Category: NEWS

‘25,000 underage Nigerians use tobacco products daily’
April 16, 2019 No Responses

‘25,000 underage Nigerians use tobacco products daily’

No fewer than 25,000 underage Nigerians use tobacco products daily, Nigerian activists under the aegis of the Tobacco Free Nigeria campaign says. Ms Ebiuwa Uwagboe, a campaign specialist at Gatefield, the public strategy group backing the campaign disclosed this in...
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I’m Vindicated about Atiku’s Not Being a Nigerian, says Nnamdi Kanu
April 16, 2019 No Responses

I’m Vindicated about Atiku’s Not Being a Nigerian, says Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said the claim by All Progressives Congress (APC) to the effect that presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar is not a Nigerian but a...
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Breaking: Iponri Market on Fire, 34 shops destroyed
April 15, 2019 No Responses

Breaking: Iponri Market on Fire, 34 shops destroyed

Fire More than 34 shops containing household goods worth millions of Naira were destroyed this evening when fire gutted the popular Iponri Market in Lagos Mainland,Lagos State. Firemen were still battling the fire as at the time of filing this...
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2019 UTME: JAMB Arrests Over 50 Professional Examination Writers
April 15, 2019 No Responses

2019 UTME: JAMB Arrests Over 50 Professional Examination Writers

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede of JAMB The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said it has uncovered and arrested over 50 ‘Professional Examination Writers’ who specialized in writing examination for candidates for a fee. The board’s weekly of...
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Over 5m Nigerians Still Unmetered, – NERC
April 15, 2019 No Responses

Over 5m Nigerians Still Unmetered, – NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday said over five million Nigerian electricity consumers were unmetered. Mr Abdulkadir Shettima, NERC General Manager, made this known at the launch of a Mojec International Limited, bank consumer an...
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UNICEF says only 30 % of under-5 children’s births registered in Nigeria
April 15, 2019 No Responses

UNICEF says only 30 % of under-5 children’s births registered in Nigeria

The births of nearly 230 million children under the age of five worldwide have never been officially recorded, says UNICEF. The Agency said only 30 per cent of births of Nigerian children below five had so far been registered. The...
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#Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity Hits Osun
April 14, 2019 No Responses

#Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity Hits Osun

Despite assurances of availability of Premium Motor Spirit by Federal Government, many petrol stations in Osun were not selling the product, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the Osun State capital and its...
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Cloudy, Rainy Weather to Prevail on Monday – NiMet
April 14, 2019 No Responses

Cloudy, Rainy Weather to Prevail on Monday – NiMet

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy weather conditions and localised thunderstorms over most parts of the country on Monday with prospects of rain showers over some parts. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Sunday, in Ab...
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#NIGERIA: No Plan to Remove Fuel Subsidy Now — FG
April 14, 2019 No Responses

#NIGERIA: No Plan to Remove Fuel Subsidy Now — FG

The Federal Government has again clarified its stance on the removal of fuel subsidy, saying it had no plan to do so in the immediate future. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this on Sunday at the briefing...
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Cultists Clash: 4 killed, 2 Arrested in Lagos
April 14, 2019 No Responses

Cultists Clash: 4 killed, 2 Arrested in Lagos

Four suspected cultists were killed during a clash between two rival cult groups of Aiye and Eiye in Ajah area of Lagos State on Sunday. A very reliable source told  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that two...
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