Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 8th April 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 8th April 2021 .
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Breaking: 50 arms-bearing herdsmen arrested in 3 states
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested 50 arms-bearing herdsmen. “We arrested 50 illegally armed herdsmen and realised that some of them are into cattle rustling and kidnapping,’’ Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday in Abuja He made the declaration while presenting licences to private guardRead More
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Edo threatens to end Sports Festival over lack of funds
The Local Organising Committee has threatened to shut down the National Sports Festival over the failure of the Federal Government to release funds. Coordinator of Media and Publicity, National Sports Festival, Ebomhiana Musa, confirmed in a statement after a meeting if the LOC. He said that the Federal Government had promised to make funds availableRead More
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TRIBUTE: ‘Innocent Chukwuma lived well, but departed too early’
Dr Freedom Onuoha Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. Ernest Hemingway. I got to hear of Innocent Chukwuma from Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu back in 2005 when I was on my Master’s Degree programme in theRead More
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FG urges resident doctors to call off strike
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, has appealed to the resident doctors to call off their strike in the interest of patients that needed care at this critical time
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UAC records N7.1bn capital returns to shareholders
By Peter Egwuatu UAC Plc has recorded capital returns of N7.1 billion for its shareholders in the audited financial year ended December 31, 2020. The audited results for the year under review according to the dispatch sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE showed that revenue up three per cent from 2019 figure despite COVID-19Read More
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Development: Enugu community unites for Ugwuanyi
…Describe governor as exceptional leader The people of Ibagwa-Ani, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, led by the member representing Nsukka West State Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Emma Ugwuerua, the former Transition Committee Chairman of the Council, Hon. Onyema Idoko, among other leaders, yesterday, converged on the GovernmentRead More
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Ondo varsity unions begin indefinite strike over unpaid salaries, others
Labour unions at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and other issues
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UCH delivers first IVF triplets
By Ola Ajayi THE University College Hospital, Ibadan, yesterday took delivery of the first In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, triplets. It was gathered that the procedure for the delivery commenced at about 1pm and took about 46 minutes. The hospital’s communication team said in a statement: ‘’The mother and the babies, all females, are in goodRead More
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Politicians sponsored Imo attacks — UZODIMMA
…Counters police on IPOB involvement Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has said some aggrieved politicians are behind the recent attacks on police stations and a correctional facility in the state. He said the politicians’ objective is to destablise the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. The governor spoke yesterday while featuring on Politics Today, aRead More
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Alakija drops out of 2021 Forbes list of billionaires
Nigeria now has only three billionaires on 2021 Forbes list of world billionaires, with the dropping off of Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited, Folorunso Alakija. This is the second time in a row she is dropping off the list. Released on Tuesday, the new list has Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote group; MikeRead More
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