Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 4th October 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 4th October 2021 .
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Eleven authors emerge for 2021 Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the shortlist of 11 competing for this year’s edition of the Prize worth $100,000.
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Defence ministry says video on its minister fake, mischievous
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the online video trending showing a man hanging an AK-47 Riffle purported to be him is mischievous
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Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing as Anambra’s signature feat
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, which Africa’s greatest raconteur and novelist founded at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, the Anambra State Government has endowed a N1 million-worth Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing.
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Buhari mourns foremost lawyer, Ladi Williams
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of late Rotimi Williams over the passing of their eldest son, Ladi Williams, on Sunday.
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AAF launches Artist Solidarity Fund
The African Artists’ Foundation, AAF, has announced the launch of the Artist Solidarity Fund, a series of grants which the Foundation is empowered to disburse by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.
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NNPC denies conducting recruitment exercise
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday said it is not conducting a recruitment exercise as reported in some social media
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NSCDC arrests suspected kidnapping syndicate collaborator, recover pistol
NSCDC has arrested a suspected kidnapping syndicate collaborator and informant operating within Enugu metropolis and its environs
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BREAKING: Nigerian doctors call off strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called off its month-long strike, set to resume on Wednesday.
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Alarm, as FG chokes private sector out of bonds market
Indications have emerged that the Federal Government’s bond issues are squeezing the private sector out of the bonds market as it has raised over N4.7 trillion, far above what private sector organisations have been able to raise from the Nigerian capital market, Year-to-Date, YtD August 2021.
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Rotimi Williams’ son, Ladi, dies of COVID-19 at 74
Ladi Williams, SAN, eldest son of legal icon, late Rotimi Williams, SAN, has died of Covid-19 complications at age 74.
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