Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 18th January 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 18th January 2021 .
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$5 Million Bribe to Malami: Akpabio threatens court action over fake News
The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio said his attention has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that he paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta DevelopmentRead More
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LASEMA identifies faulty cooking gas cylinder as cause of Ijesha fire — DG
A building on Market Street, off Ijesha, in Surulere, Lagos, housing nine apartments and 12 shops, was on Saturday evening, gutted by fire, caused by a faulty cooking gas valve that exploded, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). In a post-disaster evaluation, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s Director General, disclosed on SundayRead More
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Videos, pictures, reactions as students resume school today
By Nwafor Sunday Students have resumed school today. Reactions have trailed the reopening of schools as covid-19 pandemic surges. As at today, Nigeria has recorded 110,387 coronavirus infections. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has also confirmed a total number of 1,435 deaths since coronavirus came to Nigeria on February, 2020. Videos and picturesRead More
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Notore shuts down 500,000mtpa Onne fertilizer plant
Notore Chemical Industries Plc has shut down its 500,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) fertiliser plant in Onne, Rivers state ahead of its turnaround maintenance (TAM). In a statement signed by Otivbo Saleh, the company secretary, the TAM would restore the plant to its nameplate capacity, thereby improving productivity and profitability. READ ALSOJigawa assemblyRead More
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NDLEA intercepts 21.9kg of cocaine in NAIA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit substance concealedRead More
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Give youths opportunity to lead, Archbishop Kaigama begs Buhari
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Revd. Ignatius Kaigama, on Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to create opportunities for youths to take the leadership positions at all levels of government and economy for the progress of the nation. Kaigama, who made the call during his homily in Abuja, noted that despiteRead More
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Jigawa assembly member, Babban Bare, is dead
By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A member of the Jigawa state house of assembly representing Kafin-Hausa constituency, Hon. Adamu Babban Bare (APC) is reported dead. The Chairman House Committee on information, Hon. Aminu Zakari Tsubut, who disclosed the news in Dutse, said the house received with great shock the demise of one of their patrioticRead More
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Biden’s team calls for release of Russian activist Navalny
The team of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday called for the release of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny after he was detained upon arrival at a Moscow airport, as the Trump administration remained quiet on the subject. “Mr Navalny should be immediately released, and the perpetrators of the outrageous attack on his life must beRead More
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COVID-19: NCDC records 1,444 new infections, total now 110,387
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,154,138 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. AccordingRead More
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Play It Dream It: FAME foundation signs MoU with FCT football association
FAME Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FCT Football Association under the PLAY it DREAM it Initiative, to mentor and equipped under-served and Internally Displaced Girls within the FCT with life skills, which in turn will result in the education of the girls, reduction in the occurrences of early marriage and increasingRead More
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