There are palpable fears that 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, may experience total outage of telecoms services in the next few days, following the shutdown of several base stations by the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service. The affected states, which are sharing borders with Kogi
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with representatives of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to resolve the crisis generated by the new N30,000 minimum wage demanded by organised labour at the Presidential Villa. The governors were led by the chairman of the forum and Zamfara chief executive, Abdulazeez Yari. Those in attendance were
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Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi on Monday paid a condolence visit to the family of Late Engr. Usman Abubakar, the Board Chairman of Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC), who died Oct.11. The Minister visited the family at their residence in Unguwan Dosa in Kaduna State. Amaechi during the visit, said that the
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The South African Embassy has showered gifts on participants and awardees at the Abuja Jabamah 2018 on Friday November 16. The event which was organised by Ambassador Ikeh Uko and co-sponsored by the Embassy, was to show appreciation to 100 individuals, organisations and countries that has made contributions in promoting culture
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THE National Examinations Council,NECO, has announced an extension of time for applicants wishing to register as walk-in candidates for its November/December 2018 SSCE examination. Acting Registrar of NECO, Mr Abubkar Gana, who disclosed this in a statement, late Sunday, said the extension became necessary following the expiration of registration deadline last
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THE Lagos State government has formally joined the influential World Cities Culture Forum. Lagos’ membership was ratified at the 7th edition of the World Culture Cities Summit which ended in San Francisco, United States of America on Saturday. In a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Tourism Arts
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday asked Nigerians to re-elect him in 2019, primarily to keep fighting the corruption war his administration started in 2015. He also stated that his commitment to the provision of infrastructure, rebuilding the economy and sustaining the anti-insurgency war would be re-doubled if given a second opportunity. Buhari
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-Oru Leonard The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has notified the public of the incoming harmattan which has already started in the extreme northern parts of the Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by the Agency, which reads: ‘harmattan season is characterised by the prevalence of dry and dusty wind
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The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is to kick-start his campaign for 2019 general election through an address to Nigerians on Facebook on Monday. A statement issued by Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, on Saturday in Abuja, said that Abubakar would use the address to launch
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President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of football-loving Nigerians to felicitate with the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after a draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in an encounter in Johannesburg Saturday. Buhari commended the Nigerian team for their spirited
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