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Isa Pantami: The Leopard And Its Unchanging Spots By Mike Ozekhome
Mallam Isa Pantami is no ordinary Nigerian. He is a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Pantami is also no ordinary Minister. He is charged with the sensitive portfolio of Communications and Digital Economy. Before his ministerial appointment, he had headed the very sensitive and delicate position of Director-General of the National Information Technology…
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Excessive Heat: Medical Expert Advises Nigerians
Dr Obiora Okechukwu, an Anambra-based medical practitioner, has advised Nigerians to wear light clothes due to the excessive heat associated with hot weather experienced currently in the country. Okechukwu, who is a Consultant Surgeon, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Wednesday. According to him, excessive…
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Why Pantami Sails Through DSS, Senate Screening, Ex-DSS Assistant Director
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police screened the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, before his confirmation as minister in 2019. Amachree spoke on Wednesday while featuring on PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He, however, said the minister must have…
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Edo 2020: Oyo Athletes Get Financial Rewards (Photos)
As part of the commitment of the Oyo State Government to boost sports participation in positioning the State as one that values the importance of the sports sector as an untapped goldmine, the Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde received the State’s athletes that took part at the just-concluded National Sports Festival, Edo 2020 at the Governor’s…
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Popular Comedinne, Ada Jesus Is Dead
Popular Comedienne, Ada Jesus, is dead . She died in an Abuja hospital today April 21. She suffered a cardiac arrest on Tuesday night, April 20 and was rushed to the ICU where the doctors monitored her. Sadly, she lost the battle to the kidney ailment she had been battling with on Wednesday, April 21.…
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Gunmen Attack, Abduct Private Varsity Students in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted some students during an attack on a private university in Kaduna state on Tuesday night. The academic institution, Green Field University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuka Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and also the first private university in the state established three years ago. The latest incident…
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UTME Registration: Candidates Decry Delay In Issuance Of New SIM Cards
Some candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have decried the delay in the issuance of new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by the various Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The candidates expressed their feelings in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Asaba. SIM cards enable prospective candidates…
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OAU Management Advises Students Following Report Of Suicide
A student of Management and accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) identified as Adedeji Emmanuel has reportedly commited suicide. The institution through the Chief security officer, Babatunde Oyatokun, revealed the heart breaking development in a release on Tuesday. Oyatokun said current evidence indicates he died after consuming a popular pesticide in what happens to be a…
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Security Personnel Returns N2.35 Million found at Lagos Airport
The Aviation Security, AVSEC, personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal two, MMA2, has returned a bag containing N2.35 million and other vital documents to Uyo-bound passenger, George Etuk. The Head, Corporate Communications of MMA2, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, BASL, Ayotunde Osowe, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday.…
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FG Knocks UK Over Plan To Grant Asylum To IPOB Members
The Federal Government says the reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also said that the decision amounted to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria’s…