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Nigeria, US to sign agreement on cultural property trafficking
The Federal Government and the United States of America have agreed to sign a bilateral agreement stopping illicit trafficking in cultural property and artefacts. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Washington DC after a closed-door meeting with the US Acting Assistant Secretary of State on Education and Culture, Mr…
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Full list: UI, Covenant, OAU emerge top universities in Nigeria
The University of Ibadan, Covenant University, and Obafemi Awolowo University have been ranked top in Nigeria by Webometrics in its latest rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that no Nigerian university was among the top 1,000 in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, UI rated 1,196 in the world. Private-owned covenant University, which…
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Fed Poly Mubi student allegedly kills, buries pregnant girlfriend
A male student of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State, who allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend and buried her corpse in a shallow grave has been arraigned in court. The suspect, Mumuni Abubakar, and two other suspected accomplices — Huzaifa Shuaibu and Rabiu Adamu — also arraigned by the Police, reportedly connived and gruesomely murdered…
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BREAKING: 15 Kaduna Baptist students freed by bandits
Fifteen kidnapped students of the Bethel Baptist High School have been released by bandits. Recall that the bandits released 28 of the students on Sunday, July 25, after N50m ransom was paid, and 20 days in captivity. The students were 121 in number, according to the president of the Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Jangado,…
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Doctors’ strike: NARD rejects new MoU with FG
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has rejected the new Memorandum of Understanding presented by the Federal Government. The NARD National President, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting with the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…
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SERAP sues Buhari, others over ‘missing N106bn in 149 MDAs’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), “over his failure to probe allegations that N106bn of public funds are missing from 149 ministries, departments and agencies.” The suit followed the grim allegations by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in his 2018 annual…
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Implications of arms transporter Likita Abubakar’s arrest for Plateau -Rep Bagos
A member of the National Assembly representing Jos South/Jos East Federal constituency of Plateau, Dachung Bagos, says that persons he described as “Fulani terrorists” have “declared war on the people” of the state with the arrest of Likita Abubakar. The Nasarawa State Police Command on Saturday arrested one Likita Abubakar, a 35-year-old man who was…
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FG to deploy 5G network soon –Pantami
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy says it will soon deploy the Five Generation network in Nigeria for increased connectivity. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Abuja when he featured on FORUM, a special News Agency of Nigeria interview programme. The minister said that the decision…
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Boxing: Pacquiao beaten by Ugas on return to ring at 42
Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas sent Manny Pacquiao spinning to a dramatic upset defeat on Saturday, outclassing the Filipino boxing icon with a composed unanimous points victory at the T-Mobile Arena. In his first fight after a two-year absence from the ring, Pacquiao was made to look every bit of his 42 years as the younger Ugas…
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Police arrest lady over attacks on South-East security formations, others
The Nigeria Police Force has said it has arrested a 22-year-old lady, Gloria Okolie, in connection to the attacks on security formations and critical national infrastructures in the South-East which saw the death of security operatives. Okolie’s case had generated interest from Nigerians after she was reportedly apprehended to track down a suspected member of…
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