Month: March 2021
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Buhari’s Nephew, Hon. Muhammed Flaunts Newly Built House
A nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, Fatuhu Muhammed, has flaunted his newly built massion in Abuja. Muhammed, a member of the House of Representatives representing Daura/Maiadua/Sandamu Federal Constituency on the platform of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said he build the house “within four years” The lawmaker shared a stunning angular view of the massive…
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Gunmen Attack: Governor Ortom Narrates Experience
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has given a clear picture of how he narrowly escaped death from suspected bandits who reportedly attacked him and his convoy. It was gathered that the governor was on his way to Makurdi when the terrorists opened fire on his convoy but were repelled by his security men. Governor Ortom…
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Military Reacts To Viral Video of ‘Soldier’ Paraded By Sunday Igboho
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday reacted to a trending video which surfaced on the Social Media and some other media reports last week alleging that some Nigerian military personnel were on a spying mission to the residence of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka ‘Sunday Igboho’ as before they were arrested. The DHQ In a statement…
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NYSC Confirms Attack On Corps Member During Ekiti Bye-election, Gives Update on Other Corps
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Saturday confirmed that a corps member who was part of the ad hoc staff that conducted the by-election in Ekiti State was shot during the violence that marred the election. During the violence, three people were said to have been shot dead while a number of people were…
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774,000 Jobs: FG Approves Release of Stipends For Workers
The Federal Government has approved the release of funds for the payment of itinerant workers engaged under the Special Public Works Programme. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo said this in a tweet via his official handle on Saturday. The minister said he has directed the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to…
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42-year-old Man Hangs Self In Kano
Kano State police command said a 42-year-old indigene of Borno State, Babagana Usman had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself. The police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa announced this in a voice message sent to journalists. According to him, “On Friday morning around 6:45 am, police received a report that a 42-year-old indigene of…
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UNILAG VC, Prof Ogundipe Wins €38,000 GBIF Grant
The Vice- Chancellor of University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and another botanist, Temitope Onuminya, have won 2021 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) grants. Nonye Oguama, a Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs of the institution, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. According to Mrs Oguama, the awards are part of the 2021…
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Sunday Igboho: Controversies Trail Money Generated From GoFundMe
A GoFundMe fundraiser set up by supporters of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has generated heated controversy. The Nation had reported a blogger, Maureen Badejo, few weeks ago, set up a Gofundme page to raise £100,000 (N51.8m) to buy buses in support of Sunday Igboho’s project of ridding the South-West of killer…
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Police Recover Over One Million CFA From Notorious Pickpocket in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a notorious pickpocket and recovered one million, two hundred and ninty three (1,293,000CFA) and one Golf vehicle from him. The suspect, Danjuma Muhammed, 49, was arrested on Thursday, March 18, by operatives of the Command attached to Mubi South Division along First Bank road, in Mubi south local…
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UI Professor, 40 Other Nigerian Scientists Make Top World Most-cited Scientists’ List
United States-based Stanford University has released a list that represents the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines in the world. The exhaustive list has 159,683 persons. Out of these whole list, 41 eminent Nigerian scientists are on the global map of researchers spread across different universities in the country. A focus on…