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Yearly Archives: 2020

Niger Assembly approves N65.5b for 2020 Local Govt budget

Niger State House of Assembly has approved the sum of N65.5 billion as the local government budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget is...

Return to APC, Ize-Iyamu urges Obaseki

Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Edo governorship election on Sept. 19 has appealed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki to return...

Court remands 27-year-old for raping two teenagers

A 27-year-old man, Taiwo Olatunde, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged defilement of two teenagers. The defendant of no...

Police seal APC National Secretariat

Armed Police personnel sealed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on...

Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19

World number one Novak Djokovic said Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus, the Serb star becoming the fourth player to contract the virus...

UN appoints 2baba as Refugees Ambassador

The United Nations has appointed ‘African Queen’ crooner, 2baba (formerly 2face Idibia), as its Refugees Goodwill Ambassador. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner...

COVID-19: Delta shuts SSG office, Information ministry, others

Following the contraction of coronavirus by the Secretary to Delta State Government, Chiedu Ebie, and the Information Commissioner, Charles Aniagwu, the Ministry of Information...

Reps grill Onyema over Nigerian High Commission’s demolition in Ghana

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, is currently appearing before the House of Representatives where he is being grilled over demolition of parts...

Ondo doctors begin strike Wednesday

Doctors under the auspices of the Residents Doctors Association of Nigeria, Ondo State Chapter, have announced the commencement of an indefinite strike effective Wednesday,...

Retirees block Imo Govt House entrance, demand payment of pensions

Pensioners in Imo State on Tuesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, protesting the state government’s non-payment of their pensions and...

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