Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Tuesday called on Team Nigeria at the ongoing Rio Olympics Football games to strive to get the gold medal because only the best is good for their determination, resilience and display of soccer skills.In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and
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Disturbed by the exit of foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, the Senate yesterday disclosed its plans to summon the Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Serika, with a view to finding lasting solutions to the problem bedeviling the aviation sector.Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Adamu Aliero, made the disclosure yesterday while
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Seafarers of the NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), a subsidiary of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), have decried a proposed 50 per cent cut in salary.Speaking to journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, a group representing the seafarers said the protest was a reaction to a mail sent to them
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The Nigeria Police, yesterday, paraded arrested suspected notorious kidnap for ransom gang that has been linked to kidnapping and violent crimes along Kaduna-Abuja and its environs. The suspects, Haruna Adamu, 25 yrs Gang Leader, Shaibu Adamu, 18 and Abubakar Saidu, 30 were arrested were arrested after coordinated and painstaking investigation by the
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has warned that Kaduna and 10 states risk flooding from August to October this year, as their various soil moisture had reached or were close to saturation.Other states listed include: Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Kwara, Nasarawa, Yobe and Zamfara.NiMet in its report
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The embattled leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau who was recently removed in a ‘palace coup’ has found his mojo and threatened to attack President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa Abuja. He made the threat in a video he released to show that he is still in the business of
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On August 7, 2016, gunmen ambushed and killed 11 soldiers in Niger State, one of the states sharing boundary with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of government. Confirming the incident the spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani Usman, said, “Following covert surveillance and intelligence reports on
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The Olympic Games are the times and opportunities for the world’s best athletes to showcase their talents, and elevate their countries in the world stage through their performances, especially by winning medals. It has been said that the end of any Olympic Game is the beginning of the next one,
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National Emergency Management Agency has advised communities along the River Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground over the likelihood of floods that may occur at any moment from now.Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi who gave the advice, following intense rainfall and rises in water level, said the agency
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni surprised residents of Kyeirumba village with a roadside phone call using a cheap ' kabiriti' on Monday. He sat on a chair by the road and spoke on the phone for about 30 minutes, as his security detail waited. He directed the officers not to block traffic. Museveni
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