mar 2024
The digital age has made access to romantic relationships increase online, with dating apps becoming the meeting point. However, a recent study by Incogni, a data security firm, has highlighted a less romantic side of this search. The analysis reveals that users of popular dating apps are potentially compromising their privacy in the pursuit of…
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The Katsina State Government said it has spent over N36 billion to procure 20,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser during the 2024 farming season, among other farming activities. It added that it had also provided 722 motorcycles and knapsack sprayers for use of 722 extension workers, deployed to serve in 361 wards across the state, to…
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Some traders, especially fruit sellers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried continuous low sales of their wares. The traders in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to address the high cost of living which was affecting their businesses. According to them,…
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The Katsina State Government has said it expended over N5.8 billion to construct and rehabilitate dams and water schemes with the view to providing water for consumption and irrigation activities in the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Farouk Jobe, who stated this while briefing newsmen on Sunday, also said a sum of N2.3 billion…
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Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has presented cheques worth $25,000 to 10 communities each, amounting to over N375 million, as a community revolving fund to farmer groups on Saturday. The fund was provided by the World Bank-assisted ‘Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project’, to enable the beneficiaries to invest in climate-smart rain-fed agriculture.…
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A suspected cultist was reportedly shot dead in a supremacy battle between rival groups in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. The incident occurred at the Gambia Street axis in Mile 2 Diobu, where members of the Castle and BloodStar houses of the Deebam cult group clashed. Eyewitnesses claimed that the…
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Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba on Sunday said that his administration intended to build a new general hospital in Wukari and name it after Chief David Kente. Kefas made the declaration at the thanks giving Service marking 60th birthday of Kente, at the Christian Reform Church of Nigeria (CRCN), in Wukari, Taraba. The governor therefore,…
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Despite the withdrawal of criminal charges against him, activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi has revealed that he is still weighing his legal options regarding his 21-day incarceration and the series of legal battles he has endured. Speaking on The Duke Rants podcast, Farotimi detailed the irregularities surrounding his arrest and highlighted the ongoing civil lawsuits…
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has issued a stern warning to politicians who politicize security issues in the state, urging them to stop jeopardising the safety of citizens for political gain. Governor Sani expressed his concerns on Sunday, asserting that the actions of these politicians, who use insecurity as a means to further their political…
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President Bola Tinubu commiserates with the family of Mrs Ebunoluwa Oyagbola, the educationist, diplomat, and a former Minister of National Planning, who passed away at 94. The President also condoled with the government and people of Ogun State on the loss of their illustrious daughter, an eminent citizen of Nigeria, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s…
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Unknown gunmen at the weekend killed a popular building materials merchant in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State. The deceased, identified as Ismaila Awoyinka, was shot at close range by some unknown persons at the entrance of his house shortly after observing the Tarawih prayer on the first day…