Category: News
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Following the removal of forex ban on the importation of poultry products and 42 other items, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned against opening Nigerian boarder for importation of the product into Nigeria. Obasanjo, who was the grand patron of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) while speaking virtually at the second summit of the…
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The 2nd Niger Bridge has been officially handed over to Federal Government of Nigeria by Julius Berger, the contractor who executed the project. The Minister fo Works, Senator David Umahi on the occasion commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari for providing the needed support that led to the completion of the…
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Arsenal will welcome Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. The draw which was conducted on Sunday, will also see Chelsea take on Preston and Manchester City play Huddersfield. Tottenham Hotspur host Burnley, while Manchester United are away at Wigan Athletic. Third-round ties will take place across the weekend of January 6 and…
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Residents of Iseyin in Oyo State are currently gripped by palpable fear due to a fire outbreak at one of the stations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The petroleum station, located at Agip area of Iseyin, caught fire around 2 p.m., causing panic among the residents. Efforts to quench the fire are…
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Nigerian singer Opeyemi Rahim, popularly known as Lyta, has expressed his desire to return to his former record label, YBNL Nation. Featuring in the Ginger Yourself Podcast, Lyta explained that he didn’t leave YBNL “intentionally.” He said, “I want to be back with YBNL, what I did back then [leaving YBNL Nation] wasn’t intentional. I…
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Mr David Greene, Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Nigeria, has assured visa applicants that the mission is committed to resolving all visa-related issues. Greene made the pledge during an interview with newsmen in Abuja. He said visa troubles would be a thing of the past, and the mission is doing everything in its…
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The Rivers State Police Command has said 13 of its officers were arrested for indecent dressing. The State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this during a live programme on a radio station in Port Harcourt on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Disu said the police officers were arrested during a patrol by the…
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The foreign ministers of military-ruled Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Friday recommended creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within a federation. Mali and Burkina, ruled by juntas who seized power in coups in 2020 and 2022 respectively, rushed to back Niger’s military rulers when they…
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When the author of Usefulness of Useless Knowledge, Donald Jordan, said “history is an aggregate of half-truths, semi-truths, fables, myths, rumours, prejudices, personal narratives, gossip and official prevarications,” he may have been frustrated by the historical contradictions of his time. And such inconsistencies have been the fate of history from time immemorial, making Karl Marx…
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A plane crash has left several dead, including a senior politician, in a horror accident just moments after it took off. The incident, which took place on Saturday, Dec 2, in Paraguay saw the plane turn into a fireball after it plunged into a field. Walter Harms, a legislator for the ruling Colorado party, was killed along with three…