Nigeria Condemns Manchester Attack, Condoles with UK Govt

Nigeria Condemns Manchester Attack, Condoles with UK Govt

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has condemned “the despicable terrorist attack on innocent people in Manchester, United Kingdom, on Monday, May 22.” The Acting President’s remark was in a statement by the Vice Presidential Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande on Tuesday in...
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Presidency Dismisses Coup Plot Report

Presidency Dismisses Coup Plot Report

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians to ignore the media reports on Coup plot, saying it should not be stretched beyond what the military authorities had said. Adesina stated this...
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Kano State Fruit Vendors Deny Using Insecticide as Ripener

Kano State Fruit Vendors Deny Using Insecticide as Ripener

The Kano State branch of Nigerian Fruit Sellers Association, on Tuesday, said its members never used insecticide to quicken the ripening process of fruits. The Chairman of the association, Malam Muhammad Umar, said this in an interview with the News...
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Nokia, Apple to Co-operate After Settling Patent Row

Nokia, Apple to Co-operate After Settling Patent Row

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia and Apple on Tuesday said they had settled a legal dispute regarding the right of the U.S. technology giant to use patents owned by Nokia. Maria Varsellona, who is in charge of Nokia’s patent-licensing busines...
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Police to Recruit 30,000 Personnel Annually says I-G

Police to Recruit 30,000 Personnel Annually says I-G

The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, says the Nigeria Police have concluded arrangements to recruit 30,000 personnel annually. Idris, represented by Mr Shuaibu Gambo Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and Administratio...
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British Actor ‘James Bond’ is dead, aged 89

British Actor ‘James Bond’ is dead, aged 89

British actor, Sir Roger Moore, who played the super spy character of James Bond, has died at the age of 89. His family announced that his demise follows a short but brave battle with cancer. A statement, from his children,...
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Rooney leads a minute’s silence among his United team-mates in honour of those who lost their lives

Rooney leads a minute’s silence among his United team-mates in honour of those who lost their lives

Manchester United’s clash with Ajax in the Europa League final will still go ahead on Wednesday despite the pop concert terror attack at Manchester Arena. An explosion in the foyer of the north-west venue on Monday killed 22 people, with...
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Onuekusi, Channels TV’s state house correspondent, is dead

Onuekusi, Channels TV’s state house correspondent, is dead

Chukwuma Onuekusi, Channels Television’s state house correspondent, is dead. The journalist sadly passed on at Zenith Hospital in the Garki area of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday “He first fell sick in March but we didn’t see this...
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Zinox Sues Premium Times, Demands N2Bn for Defamation

Zinox Sues Premium Times, Demands N2Bn for Defamation

Zinox Technologies Ltd., foremost Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, has slammed N2 billion suit on Premium Times, an online news medium, for a series of defamatory publications against the company, Leo Stan Ekeh, its chairman, and other ...
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Suspend NYSC, Military Camping During Ramadan – Muslim Group

Suspend NYSC, Military Camping During Ramadan – Muslim Group

A Muslim group, the Da’awah Co-ordination Council of Nigeria (DCCN), has decried the clash of Ramadan fasting with camping exercise. It warned that failure to shift camping exercise during the fasting period might result to boycotting the exercise or any...
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