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Yearly Archives: 2019

NUPENG threatens strike over agreement violation

Nigerians may have to go through another fuel crisis soon should the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) go ahead with...

NBS: Nigeria’s poverty rate rises to 62.6%

Statistician General of the Federation (SGF) and Chief Executive of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr Yemi Kale, has blamed rising income inequality in...

IGP Adamu, Northwest governors urge bandits to surrender arms, ammunition

Inspector-General Muhammad Adamu on Monday met with the Northwest governors as well as representatives of Taraba, Plateau and Niger states to brainstorm on ways...

Man to die by hanging for stabbing friend to death over N20 loan

A Kano High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, to death by hanging for stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Adamu, 22, to...

President Buhari to open global youth employment forum

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open this year’s Global Youth Employment Forum, which opens today in Abuja, the nation’s capital, to discuss...

Hon. Kawu: Lawmaker with a difference

By Abba Dukawa Notwithstanding there is different perception by many people about politicians. Some of them are viewed as self-centered; however, still there are some...

MTN lifts partial ban on calls from Glo network

MTN has lifted its partial ban on calls from Globacom subscribers to its network after stakeholders intervened in the matter. This came after a breakdown...

Presidency: We’ve defeated real Boko Haram

The Presidency has declared the real Boko Haram has been defeated. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said...

Boris Johnson appoints Nigerian as minister

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed a Nigerian Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch as Children and Families Minister as part of his government reshuffle. Badenoch is...

Monarch recognises kidnapper at eatery after paying N.6 million ransom

One of the suspects that allegedly kidnapped the village head of Hunki, in Awe Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Alhaji Umaru Jibrin, has been...

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