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Dangote Group Clears Air On Price Of Cement From Factory, Plant
The management of Dangote Cement Plc has cleared the air over the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria (as at 12th April, 2021) is N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of VAT. The clarification was made in view of recent insinuations that the company…
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Video: Sultan of Sokoto Declares Tomorrow, Tuesday as First Day of Ramadan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has declared tomorrow, Tuesday as the first day of Ramadan.
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Moosighting: List Of Countries That Declare Tuesday, Wednesday as First Day of Ramadan
As Muslims across the globe are in high spirit to welcome one of the most cherished months, Ramadan which according to the Holy Book, Qur’an and the tradition of Prophet Muhammad, the Sunnah, is full of unquantified blessings, some countries have started notifying their citizens about the sighting of moon, which is one of the…
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Barely 4 Years After, OAU Moves To Reinstate Students’ Union
Barely four years after The management of Obafemi Awolowo University suspended the activities of students’ Union over alleged security report as contained in a release signed by the then Registrar, Dotun Awoyemi, the institution has disclosed its plan to reinstate the union. The plan to reinstate the students’ Union was contained in a statement made…
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ASUP Picks Hole In Buhari’s Appointment Of 6 Rectors, Governing Council Members
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has picked hole in the appointment of six rectors for the newly established Federal Polytechnics stating that the appointment is nothing but a gross violation of the provision of the Federal Polytechnics (Amendment) Act, 2019. ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on…
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774,000 Jobs: Minister Reacts To Workers Protest Over Unpaid Stipends
Participants in the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme are protesting the delay in paying their stipend more than three months after kick off, The Nation reports. The SPW is an adhoc programme designed by the government to provide stop-gap three months jobs to mainly artisans to ean N20,000 monthly doing public works. One…
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South East Governors Float Security Outfit, ‘Ebube Agu’
In a bid to tame the rising cases of insecurity in the South Eastern part of the country, the Governors in the region after their meeting on Sunday in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, announced a security outfit codenamed, Ebube Agu. Rising from the first South East Security Summit, the governors agreed to ban…
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Why Babangida Annuled June 12 Election, Obasanjo Opens Up
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday attributed annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola by former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida on “bad belle.” According to The Nation, Obasanjo said the annulment robbed Egbaland and Ogun State the rare privilege of having three of its prominent sons…
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Secondary School Student Gets N340,000 For Returning Lost Phone in Port Harcourt
A Senior Secondary school student identified as Philemon Igbokwe has been showered with cash gifts for his rare feat of honesty by returning a lost phone to the owner in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A lawyer, Emma Okah, who disclosed this on Facebook on Sunday, April 11, said the boy saw the mobile phone forgotten…
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Ramadan: Sultan of Sokoto Issues Directive To Muslim Ummah
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent (moon) of Ramadan 1442AH from Monday. Mr Abubakar gave the directive on Sunday in a statement issued by Sambo Junaidu, chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that…