The eighth season of Nigeria’s most prestigious reality TV singing competition, Nigerian Idol, is set to premiere tomorrow, Sunday, April 23.MultiChoice Nigeria and Africa Magic, organisers of the reality show, had earlier unveiled the new season on Tuesday, March 28, at a media event in Lagos. The show, which will
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The House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in Taraba State, Isma’ila Maihanchi, is dead.The 37-year-old Maihanchi died at the National Hospital in Abuja.He reportedly died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness.He won his election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).He defeated
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The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse of a floodlight mast.Dare made this known in a statement after inspecting the collapsed floodlight mast.The Minister had paid a scheduled visit to the stadium on
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The Economic Community of West African States have signed grant agreements worth 1.3 million euros with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states.The capacity-building programme is part of the implementation of the ECOWAS Agroecology Programme co-funded by the European Union and the French Development Agency.The total
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IThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has donated 100 hectares of land to the Nigeria Peace Corps ( NPC) for the construction of South-West Zonal Training School.The monarch said this at his palace during a familiarisation visit by the Corp’s Commandant General of NPC, Dr Mustapha Abubakar, on Friday
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The operatives of Seme border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said they have intercepted and seized 553 parcels of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp which drug peddlers attempted to bring into the Country.The Command disclosed it arrested four suspects in connection with the seized illicit drugs.Abdullahi
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Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has said it is unaware of the whereabouts of its Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Ari. Mr Ari was the official who illegally declared Aishatu Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the Adamawa State governorship election last Sunday.Both INEC
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Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 4,000 inmates in the last eight years, Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Malam Hassan Fagge, said on Friday in Kano.Fagge, in a statement, quoted Ganduje as stating this while pardoning 43 inmates at the Goron Dutse custodial facility to mark this
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Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), says the commission is making arrangements to evacuate citizens from Sudan.This was contained in a statement by Mr Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM in Abuja.Dabiri-Erewa said the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency
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Air Peace has added Maiduguri to its growing network with four flight frequencies weekly.The airline operated its maiden flight to the Borno State capital on Friday, a statement by Stanley Olisa, the Spokesman of the airline said.With this new route, Air Peace now services 21 domestic routes.Olisa hinted that the
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