Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja for Saudi Arabia to attend Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh.The President and his close aides’ convoy left the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday around 1.25pmHe is expected back in the country by 17th
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National Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 21 suspected cases and five deaths in the recent outbreak of Lassa Fever in Benue state.Programs Officer, Risk Communications Desk, NCDC, Mrs. Hanatu Bello who made the disclosure yesterday in Makurdi said “since the beginning of the year, there have been 21 suspected cases of
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President Donald Trump has confirmed the killing of fugitive Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. special forces in a raid in northwest Syria.Speaking to newsmen at the White House on Sunday morning, Trump said Baghdadi killed himself by detonating his suicide vest during the operation on Saturday night.According to him, test results
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Professor (Mrs). Lilian I. Salami, a Professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education, has been appointed Vice Chancellor by the Governing Council of the University of Benin.Professor Salami whose appointment would take effect from December 2nd, 2019, would take over from Professor Faraday Orumwense.A statement by the university’s spokesman, Mr.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a petition asking it to investigate the source of the money conveyed in bullion vans to the home of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the eve of the 2019 presidential election.The petition, written by Concerned Nigerians, was
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An episode of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ has shown the drama that ensued over Kim’s look to the Met Gala ball that held recently. From all indications ‘born again’ Kanye complained about his wife looking ‘too s3xy’ and she kicked back.Kim showed up at the Met ball in a corset dress that clinched
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Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is expected to declare open a 2-day sensitisation workshop on ‘freight forwarding as a career, planned by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN).Amaechi, the supervisory minister of CRFFN, is expected to be joined at the workshop scheduled to take place next
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The Competition Authority of Kenya gave Nigeria’s biggest lender the go-ahead to acquire 93.57% of Transnational Bank Ltd., as consolidation in the East African nation’s banking industry gathers pace.Access Bank Plc’s purchase follows the merger of NIC Group Plc and Commercial Bank of Africa Ltd., and KCB Group Ltd.’s acquisition of National Bank of
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Anietie Udobit, UmuahiaAhead of a possible supplementary poll between Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Mao Ohuabunwa as ruled by the Election Petitions tribunal sitting in Umuahia, a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Abia state and ex-Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Amah Abraham, has warned Orji Kalu to
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that culprits of sex-for-marks in Nigerian tertiary institutions would be made to face the full weight of the law.He added that anyone found culpable will serve the stiffest punishment under the law.Buhari warned that his administration would not condone any form of indiscipline and misdemeanour, saying that
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