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Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in an international friendly game played on Friday defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Cameroon’s Zambo Anguissa scored in the 37th minute to end the game 1-0.
Events
June, 2021
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5 June
Exposed ! Lawmaker constructs classrooms in non-existent School with N56m
The lid has been blown off a monumental fraud in Area Ibo State. A project for the construction of a classroom block in Akwa Ibom has ‘gulped’ N56 million in three years. However, the project is nowhere to be found. For three consecutive years, Michael Okon Enyong, the lawmaker representing Ibesikpo Asutan/Nsit Arai/Uruan/Uyo Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, nominated ...
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5 June
Twitter Suspension: NBA Threatens Court Action
The Nigerian Bar Association has noted with great concern the extraordinary decision of the Federal Government of Nigeria to suspend the operations of Twitter in Nigeria and, by necessary implication, the right of Nigerians to freely express their constitutionally guaranteed opinions through that medium. The Federal Government also directed the Nigerian Communications Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing ...
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5 June
Private jet Owners’ Verification begins june 7
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it will begin a verification exercise for all private jet owners from June 7 to July 6, 2021, for documentation. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the spokesman of the service, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, said the exercise was necessitated by the economic and security situations of the country and ...
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5 June
Ureka ! Clear signs JUSUN strike is almost over
Federal Government is currently holding its last meeting with JUSUN and PASAN to resolve the strike of the unions over the refusal of Governors to implement autonomy for state legislature and judiciary A meeting between the Federal Government, judiciary and parliamentary workers in Abuja has ended with all parties signing agreement for implementation of the contentious financial autonomy in states. ...
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5 June
Mbaka’s 30 days suspension ends, now banned from political matters
The Catholic church has banned Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), from commenting on partisan politics. This is following Mbaka’s resumption to church activities of the ministry which was suspended following his one-month private retreat. Callistus Onaga, Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, in a letter to the priest also converted the adoration ministry to chaplaincy. Following ...
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5 June
Hard times hit Ekiti, slashes Workers Salaries, Suspends Minimum Wage
Ekiti State Government has announced the suspension the Consequential Salary Adjustment (minimum wage) and reduction of salaries of civil servants and political appointees. The cut was part of an agreement reached on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the government and organised labour. The minimum wage was being enjoyed by workers ...
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4 June
FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria Indefinitely
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday,citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. The Minister said the Federal Government ...
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4 June
COAS appointment: No Mass Retirement in Army – Defence hqts
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says speculations that there is mass retirement of some generals in Nigerian Army following the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is not true. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said that retirement of senior officers from the ...
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4 June
Ex-Staff Burgles Office, Hides inside Water Tank to Beat Police Searchlight
By Felix Mordi A young man, who allegedly burgled his former place of work and, to escape police arrest, hid himself in a water tank, has been sniffed out. The suspect, 28-year-old Ola Adeoye, who was disengaged a month ago by his employers, Owoyemi Super Store on Idiroko Road, Sango-Otta in Ogun State, made a clandestine and criminal visit to ...
