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Gas price increased 101% in one year — NBS
The price of cooking gas on a year-on-year basis increased by 101.17 per cent in August 2022 compared with August 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Average price of 5kg cooking gas increased from N4,397.68 in July to N4,456.56 in August. The NBS made the assertion in its Cooking Gas Price Watch issued on
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Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019
Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende. “The confirmed case is a 24-year-old male… (who) presented with EVD symptoms and later succumbed,” the ministry said on Twitter, using an abbreviation for Ebola virus disease. In
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Flood displaces Nigerians as Cameroon opens dams
The operators of Lagdo Dam, in the Republic of Cameroon, have opened up the dam for the release of excess water. With the recent rainfall witnessed in Nigeria, coupled with the opening of the dam, over 100,000 Nigerians have been displaced, at least 300 killed and more than 500,000 others affected in the past few
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Jigawa police arrest two suspected kidnappers, recover weapons
The Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group, have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse. Shiisu said the suspects, aged between 35 and 40,
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PDP chieftains, others defect to APC in Kebbi
The All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State, on Monday, received prominent politicians who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to its fold. The defected persons included former Auditor-General of the party, Alhaji Rabiu Sa’idu, former Secretary, Caretaker Committee of the party, Alhaji Sirajo Ibrahim and 15 other PDP executive members from Bubuce ward in Augie
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250,000 viewed Queen’s coffin at lying-in-state – UK govt
Around a quarter of a million people queued round the clock to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it lay in state, the United Kingdom government said Tuesday, a day after her elaborate state funeral. Following a public holiday for the funeral, political and business life was resuming and workers were busy clearing
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UN releases $10m aid for acute malnutrition in North-East
The United Nation’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has announced the release of 10 million dollars under the Central Emergency Response Fund for urgent aid to victims in the North-East Nigeria food and nutrition crisis. This is contained in a statement by OCHA in Maiduguri on Monday. The UN says no less than 1.74
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Without restructuring, no progress for Nigeria -Rev Okotie
The Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has stated that the 2023 presidential election will not produce the change desired by Nigerians. Okotie, who said this during an interview with the Silverbird TV, insisted that meaningful change could only happen after the country undergoes restructuring. This was contained in a statement made
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Group rejects Yahaya Bello as APC youth coordinator
A youth group under the aegis of Presidential Support Council, has rejected the appointment of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, as the National Youth Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council for the 2023 general election. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu had approved the Bello’s appointment to lead youths of the party
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Lagos teacher jailed seven years for fondling student
A 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, was on Monday, sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old student within a school premises. The convict was charged with defilement. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of defilement against the convict, as the victim
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