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Government of Niger State has declared Monday to Friday next week a public holiday to enable civil servants and political office holders to participate in the distribution and monitoring of the palliatives and Ramadan feeding in their various Local Government Areas. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Binta Mamman made the disclosure in a statement today in Minna. She ...
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March, 2024
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16 March
Three UK-based Nigerians defraud Vodafone, other firms of £429,304
Three Nigerians and one other person residing in the United Kingdom have been jailed by Portsmouth Crown Court for a combined total of 11 years after duping Vodafone, EE, O2 and Carphone Warehouse of £429,304. According to a UK digital newspaper, The News, the four of them – Oluwadamilola Bolaji, Taofeeq Balogun, Taiwo Agusto and Carriba Johnson were guilty of ...
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16 March
Undersea cable cut frustrates across W/Africa, Nigeria most affected
Telecom subscribers and bank customers, on Friday, continued to encounter difficulties accessing essential services, including making phone calls, sending messages, and conducting online banking transactions. Of all the telcos in the country, MTN Nigeria was the most affected by the network disruption as it has the highest number of subscribers to its voice and data services The Undersea cable cuthas ...
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14 March
26-yr-old “illiterate” invents water-powered generator
26-year-old Nigerian without engineering certification invented water-powered generatorA 26-year-old Nigerian man, Emeka Nelson, built a generator that operates mainly on water. Nelson invented the water-powered generator despite lacking formal education or engineering certification. The inventor said the generator has a maximum capacity of 1,000 Watts and a voltage ranging between 220 and 240. It also has the potential to challenge ...
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13 March
Gumi advices Tinubu : Don’t do like Buhari, negotiate with Kidnappers !
Prominent Islamic cleric and former military officer, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has renewed his call for the federal government to go into negotiations with bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. During the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, tried convincing the government to dialogue with bandits. In a statement, the cleric said he was willing to ...
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12 March
Sen. Ningi insists 2024 budget, highest Padded in history
The Bauchi senator, has maintained his position on Monday that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget. Responding to reports that there were plans to suspend him, he noted that he was ready to bear the brunt of his statement even if the punishment that came with it was to get him suspended. “I am not afraid ...
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12 March
Alakija, estrange hubby keep mum, insiders’ reveal issues
Nigeria’s richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija, and her husband of 30 years, Modupe Alakija, are handling matters with expected maturity. They are not splashing of il feelings on social media over the news of their parting ways. Nothing for the media to feast on, from the two sides. The news making the rounds is that the mother of four and the ...
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9 March
Kaduna Under kidnappers’ Siege, Again, Mosque attacked
In the last few weeks, the Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone has witnessed escalation of tension . Terrorists’ attacks, killings and abduction had become one, too many. In several communities in the Kajuru, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Giwa and Igabi local government councils, abduction has teared them to pieces. The situation in many villages and town is highly tense even before the kidnapping ...
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9 March
80-yr-old commits suicide by hanging in Lagos
80-year-old Isiaka Ayinde, reportedly committed suicide at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State, around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. According to a tenant in the compound, the deceased hung himself with a rope in the kitchen. “He heard his children shouting that he should come and see Baba in the kitchen. “When he ran into the ...
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9 March
Govt negotiates release of kidnapped 287 Kuriga pupils
There are indications that negotiations for the release of no fewer than 287 abducted pupils has began That also include the teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Anonymous sources in the Kaduna State Government House, who is close to the negotiations saidthat the state government ...
