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A Young Female Student at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State, Jamima Shetima Balami, has reportedly taken her own life. The 24-Year-Old was a National Diploma II student of Mass Communication and was about to complete her Industrial Training (IT) at Adamawa Television (ATV) in Yola at the time of her death. Balami, who hailed…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has released $500m to various sectors in its determination to address the backlog of verified foreign exchange transactions. Its Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to Sidi-Ali, this comes barely a week after the apex bank…
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A woman identified as Mary Olohunwa is currently in hospital after she was brutalised by her ex-husband, Keji Ademola in Bako Estate in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The estate is in the Owode Onirin area of the state. A relation of Mary who spoke to SaharaReporters on Monday said she was accosted on her way to…
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The Nigerian Government has been asked to take actionable steps to end the endemic insecurity, mitigate further attacks by kidnap syndicates and terrorist groups, and, account for persons missing in these attacks. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Monday, Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria under the auspices of the Civil Society Joint Action Group,…
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Tinubu’s administration owes Nigerians an explanation for the NNPC $3.3bn emergency loan. In what appears to be a landmark economic decision of the Bola Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government last year, precisely on August 16, 2023 through the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan, which according to the…
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Tinubu’s administration owes Nigerians an explanation for the NNPC $3.3bn emergency loan. In what appears to be a landmark economic decision of the Bola Tinubu-led administration, the Federal Government last year, precisely on August 16, 2023 through the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan, which according to the…
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu @jidesanwoolu Today, I commissioned the Iwosan Lagoon Hospital, Victoria Island alongside the Chairman, Mr. Fola Adeola, his wife, Mrs. Hajara Adeola, Mrs Toyin Saraki and others. The Iwosan Lagoon Hospital is a state of the art establishment whose services include procedures like open heart surgery, bariatric surgery, urology and many more. I congratulate…
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(1) Uchenna Igwe, popularly known as Sir One On One is no doubt one of the most respected Skitmakers in Nigeria. Sir One On One who hails from Ebonyi State can speak with four different tones and many dialects. Sirone also had his secondary education at Army Day Secondary school in Ebonyi which shaped his…
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The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said the construction of the long-awaited Fourth Mainland Bridge would begin in the first quarter of this year, “by the end of March or April.” The governor disclosed this in his keynote address during the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held at the Balmoral…
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The FCT Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad (SIS) takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Haruna Garba, made this known while briefing journalists in Abuja. He said that the suspect was arrested in…