The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has refuted the claim that the ministry is planning to move a firefighting simulator out of the Nigerian College of Technology, Zaria, to Lagos State.In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Tunde Moshood, on Monday, the minister
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The lingering tussle between the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III and Chief Ayiri Emami, a business mogul and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, has taken on a violent dimension.The feud, which began when the monarch was crowned and Emami was removed as the Ologbotsere
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A 12-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS-2) student (name withheld), who was allegedly used to buy two bags of rice by suspected kidnappers has been found.His father, Pastor Joshua Ogbonna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that suspected kidnappers took his son and used him to buy
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The Palestinian prime minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, has announced the resignation of his government, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, due to the escalating violence in the occupied territory and the war on Gaza.“The decision to resign came in light of the unprecedented escalation in the West Bank and
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reiterated that 70 percent of medicines used in Nigeria come from outside the country.This is even as the agency has established a pre-shipment testing scheme that has stopped over 124 products that were approved from coming into the
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Hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti‘s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. At least three people were dead Sunday.The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti‘s downward spiral of violence and came as gangs assert greater control in the capital, Port-au-Prince, while embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry
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President Bola Tinubu and His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, witnessed the signing of historic agreements between both nations on Sunday in Doha, opening a gateway for leveraging the potential of mutual cooperation in pivotal sectors of education, enterprise development, investment promotion,
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President Bola Tinubu has mourned the deaths of two ace Nigerian comic actors, John Okafor, also known as Mr. Ibu, and Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji, also known as Sisi Quadri.In a statement issued on Sunday, March 3, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu, while mourning
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Police operatives in Abuja have arrested 15 suspects in connection with the looting of food items at a warehouse belonging to the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration on Sunday.Among those arrested were two security guards who “actively participated” in the looting of food
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The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before February 28, 2024.The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Wednesday.Maida,
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