Author: News Agency Report
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My Only Regret As Minister , Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed says his only regret as a minister is that some Nigerians have failed to appreciate that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is doing so much with little resources. Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated this at a Special Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He…
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11 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 in Taraba
Eleven National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members undergoing orientation in Taraba have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Innocent Vakkai, the Chairman of the COVID-19 Technical Committee in Taraba, announced this on Monday at a news conference organised by the state Ministry of Information and Orientation in Jalingo. He said that the victims were currently…
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How Military Carry Out Rescue Operation of Kankara School Boys
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 schoolboys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec 11. It disclosed that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the boys were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the abductors…
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10-year-old Girl Throws Brother Inside Well in Ondo
10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her step brother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her step mother maltreats her. Abubakar said this while she was being paraded alongside 34 suspects of other crimes, by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Bolaji, on Friday, in Akure. NAN reports that…
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Kankara Abduction: Nigerians Should Embark on Fervent Prayer To Avoid Collateral Damage During Rescue Mission, Minister
Barely 48 hours after suspected bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, and abducted a large number of the students from their dormitories, Minister of Defence, Salihu Magashi, affirmed on Sunday afternoon that security forces have sighted the victims adding that efforts were on to rescue them. However, according to him, Nigerians…
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Visually Impaired Reporter, Channels TV CEO, Others Win Big at Media Awards
A visually impaired reporter, Mr Gbenga Ogundare, and Channels television Chief Executive Officer, Dr John Momoh, are among journalists, who soared at the 29th Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) on Saturday night. The Punch and the Nation won the Best Designed Magazine and the Newspaper of the Year awards, respectively, at the annual event…
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UNIBEN Recalls Candidates To Re-write Post UTME
Some candidates who sat for University of Benin (UNIBEN) post utme have been recalled to rewrite the examination following the collapse of the university’s server. The university, in a terse Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent out on Wednesday afternoon, directed the affected candidates, who came from different parts of the country to write the examination,…
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Indian Health Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Getting Trial Dose
Health Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana Anil Vij, who was given a trial dose of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in November, tested positive for the virus on Saturday. Vij, who is the holding charge of several ministries including health, said on Twitter that he had contracted the virus. He urged people, who…