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FG to fund 53 road projects with N150bn Sukuk bond
The Federal Government said it would use the net proceeds of its ongoing N150 billion Sukuk issuance to fund some 53 road projects across the country. Director General, Debt Management Office Ms. Patience Oniha disclosed this at an investors’ forum on Thursday in Abuja, saying the 53 roads cover more than 3,000km. She said the
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NSCDC arrests man, 65, for allegedly chaining, starving wife
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Yobe State has confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Mohammed Baburam, who allegedly chained and starved his wife for one year in Potiskum. The Command’s spokesman, DSC Bala Garba, made this known in an interview with the newsmen in Damaturu on Friday. The News Agency of
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Grass-eating Zamfara woman, children displaced by bandits get succour
Relief has come the way of a woman, Hauwa’u Halliru, and her children, displaced by bandits and forced to eat grass to survive in Zamfara. Governor Dauda Lawal’s attention was earlier drawn to the heart-wrenching video clip which had gone viral on social media platforms. A press statement on Friday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman
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40 die in India glacial lake flood
40 people have been confirmed dead in a glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India, according to officials. Violent torrents stuck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday after the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake in neighbouring Nepal. Climate scientists warn that similar disasters will become an increasing danger
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Five die after tree crushes bus in Sri Lanka capital
Five passengers were crushed to death in Sri Lanka on Friday when a large tree fell on a state-run bus in the heart of the capital Colombo, police said. Another nine were rescued from the wreckage and admitted to hospital where their condition was listed as stable. There were about 20 passengers on board at
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Mob attacks man, cops over alleged organ disappearance in Abuja
There was apprehension on Thursday evening in the Dei Dei area of the Federal Capital Territory after a mob attacked policemen attached to the Gwagwa police division. The policemen numbering about five had gone to rescue a man identified as Mubarak who was almost lynched over an allegation of manhood disappearance. Our correspondent gathered
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Bandits free kidnapped Plateau pharmacist
The Secretary of the Plateau state chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Pharmacist Kim Bot, who was kidnapped on Wednesday by bandits has been set free. It was learnt that he was released on Thursday night. The PUNCH had reported how Pharmacist Bot was abducted on Wednesday night along Lamingo Road Junction in the
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Govs have hijacked LG allocations, Afe Babalola tells Tinubu
Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, on Thursday tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure that local government areas in the country receive their allocations directly from the federation account, to revive agriculture and boost the economy. Babalola said this while declaring open the eighth edition of the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo, ABAEX, an annual gathering
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N’Delta host communities demand timely inauguration of NDDC Board
The Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Communities Forum has called for the timely inauguration of the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, to expedite the transformation of the region. This was contained in a press statement signed by the forum’s Chairman, Chief Mulade Sheriff from Delta State and the Secretary, Honourable
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I missed garri, egusi when I first arrived in Europe – Matthew
Super Eagles B and FC Zurich midfielder, Ifeanyi Matthew, opens up on his journey from the domestic league to Europe and how he the ‘Naija spirit’ helped him resist bullies in Norway, in this interview with JOHNNY EDWARD How did your football career begin? I started playing football at a very tender age in Nigeria,
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