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The Rivers State Government has intercepted a truckload of suspected substandard animal hide, popularly called ponmo, in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the state, even as two persons accompanying the truck were arrested. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Fred Kpakol, who confirmed the incident while speaking to journalists on Port Harcourt, said the import papers showed that the seized ...
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April, 2021
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10 April
Any woman will want to associate with my husband -Aisha Buhari
The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has said the future seemed unsure when she got married at an early age to her husband, the President, Muhammadu Buhari The couple got married in 1989 when Aisha Buhari was 18 years old. In a book launched yesterday titled ‘Aisha Buhari: Being Different’, the First Lady, however, said the marriage placed her on the ...
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7 April
Gani Fawehinmi introduced me to him in Alagbon as inmates & we married there
Yinka: Basking in the shadow that you cast If breath was the currency of life and its legal tender…then, Yinka spent his breath on causes. The medics said his oxygen level was running low but my husband was reaching out for his tab to type out his column… He was never frugal in spending that oxygen on his Yoruba earth ...
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1 April
UK fines Oyakhilome £125,000 over COVID-19 sermon
The United Kingdom’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) has fined Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and his religious channel, Loveworld £125,000. Ofcom in a statement said that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the country’s broadcasting code by disseminating misinformation on COVID-19. The statement in part read: “Today we have fined Loveworld £125,000 for this breach of the broadcasting code. This ...
March, 2021
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31 March
Super Eagles win after 10 yrs excite Sanwo Olu, others.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said, “I am excited as for the first time in 20 years, we witness the homecoming of our dear Super Eagles as they play their AFCON qualifier at our state soccer home ground, the Teslim Balogun Stadium. Sport is an important part of our THEMES agenda for Lagos. “We have invested in developing our ...
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30 March
Lagos accounts for 12.15% as states debts hit N4.2tn
The total states and Federal Capital Territory domestic debt profile hit N4.2tn with Lagos State accounting for 12.15 per cent of the debt stock as of the end of 2020. According to the report by the National Bureau of Statistics in its report on ‘Nigerian domestic and foreign debt (Q4, 2020) on Monday, Jigawa State had the least debt stock ...
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29 March
Giant vessel blocking Suez Canal freed after being stuck for 6 days
Ever Given, the gigantic vessel that has made global headlines in the past few days, has been freed from Suez Canal after being stuck for six days, according to abreaking news flashed by Anadolu, the Turkish news agency. “It is however unclear when the canal will open to traffic,” the report said shortly before 05 hours GMT on Monday, March ...
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25 March
FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses. Former FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke also had his existing suspension extended by the same amount. The new bans will only come into force when the current bans on Blatter and Valcke for corruption, ...
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25 March
Notable features of new Police Amendment Act
The amendment seeks to insert a new Section ‘6(7)’ which provides for the structure of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as follows: (a) Force Headquarters; (b) Zonal Headquarters; (c) State Commands; (d) Training Institutes; (e) Area Commands; (f)Divisional Police Headquarters and (g) Police Stations. The new section makes provision for an organic structure for the police force so that its ...
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24 March
Helen Prest excited, appointed ED Bank Nevis International
Barely a month after the death of her second husband and the attendants controversies that followed, Helen Prest has a new least of life, and she is excited,about her appointment as ED Bank Nevis International “I am delighted to accept my appointment as a non Executive Director of Bank Nevis International Trust Services Ltd. BONITS. “I have long been an ...
