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Two Electricity Workers Electrocuted While On Duty in Delta
Two yet-to-be identified staff of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) have been electrocuted in Asaba, the Delta State capital. It was gathered that the victims were working when power was suddenly restored, leading to their electrocution. The Director-General, Young Nigerians Organisation, Victor Ojie, who confirmed the incident to PUNCH on December 22, accused the…
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Repentant Bandits Play Role In Securing Release of Kankara School Boys, Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu says repentant bandits played a role in securing the release of over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina. Recall that on December 11, gunmen on motorcycles attacked the school and abducted the students a few hours after President Buhari,…
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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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Video: U.S President-elect, Joe Biden Receives Injected Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine on Live TV
President-elect of United States of America,, Joe Biden has received his first injected dose of the Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Monday December 21, in an effort to reassure its safety ahead of its wide distribution next year. Biden received the vaccine alongside his wife, Jill at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware. They will…
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300-level Unilorin Student Commits Suicide After He Was Duped N300 million
A 300-level student of the Department of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Gbenga Favour Olaoye-Akanbi, has committed suicide after he was allegedly duped by a forex trader, Eseka Chuckwutem Gospel (ESG). Family sources told our correspondent that Olaoye-Akanbi was discovered dead on Sunday after drinking poison. The 19-year-old student was said to have invested over N300…
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COVID-19: FG Imposes Five Weeks Restrictions, Issues 15 Advisories
As the cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in the country, the Federal Government has imposed five weeks restrictions to prevent a further spread of COVD-19. The second wave of the pandemic has hit the country with intense ferocity as it is across the world. The initial restrictions in line with the established protocols will…
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Unilag Loses €40 million research grants during 3-month crisis, Vice Chancellor
The recently reinstated University of Lagos, Unilag, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said the university lost about £40 million in research grants by faculty members during the crisis that ravaged the citadel of learning for almost three months, August to November, 2020. He stated this on Monday during an interactive session with newsmen in Akoka,…
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Varsities To Reopen In January, as Minister Gives Updates on Talk With ASUU
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, says the Academic Activities in Nigeria Universities will resume January. He says the negotiations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal government had reached 98 percent, adding that it remains only two percent to be completed He spoke Monday in Alor, Idemili…
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Women Hold One Million Rally in Abuja To Appreciate Buhari Over Release Of Kankara Schoolboys
Nigerian women in their hundreds, on Monday, thronged the streets of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, singing and jubilating in appreciation of President Muhammadu Buhari for the safe return of over 300 schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina State. The group, under the aegis of Women For Buhari (WFB), said they are proud of the president for…
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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…