Year: 2021
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Obi condoles with Okowa over father’s death
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has condoled with the…
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N/Delta militants attack, disarm NSCDC operatives in Ekeremor LGA, Bayelsa, cart away arms
The Bayelsa government on Thursday confirmed and condemned the attack on operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps…
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SON set for critical strategy retreat in Calabar; Dakuku Peterside, others to speak
In a quest to build on the Foundation laid by previous Managements, the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) is holding…
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Arts & Entertainment
NIDCOM condemns killing of kidnapped US-based Nigerian in Edo
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2021. The management of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned in strong terms the unfortunate death…
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Business and Economy
Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB): Balancing Stakeholders’ interests By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu
There is a fundamental interdependence between host countries and the international oil companies (IOCs) in the development of natural resources.…
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The Priest and the President By FEMI ADESINA
Let’s go back in time to May 2004, when the lands of Yelwa-Shendam, in Plateau State, had turned crimson. Primitive…
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President Buhari nominates ex-Service Chiefs as non-Career Ambassadors; Extends tenure of Inspector General of Police
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs, Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen…
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FG, UN convene national food systems dialogue
Adeze Ojukwu Federal Government, in collaboration with, the United Nations(UN) system in Nigeria, has announced plans to organize series of…
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Troops storm Timbuktu Triangle, rescue victims from Boko Haram strongholds
The once “impenetrable” stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists, the Timbuktu Triangle, comprising Buk, Talala, Gorgi in dreaded Sambisa Forest…
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Simko International Hotel, Ifo, Ogun State officially opens for business
Simko International Hotel, Ifo, Ogun State was officially declared open on Saturday, January 30, 2021. Present at the glamorous occasion…
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Kwara Gov flags off APC registration amid calls for peace, unity
· Divergent views good for democracy – AbdulRazaq · Cautions against violence, exclusion Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday…
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Gbajabiamila meets Buhari, says Nigerians must embrace dialogue
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Feb. 3, 2021 The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says all Nigerians must embrace dialogue…
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Health
Borno: Zulum opens 5 health centres, flags off Bama – Maiduguri highway, 2 more projects
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday commissioned five healthcare centres in populated Maiduguri metropolis, and flagged off…
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Arts & Entertainment
Alhaja Mutia Balogun Kenku celebrates birthday
Alhaja Mutia Balogun Kenku added one more year to her impactful life on earth today, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. There…
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First Lady, Aisha Buhari’s photographer, Ovajimo dies at 39
By Ahmed Ubandoma Abuja, Feb. 3, 2021 Mr Mohammed Ovajimo, the photographer to the First Lady Aisha Buhari has died…
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Gombe SSG meets protesting pensioners… Says government feels their pain
William Attah, Gombe Secretary to the Gombe State Government, Professor Abubakar Ibrahim Njodi has met leaders of the Gombe State…
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420 Nigerian returnees arrive Abuja from Saudi Arabia – NiDCOM
By Maureen Okon Abuja, Feb. 3, 2021 The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 420 Nigerian returnees arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe…
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Business and Economy
NCDMB supports 2,000 bpd Modular Refinery as construction begins in Brass, Bayelsa
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday said construction for a 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) modular…
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NDDC not the birthright of any ethnic group, state says Gov. Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has condemned the posture of some ethnic groups in the Niger Delta Region that…
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Buhari returns to Abuja after 4-day official visit to Daura, Katsina State
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Feb.. 2, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday returned to Abuja after four-day official visit to…
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Igangan youths didn’t walk out on Makinde – Farmers’ secretary says
…what we need now is solution to the crisis …our people appreciative of gov’s gesture Youth leaders from Igangan have…
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Police brutality: Be discrete while recording police officers, CP Okoli advises
Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa Police Command, CP Mike Okoli has called on Nigerians to be discrete and cautious when taking…
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Health
Real Madrid president tests positive for Coronavirus
Barcelona, Feb. 2, 2021 Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has tested positive for the Coronavirus, the club said on Tuesday.…
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