Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected bandit, Zainab Abubakar, at the Ungwan Salaha, Mararaban Jos community, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The military said on Thursday that preliminary checks into the suspect’s phone “revealed a video clip of her dancing with an AK-47 rifle hung on her neck.” …
The Emir of Bade, Abubakar Suleiman, has advocated for the return of environmental health inspectors across the state as one of the measures against the outbreak and spread of Lassa Fever. The Emir said this at his palace in Gashua while receiving the state team on sensitisation against Lassa Fever. The team was led by …
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Fresh facts have emerged regarding the young man that attempted to commit suicide along the third mainland bridge in Lagos. The young man in question is said to be 28-years-old Princewill David a resident of Tajudeen Balogun street in Moshalash area of Igando, a suburb of Lagos where he trades in currency exchange. According to …
The Lagos State government has urged residents to remain calm following the confirmed case of novel coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, made the appeal in a statement on Friday. This comes barely one day after the Federal Ministry of Health announced that one person has been …
The federal government will on Friday begin a preventive yellow fever immunisation campaign in two high-risk states, Rivers and Anambra. The campaign will be conducted in partnership with the World Health Organisation, Gavi, and the Vaccine Alliance and is targeted towards the elimination of the disease in the country. The WHO in a statement released on …
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The Federal Government on Thursday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to stay the execution of its January 19, 2020 judgment on former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam. The verdict directed the return of the case file in the ex-governor’s trial and his ex-Finance Commissioner Omadachi Oklobia to Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, …
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The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday said the state is set to recruit 2,200 constabulary personnel to complement the efforts of existing security agents. Ganduje’s spokesperson, Abba Anwar, in a statement said each of the 44 council areas in the state will benefit from the arrangement, and will have 50 constables. Anwar said …
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Odion Ighalo scored his first goal for Manchester United as they cruised into the Europa League last 16 at the expense of Club Bruges with one of their best performances of the season. Bruno Fernandes scored his second United penalty in a week after Simon Deli was sent off for a ludicrous handball to block …
State governors, who are members of the National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday explained why the Excess Crude Account (ECA) balance dropped by about 78.2 per cent within two months. The balance in the ECA declined from $325 million in January to about $71 million as announced at the end of the last Federation Accounts Allocation Committee …
The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 lives, the health ministry announced Thursday, with a vice president becoming the latest top official to be infected as the spread appeared to accelerate. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that the tally of infections had risen to 245 with 106 more cases confirmed …
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Taylor Swift plays a man-spreading, cigar smoking, strip-club-going male business executive in the new video for her track, The Man. The song is taken from her seventh studio album, Lover, the first new music released since her departure from Big Machine Records. It takes aim at male music executives – in particular Scooter Braun, who …
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The Federal Government on Thursday admitted that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and ISWAP have changed tactics. It said they had decided to be targeting Christians and Christian communities. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. It said the insurgents’ latest strategy …
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