Author: News Agency Report
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Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho, Other Separatists Make Ignorant Demands, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi, the deposed emir of Kano and ex-CBN governor, says he does not know why IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi, and separatist advocates want Nigeria to be divided. He described them as making ignorant demands. “I hope that my story and the story of many of us here is…
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo Speaks On 2023 Presidential Race
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he has not declared to run for president in 2023 as campaign posters and similar materials appear on social media and the street. On Monday, his media aide Laolu Akande claimed that videos and other materials linking Mr Osinbajo to the 2023 presidential election had no connection to the vice…
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Plan To Take 100 Million Nigerians Out of Poverty To Take Off This Year, FG
Clem Agba, Minister of State, Budget and National Planning has said that the Federal Government’s new Medium-Term National Development Plan, MTNDP, 2021-2025 is expected to be launched in October with an i-monitoring system which would also be introduced in government’s websites. Mr Agba made this known on Monday during the opening of a capacity building…
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Politician Sentenced To Jail For Diverting COVID-19 Funds
An Indonesian politician was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday for embezzling more than 1 million dollars of COVID-19 aid funds when he was social affairs minister last year. Juliari Batubara was guilty of having accepted 14.6 billion rupiah (1.16 million dollars) in kickbacks from companies appointed to supply food aid packages to…
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OAU Muslim Graduates Splash N6.99 Million On 113 Students
The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates Association, UNIFEMGA, has awarded N6.99 million in scholarships to 113 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The association announced this in a communique issued by its President, Abdul-Fattah Olanlege, after its 2021 Annual Reunion Conference held at the University Central Mosque in Ile-Ife on Sunday. The theme of the…
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Our Students Pay N90 Per Bed-Space in Hostels, Federal Varsity’s Spokesman
Auwalu Umar, spokesman for Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, says students of the institution pay N90 per bed-space in the hostels, a fee that has remained fixed since 40 years ago. Mr Umar said in spite of the ridiculously low amount being charged, the institution was able to provide hostel to 35 per cent of its…
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FG Inaugurates 1,667 ICT Centres Across Nigeria
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, says that the ministry has inaugurated no fewer than 1,667 Information Communications Technology, ICT centres across the country. He also said that more than 455 other projects were ongoing in different parts of the country. Mr Pantami disclosed this when he featured on a special…
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Just In: Resident Doctors Reject FG’s Offer
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has rejected the new Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, presented by the Federal Government. The NARD national president, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting with the federal government and other relevant stakeholders on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency…
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FG Gives Updates On Deployment of 5G Network
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy says it will soon deploy the Five Generation network (5G) in Nigeria for increased connectivity. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Abuja when he featured on FORUM, a special News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme. The minister said that…
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Facebook To Introduce Crypto, Novi Digital Wallet
Facebook, a social media network on Friday announced that it would soon introduce its cryptocurrency wallet named Novi Digital Wallet saying the wallet would be tied to the Diem Blockchain system. David Marcus, Facebook’s financial services chief and a board member of Diem, argued that the present cash-run economy has left 1.7 billion people “unbanked…