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HYPADEC: MD pledges to fulfills 48 promises to host communities
From Olanrewaju Lawal,Birnin Kebbi The pioneer Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa has pledged to fulfill promises made to host communities 48 years ago. Yelwa, who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after a valedictory reception organised in his honour at Government House, …
The Sun Nigeria.
Counter-insurgency: US donates over $325,000 equipment to Nigeria Police
From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja In a bid to ensure the success of the fight against terrorism in the northeast, the office of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the United States Embassy, has donated equipment valued at over $325,000 to the Nigerian Police Force. The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, in …
The Sun Nigeria.
ITF, NDA partners on capacity building
ITF, NDA partners on capacity building From Gyang Bere, Jos The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna for research and capacity development to enhence staff performance to boost the nation’s economy. The Director General of ITF, Joseph N. Ari during the signing …
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Kebbi govt. signs into laws death sentences for kidnappers, life imprisonment for rapists
From Olanrewaju Lawal,Birnin Kebbi Kebbi state Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has signed into law a bill for life imprisonment for rapists and death sentences for kidnappers in the state. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Hajiya Rahmatu Gulma, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on …
The Sun Nigeria.
Happening Now: New Navy Chief, Gambo set to take over
The newly appointed Chit of Naval Staff(CNS), Rear Admiral Gambo, is set to take over office. The CNS, who arrived the Naval headquarters in Abuja at about ten o’clock in the morning was received by principal staff officers of the navy after inspecting the quarter guard mounted in his honor. Gambo, is presently meeting with …
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Ekhomu advises security chiefs to project victory over insurgency
Security expert, Mr Ona Ekhomu has advised the newly appointed military chiefs in the country to project victory over the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast, banditry in the Northwest and other sundry challenges in the country. Ekhomu said that by making a prediction of victory and focusing on its achieve-ment, the military chiefs may …
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Buhari seeks NASS confirmation for service chiefs
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated the appointment of the Service Chiefs to the National Assembly and has sought for the confirmation of the appointment. In a statement by by the Senior Special Assistant to the President of National Assembly Affairs (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, Buhari in his letter to the …
The Sun Nigeria.
Ada, Ibadan host Oyinlola at 70 tourney
THE President of the Nigeria Golf Federation, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, come February 3, will turn 70 and expectedly golf Captains of Clubs across the country are falling over each another to honour him with a birthday tourney. Two tourneys, one at the Miccom Golf Club, Ada and another at the Ibadan Golf Club are already …
The Sun Nigeria.
BIDEN’S LIKELY POLICY ORIENTATION TOWARD AFRICA
THE inauguration of the President Joseph Biden administration has gener- ated much global interest. Its implica- tions for Africa are highly anticipated. It helps, therefore, to examine United States’ current national context, the views of its leaders on Africa, and the recent history of Africa-United States relations. The Biden administration has come to power at …
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War against terror: The Buratai years
I HAD a heated verbal brawl with a classmate of mine a few months after I was enrolled in a boarding primary school on the northern fringes of old Kano State. I was only six years old, and was in a boarding primary school belonging to Christian missionaries. The experience was weird, and I was …
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COVID-19 2nd wave: Delta imposes fresh curfew
Worried by the rising cases of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Delta government, Friday imposed a fresh curfew in the state taking immediate effect as part of measures to check resurgence of the ravaging pandemic. The state government in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, …
JUST IN: More stranded Nigerians arrive from S’Arabia
Another batch of 424 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia has arrive the country. The Saudi Air flight that brought them, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 11:58 am Friday. This is the third mercy flight organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NICDOM) this week after more than 300 …
Police arrest 13-year-old boy in Lagos for raping six-year-old girl repeatedly
The police in Lagos State have arrested a 13-year-old boy for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl several times in the Ikotun area of the state. It was learnt that the boy (name withheld), was caught by residents on Alamu Olaleye Street, Governor’s Road, Ikotun, last Saturday when he again defiled the girl. The victim …
Cicely Tyson dies at age 96, Tyler Perry calls her grandmother he never had
Renowned movie producer and actor, Tyler Perry has penned down a heartfelt tribute to his old friend and colleague, Cicely Tyson as she passes away at age 96. The entertainment Mogul said Cecily Tyson is a grandmother he never had. Tyson and Perry, 51, worked together on several films beginning with 2005’s Diary of …
Bitcoin soars 14% after Elon Musk namecheck on Twitter
Bitcoin jumped as much as 14% on Friday to a two-week high after Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk tagged the cryptocurrency in his Twitter biography. Musk wrote simply “#bitcoin” in his biography on the social media site. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency was up 10.2% at $36,901 as of 1005 GMT. The billionaire entrepreneur, followed …
JUST IN: Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills
A Dutch appeals court on Friday ordered oil giant Shell to pay compensation in a case brought by four Nigerian farmers who alleged widespread pollution on their land. “Shell Nigeria is sentenced to compensate farmers for damages,” the court said, adding that parent company Royal Dutch Shell was also liable to install equipment to …
Court sacks Kogi lawmaker over unlawful nomination
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked the lawmaker representing Ibaji constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that Egbunu, who won a bye-election that was conducted for the constituency on December 5, 2020, with …
Man bags 25 years imprisonment for defiling girl, 13
Muritala Ayinla Lagos State Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja has sentenced one Nura Asumoge to 25 years imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old minor in Lagos. The defendant was earlier arraigned by the Lagos State government on a one-count charge in 2018. Nura Asumoge, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was said to have …
COVID-19 2nd wave: PTF mulls lockdown in Abuja, Lagos, Plateau
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 is considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; as well as Lagos and Plateau States. PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, who stated this on Friday, described as alarming, the rising cases of infections recorded in the three urban areas. Muhammed said data showed that urban local …
Swedish fund’s fading Nigeria bet latest sign of foreign exit
Tundra Fonder AB’s Sustainable Frontier Fund has cut its holdings of Nigerian stocks by more than half within a year in another sign that foreign investors have lost patience with the government’s handling of the economy. The Stockholm-based money manager’s fund had a 7% weighting in Lagos-traded bank stocks as of December, down from 15% …
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