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NITP blames Govt over poor city planning
From Okey Sampson, Umuahia The Nation Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has blamed governments across the nation for poor city planning and springing up of slumps in major cities of the country. National president of the Institute, Olutoye Ayinde, gave the blame in Umuahia, the Abia State capital during a tour of the state. Ayinde,
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Adeboye visits Gov Bello in Kogi
From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye was this morning at the Kogi State government house, Lokoja where he paid a courtesy visit on governor Yahaya Bello. He is currently in the state to hold a meeting with the ordained ministers of the church who
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Abia Govt warns monarch, others over street trading
From Okey Sampson, Umuahia Abia State Government has vowed to sanction the traditional ruler of Aba-na-ohazu, Eze Sunday Emejiaka and others who encourage trading across drain lines on Ngwa Road, Aba. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chris Ezem warned that Government would seize and destroy such wares displayed in wrong
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1,002 new corps members take oath of allegiance in Kebbi
From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi About 1,002 batch A stream 2 Corps members of 2021 deployed to Kebbi State by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have took oath of allegiance at the scheme permanent orientation camp, Dakingari, in Suru Local Government of the state. While addressing the Corps members, the State Coordinator, Alhaji Mustapha
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Plane Crash: Kalu condoles with Nigerian Army over loss of Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru, others
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the Nigerian army over the demise of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, who died alongside other military personnel in a plane crash on Friday near Kaduna International airport, Kaduna state. Expressing shock and sadness over
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Tension in Cross River as APC takes over PDP secretariat
From Judex Okoro, Calabar There is tension and palpable fear among the political class as All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken over the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secretariat located at 42A Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar Municipality. This is coming barely three days after Governor Ben Ayade had defected to the ruling APC and commended
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Kebbi Contributory health agency enrolls 33,938 beneficiaries
From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi The Kebbi State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KECHEMA) has enrolled 33,938 beneficiaries of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) program into the National Health Insurance Scheme in the state. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of KECHEMA,Alhaji Aliyu Jajirma confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin
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Attahiru boosted Nigerians’ confidence in fight against insecurity – Governors
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The governors of the 36 states of the federation on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have described as shocking and utter disbelief the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday evening. In a statement
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Again suspected herdsmen kill eight in Benue community
From Rose Ejembi, Makurdi No fewer than eight persons including a traditional ruler, have been reportedly killed by suspected armed Herdsmen during a midnight attack on Tse-Ancha community in Makurdi Local government of Benue State. The attack on Tse-Ancha community which is located less than a kilometre from Abagena IDP Camp is coming about three
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Attahiru’s death shocking, painful – Ortom
From Rose Ejembi, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has described the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru in an air crash on Friday as shocking and quite painful. The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, further noted that the loss of Lt General Attahiru and
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Abiodun Aleja, Nollywood actor, is dead
Abiodun Aleja, Nigerian actor and filmmaker better known for his role in ‘October 1’, a movie by Kunle Afolayan, has passed away. Imoh Umoren, Nigerian filmmaker, broke the news via his Twitter page on Saturday. “RIP Mr. Abiodun Aleja. You gave me the cameras to shoot my first pilot and all through my
Plane crash: Bodies of officers arrive church in Abuja
Bodies of Air Force officers killed in a plane crash in Kaduna have arrived at the Protestant church, Airforce base, Abuja. The five officers were in the entourage of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru who died in the ill-fated aircraft. The bodies were brought to the NAF base where the funeral
Protesters storm Akure, demand Yoruba nation
Again, agitators for the independence of the Yoruba nation stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday. In a video that has now gone viral, the protesters gathered at Isinkan Roundabout, Akure, calling for self-determination. They brandished posters that read, “Support Orile Ede Yoruba”. One of the agitators, who identified himself as Tosin, said:
Investment in infrastructure: The GOtv Nigeria example
Palang Yakubu Investing in Nigeria, as every prospective investor is aware, promises enormous dividends. On account of the country’s huge population, the largest on the continent, there is a vast market for any product or service. This makes investment commitment in Nigeria so appealing. But reaping the dividends available from the large market, in
Gunmen kill 2 NSCDC officers, cart away arms in Anambra
Gunmen on Friday evening killed two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), burnt vehicles and carted away weapons at Nneyi outpost, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source said that the gunmen stormed the NSCDC in Nneyi outpost and started shooting sporadically and in the process killed
Rise of Isis means Boko Haram’s decline is no cause for celebration
For more than a decade, Nigerian security services and their international supporters have struggled to end Boko Haram’s brutal reign of terror over north-eastern Nigeria. But few observers of the conflict are celebrating – even though it appears increasingly likely that Abubakar Shekau, the Islamist extremist movement’s notoriously violent leader, is dead, its strongholds overrun and remaining
Decline in revenue pushes FAAC disbursement drop by N63bn to N616bn in May
The three tiers of government shared a total of N616.886 billion received from the federation accounts allocation committee (FAAC) as revenue for the month of April. Henshaw Ogubike, Director of Information, Press and Public Relations, at the office of accountant general of the federation (OAGF), disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Of the
COVID-19: Millions of AstraZeneca doses head to Mexico under Latin America plan
Mexico will receive some 4 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots by the end of next week, a senior Mexican official said on Friday, shipments that could help Latin America fight the virus more quickly. An air cargo of around 1.3 million doses that arrived in Mexico from the United States on Thursday night was
Japan bullet train driver in trouble after leaving cockpit for toilet break
A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left the cockpit of a speeding bullet train for several minutes to go to the toilet. He had asked a conductor, who did not have a driver’s licence, to man the train which was travelling at 150km/h (93mph), according to local media. The Hikari 633
Klopp: City wouldn’t have won title with similar injury issues
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said Manchester City would not have won the Premier League this season if they had had to deal with an injury crisis like that of the Merseyside club. Liverpool were without central defenders Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez for most of the campaign due to knee injuries, while Joel
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