Category: NEWS

Suspend NYSC, Military Camping During Ramadan – Muslim Group
May 23, 2017 No Responses

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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Obasanjo, Osinbajo to Speak on 50 Years after Biafra
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Obasanjo, Osinbajo to Speak on 50 Years after Biafra

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and seven other leaders will on Thursday speak at a conference on the Memory and Nation Building – Biafra: 50 Years After. At the one-day conference, which will hold at the...
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Gov. Obaseki Shuts Down Edo Line
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Gov. Obaseki Shuts Down Edo Line

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has shut down state-owned transport outfit, Edo line, indefinitely and directed that its staff be relocated to the Edo State Ministry of Transport. The governor gave this directive in Benin as he paid an on-the-spot...
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Plot to Dethrone Oba of Lagos, Akiolu Gets ‘Tough and Rough’
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Plot to Dethrone Oba of Lagos, Akiolu Gets ‘Tough and Rough’

I’m bona fide Oba of Lagos, Akiolu tells court About 14 years after his installation, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja High Court in a suit challenging his emergence as the paramount ruler of Lagos, saying...
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Lagos Terminates N844 billion 4th Mainland Bridge Contracts
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Lagos Terminates N844 billion 4th Mainland Bridge Contracts

Lagos State Government has said it has terminated the earlier contract with investors for the construction of proposed N844 billion fourth mainland bridge projects. This was disclosed Monday by the Commissioner for Waterfront and Infrastructure Development, En...
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Eko Disco Announces Five-day Power Outage in Lagos
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Eko Disco Announces Five-day Power Outage in Lagos

Electricity supply would be disrupted in many parts of Lagos this week as Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Monday announced five days power outage in the city. EKEDC spokesman, Godwin Idemudia, said in a statement that the outage would...
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Moji Olaiya’s Body Arrives Nigeria Today
May 22, 2017 No Responses

Moji Olaiya’s Body Arrives Nigeria Today

NewswatchNigeria can report that the remains of Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya, is expected to arrive in Nigeria today Monday. As gathered from sources in close touch with the family plans were in top gear to ensure the she’s brought back to...
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British Airways slashes fares for customers flying Abuja-London route
May 21, 2017 No Responses

British Airways slashes fares for customers flying Abuja-London route

Customers flying British Airways (BA) through its Abuja-London route and vice-versa from the Nnamidi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) would pay a slashed fare of $277 between May 15, 2017 and June 30, 2017 for one way trip. Mr. Kola Olayinka,...
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Lagos Govt Clears Oko-Oba Abattior, Demolishes Structures
May 21, 2017 No Responses

Lagos Govt Clears Oko-Oba Abattior, Demolishes Structures

The Lagos State Government on Sunday evicted shanty dwellers, demolishing illegal structures at the Agege abattoir after series of stakeholders meeting. Mr Toyin Suarau Commissioner for Agriculture told newsmen during the exercise that the exercise was carried...
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Coup Scare in Nigeria: Army Hunts for Suspected Soldiers
May 21, 2017 No Responses

Coup Scare in Nigeria: Army Hunts for Suspected Soldiers

The Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings, a top military source has hinted. The source said that some arrests may have been made, but that the information...
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