-Anietie Udobit, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016, his office said. The summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the
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The Director General of National TaskForce (NATFORCE) Chief Osita Emmanuel Okereke has alleged that there is a plot by some external forces to hijack the activities of the organization which was formed in partnership with federal government to combat illegal importation of arms, ammunition and light weapons in the country. Chief
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Oby Ezekwesili I woke up yesterday to read a fictitious report credited to me by Sunday Tribune that I claimed President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve to be president. And on the basis of the fiction weaved together by a reporter, he let loose one of those now-very-common indecorous and rumor-
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In press release by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on August 15 and signed by Dr. Usman Abba Arabi - Head, Public Affairs Department. Expressed worry and concern over increasing spate of attacks on workers of electricity distribution companies on assignment. A recent incident is the attack on staff
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The National Taskforce on illegal importation/smuggling of smalls, light and chemical weapon has denied directing any person or group of persons to sell recruitment form or collect money on behalf of the organization. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director General of the organization, Chief (Dr) Osita Emmanuel
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National Emergency Management Agency has advised communities along the River Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground over the likelihood of floods that may occur at any moment from now. Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi who gave the advice, following intense rainfall and rises in water level, said the agency
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni surprised residents of Kyeirumba village with a roadside phone call using a cheap ' kabiriti' on Monday. He sat on a chair by the road and spoke on the phone for about 30 minutes, as his security detail waited. He directed the officers not to block traffic. Museveni
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The Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in the tertiary education sub-sector have agreed on N2,500 as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening. This is contained in a statement issued by Prof. Michael Faborode, the Secretary-General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) in Abuja. Faborode said the
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… Nigerian Universities missed first 1000 The Times Higher Education has released the ranking for best global universities on Monday July 11. The ranking is based on University core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most
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