The Rotary International president, Gordon McLnally, will be on a three-day working visit to Nigeria starting Friday with a fresh donation of $7 million for the eradication and prevention of diseases.The latest grant is in addition to the $14 million given by Rotary about two months ago, through the World
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to drag the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to court if it fails to reverse the directive to network providers to bar the phone lines of Nigerians who have not linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs).SERAP, which made
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A five-storey building under construction has collapsed in Onitsha, an Anambra State commercial hub.The building located at Basden Street, Fegge, Onitsha-South local government, according to sources, caved in from the fifth floor in the morning of Sunday.Some workers were said to be on the fifth floor working when the building
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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike over the federal government’s delay in paying their salaries.The decision to embark on a warning strike was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two grandfathers over drug trafficking.The suspects, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and Yamama Musa, were arrested in Borno State on Saturday, March 9.Confirming this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were
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The Presidency has reacted to what it called the false claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget and said it “considers it appropriate to inform Nigerians that there is no truth whatsoever
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported that one of its critical infrastructures, the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, has been vandalised and a component stolen by the vandals, making the incident the fifth such occurrence within February and March of this year.The company said at approximately 9am on Sunday
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The Niger State Government has renamed the Minna International Airport after President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.Recall that the airport was formerly known as Dr. Abubakar Imam International Airport.The President is expected in Minna, the state capital, to officially flag off the Agricultural Revolution Project, commission the Minna Airport, and lay the
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Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared Monday, March 11, as the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH in Nigeria.Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast.He
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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets to boost food sufficiency.This was disclosed Saturday by the Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi,
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