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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has blamed unpatriotic Nigerians for being the reason why social networking service, Twitter, decided to make Ghana its African headquarters. Mohammed stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, had revealed on Monday that it had finally set up an office in Africa and it would ...
April, 2021
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16 April
Ex-warlord gets life sentence for Ivorian massacres
A court in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan has handed down a life sentence to a former warlord, Amadé Ouérémi, for his role in massacres that were carried out in the west of the country following the disputed election in late 2010. The UN said 300 people were killed in Duékoué although the International Committee of the Red Cross ...
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16 April
YouTube suspends TB Joshua’s Emmanuel TV ..see reason
Emmanuel TV, the YouTube channel belonging to Pastor TB Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, has been suspended from the platform. A statement by the church on Thursday said Emmanuel TV was suspended for allegedly propagating ‘hate speech’. The announcement however led to public outcry from Joshua’s followers who vented their frustrations on social media ...
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16 April
Buhari back in Abuja after UK medical trip
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after successful medical check-up in the United Kingdom. The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some presidential aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m. Those at the airport to welcome the president included the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, ...
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16 April
Opinion): ZION TRAIN IS COMING OUR WAY
A quiet revolution took off on April 8, 2021, by 11.05 am. It was unheralded, without ostentation, almost unsung. But it was something that would have great impact not only on today, but also on tomorrow, and the future. On the date in question, a train took off from Warri, headed to Itakpe, bearing 96 pipelines to be used for ...
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15 April
Strong indications Buhari returns to Nigeria today !
All things being equal,President, Muhammadu Buhari, is due to be back in Nigeria today Recall that Buhari has been in London since March 30 in what the Presidency described as a routine medical checkup. There are indications that arrangements have been concluded to receive the President in Abuja any moment from now. Already armed soldiers and policemen on “route lining” ...
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15 April
Inflation rate maintains upward trend, hits 18.17% in March
The consumer price index, which measures inflation increased by 18.17 per cent (year-on-year) in March 2021. This is 0.82 percent points higher than the rate recorded in February 2021 (17.33 per cent). The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed in its report on ‘Consumer Price Index’ for March 2021 on Thursday that March inflation rate remained the highest in four years. ...
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15 April
FG apologizes over power failure, assures work in progress
Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, on Thursday, apologised for the power outage experienced by many Nigerians across the country. According to him, the problem was caused by the breakdown of some National Integrated Power Plants supplying electricity to the national grid. Mamman, who stated this in a string of tweets via his verified Twitter handle, however, assured Nigerians that the ...
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15 April
Buhari’s return date unknown, stays 3rd week abroad
The stay of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, in London has entered its third week, fueling speculations of an extension of his medical sojourn in the United Kingdom yet the Presidency has not issued an update on his London stay. As few days turn to few weeks, Nigerians are curious to know whether the President’s medical trip has been extended and ...
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15 April
APC debunks 2023 Zooming list, says It’s not discussed
The All Progressives Congress’, APC, ’Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee has distanced itself from a list purportedly showing how the ruling party has zoned elective public offices for the 2023 general elections as well as its National Working Committee, NWC. According to the said list, the ruling party had zoned the office of the President to the South; Vice-President, North; ...
