Month: May 2021
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How Councilor Constructs Bridge, Others With Car Allowance Allocation (Photos)
While lawmakers at the grassroots across Nigeria are alleged of making millions of naira from the execution of constituency projects annually, a councillor who hails from Otuokpoti Community, representing Ogbia Ward 2 in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has invested her car allowance in the construction of a bridge that is helping the…
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Ramadan: Israel Donates Food Items To Nigerian Muslim Families
The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria on Monday donated some food items to support some Muslim families in the ongoing Ramadan fasting in the country. Yotam Kreiman, Charge d’ Affairs of Israel to Nigeria, who presented the items in Abuja, said that the items worth 260,000 meals was to support about 1,800 families. The News…
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Video: 7 Years After Boko Haram Attack, Two Ex-Chibok Students Graduate From US 🇺🇸 Varsity
Two ex-students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state, Joy Bishara and Lydia who escaped from Boko Haram attack in 2014, have graduated from Southeastern University in the United States. While Bishara graduated with a degree in social work, Pogu earned her degree in legal studies and graduated on April 30. Narrating how…
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COVID-19: FG Reintroduces Restrictions On Mass Gathering
The federal government has reintroduced the restriction on mass gatherings after a spike in COVID-19 cases recorded in some countries. The presidential steering committee on COVID-19 said on Monday that the restriction is effective from Tuesday. Mukhtar Mohammed, the committee’s national incident manager who announced the measures, said event centres and non-essential public places such…
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COVID-19: UNILORIN Won’t Lose Academic Session, VC
Prof Sulyman Abdulkareem, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Kwara, says the institution will not lose any academic session irrespective of its prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof Abdulkareem stated in the institution’s bulletin, ‘Unilorin Bulletin’, issued on Monday in Ilorin, that the truncation of the session was, however, not peculiar to the institution, but…
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Police Reportedly Rescue 30 Out of 40 Muslim Worshippers Abducted in Katsina
Thirty out of the forty Muslim worshippers abducted by bandits at a mosque in Jibiya Local Government Area of the state have been rescued by operatives of Katsina State Police Command. DAILY NIGERIAN had reported how dozens of gunmen struck at the mosque around 2am on Monday and took away 40 worshippers during midnight prayer.…
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Jamb Releases Fresh Update On Mock Exam
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, says that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. “Candidates who had…
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Recruitment: NIS Shortlists 6,105 Candidates, Releases Guidelines
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has shortlisted 6,105 candidates out of the 45,323 who applied to be enlisted in its 2019/2020 recruitment. The spokesman of the Service, James Sunday, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja that further screening of those shortlisted would begin on May 24, 2021 at no cost to the applicants. Applicants would…
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Banditry: Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Dismisses Report Linking Him To Purported Arrested Helicopter
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar,GCFR has described as false and unfounded the fake news linking him to a purported arrested helicopter supplying food to bandits. Abubakar in a statement issued by his media aide, Dr.Yakubu Suleiman said ordinarily, he would have ignored such spurious news but has to clear the air on…
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Bandits Abduct 40 Muslim Worshippers While Observing Prayer in Katsina
Suspected bandits have abducted about 40 Muslim worshippers while observing Tahajjud, a kind of midnight prayer observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Jibiya town of Katsina State. Residents of the town told DAILY NIGERIAN that dozens of gunmen struck at the mosque around 2am on Monday and took away the…