The chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, Niger state chapter, Comrade Bello B. Shariff has advised Dantata & Sawoe construction company to include Niger indigent youth during the construction of the 82 Kilometers Minna-Kateregi-Bida Trunk B road. BB Shariff who made this remark yesterday during the groundbreaking ceremony of the project emphasized that the youths …
The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, in 2018. …
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has described as totally fake. a media report that it killed over 250 Boko Haram fighters in Maiduguri, Borno State. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the “fake news” said to have been released on …
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to disclose the exact amount of public funds stolen by and recovered from a former head of state, the late General Sani Abacha and details of how the recovered loots were spent since Nigeria returns to democracy in 1999. SERAP …
Twitter said on Saturday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the media Twitter account of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social media platform said in an emailed statement, without giving further details. “As soon …
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday urged Nigerian leaders to do more in order to take the country out of its present challenges, saying citizens of the country are going through difficult times. He spoke at the 45th anniversary of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, in Zaria, Kaduna State. He …
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday immortalised five of its personnel who died in active service. They include Flight Lieutenant P. Jacob, Corporal Komo MI, Air Craft Man Atti AF, Air Craft Man Ibrahim M and Air Craft Man Nkwuo CS. They died between 2019 and 2020 from gunshot wounds and a parachuting accident at …
Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami said that the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) deductions on voice calls and text messages fell under the purview of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Pantami made the clarification in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, and made available to newsmen on Thursday …
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The father of Nathaniel Samuel, the young man who was arrested for allegedly trying to bomb a Living Faith Church in Kaduna, Mr Samuel Ezekiel, has said that his son is mentally ill and was admitted at a Psychiatric hospital in 2012. He also confirmed that his son is a Christian, and not a …
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A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth. State media outlet Xinhua said the baby is the youngest case recorded so far. The baby was born on 2 February in Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. The baby’s mother tested positive before she gave birth. It is unclear …
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