Month: September 2021
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FG To Recover Millions of Naira Wrongly Paid To 588 Medical Doctors
The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. He explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant for particular category of doctors.…
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Popular Nollywood Actor Recuperates After Spending Days at Health Facility
Popular Yoruba actor, Babatunde Usman aka Okele has recovered from illness after spending some days at an undisclosed health facility. The Nation reports a viral video shared by Okele’s colleague Saliu Gbolagade aka Ogbuleke, had captured Okele being hospitalised over an unknown ailment Sharing the video, Ogbuleke wrote: “thank God, olorun koni je ki aye…
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Presidency Lists Buhari’s Achievements Since 2015
The Presidency has listed the achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration since assumption of power in 2015. In a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser on Media to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the Presidency said Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). According to the statement, Buhari had recently…
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Niger Police Arrest Teacher For Allegedly Defiling, Infecting 14 Pupils With HIV
A teacher with the Central Primary School, Karabonde in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Usman Galadima, have been arrested by Police for allegedly defiling and infecting 14 pupils of the school with HIV/AIDS virus. Besides being under arrest and being interrogated by the state police command, Niger State Government has also waded into…
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Sowore: Police Rescue 1 of 5 Kidnapped Victims
The Edo State Police Command has announced the successful rescue of Reverend Sister Emmanuella Anyanwu, one of the five victims kidnapped at Isuwa, close to Okada, Saturday morning. The victims were kidnapped on the spot, where Felix Sowore, the younger brother of the convener of ‘Revolution Now’, Omoyele Sowore, was killed. Spokesman of the. Command,…
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Why Gunmen Shot Sowore Younger Brother Dead, Police Reveal
The police on Sunday said that Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, was shot dead by kidnappers for refusing to stop. The spokesman for Edo police, Kontongs Bello, however said they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Mr Sowore. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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Four Housemates Evicted From Bbnaija
Four Housemates have been evicted from the ongoing reality TV show, BBNaija, shine Ya Eye. The evicted housemates are; Boma, Tega, Peace and Michael. The four housemates who got the lowest votes last week, were up for eviction alongside 11 other housemates. Only JayPaul and Jackie B were immune from eviction last week after winning…
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President Buhari Approves Farm Estates in 109 Senatorial Districts
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of integrated farm estates in all senatorial districts across the country. According to The Nation, this development was made known over the weekend by the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa…
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NDLEA Arrests 22-year-old Corps Member for Importing “Drugged Candidies” From UK
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 22-year-old youth corps member, Arnold Maniru, in Abuja for importing 4 kilograms of drugged candies from the United Kingdom just as the agency intercepted in Lagos cookies laced with drugs going to United Arab Emirate. Maniru, a serving corps member with a government agency…
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Kaduna LG Poll: PDP’s Candidate Wins El-Rufai’s Ward
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the councillorship election of Unguwar Sarki, the ward of Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Announcing the results on Saturday, the returning officer, Mohammed Usman, said PDP candidate, Abdulhalim Na’ibi, polled 1,405 votes against the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate Aliyu Faruk, who scored 804 votes.…