Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria has insisted that he was right in ordering monarchs to stand up and show respect to the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, as according to him, governors deserve respect.Obasanjo who spoke on Monday, amid criticisms over his action, stressed that he stood
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Barely one week after Nigeria was thrown into darkness, the national electricity grid has collapsed again.Power generation has reportedly dropped from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at about 1am on Tuesday morning to a meagre 42.7MW.According to Guardian, only Delta Power plant was active on the grid with 41.00MW
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John Obot has successfully broken the Guinness World Record for the longest duration of a read-aloud marathon. Surpassing the previous record set by Indian citizen Rysbai Isakov, who held the title with 124 hours, Obot achieved an impressive 145 hours of non-stop reading.John Obot, a graduate of Educational Management from
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The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has advised the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikide, to present a reasonable debt recovery plan in order to recover the airline.The Managing Director of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, gave the advice at a media interactive session in Lagos State.Recall that AMCON, the special
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The Dangote Refinery will kick off the refining of petrol by November 30, 2023, Devakumar Edwin, Dangote Group Executive Director, said on Monday.Speaking with S&P Global Commodity Insights on Monday, Edwin said the refinery will receive its first cargo of crude in the next two weeks and will kick off
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has invited the Department of Security Services to join the probe of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.This was contained in a statement signed by Lagos state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Tuesday.Mohbad, a former signee of Naira Marley at
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A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 36-year-old businesswoman, Lois Iliya, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged lesbianism with a minor.The defendant was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, with unnatural offence, contrary to section 259 of the Kaduna
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The Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited has inducted a new batch of Graduate Trainees in its Graduate Trainee programme, with the management declaring that continuous investments in critical sectors of the economy to create employment and promote decent jobs is irrevocable.Addressing the trainees, Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, gave
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Abuja has commenced investigation of a video clip in circulation across the social media handles of some soldiers engaging with bandits somewhere in Katsina State.In a statement by the Director, Defence Information, Brig-Gen. Tukur Gusau admitted that the DHQ was aware of the resolve of some
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The Federal Government of Nigeria is currently servicing one hundred and eight World Bank loans worth $14.12 billion.According to report, the oldest loan being serviced was approved as far back as 1989 under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, while the most recent loan being serviced was approved in 2018 under the former
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