The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday announced the death of one of its members, Mr Kazeem Alimi (APC-Eti Osa I). The Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Mr Tunde Braimoh, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos. Alimi, a second term member of the assembly, died at the Lagos State Teaching…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has embarked on campaign directed at workers and pensioners to acquire voting power to oust deceptive and bad politicians, including governors. NLC has, therefore, directed workers and pensioners who are yet to register to do so and obtain voters card. Mr. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, gave the order when he…
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Worried by rising kidnap and rape cases across the state, Lagos State Government has introduced measures during this vacation to forestall any possible ugly situation that may arise in public schools. The state government had in a memo to all permanent secretaries, tutors-general of the six educational districts in the state, asked them to stop…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has tentatively fixed July 26, 2017 for the commencement of orientation for prospective Stream 2, Batch A corp members nationwide. By the new timetable, the orientation programme will close on August 15. An NYSC source told Premium Times on Tuesday that the agency fixed the date during an extended…
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Some 214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE) and their results have been seized by the authorities. Mr. Olu Adenipekun, Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, announced this in Lagos as he also announced the cheering news of a seven percent improvement in the number…
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The Police have confirmed that 12 persons were killed and 18 others injured in multiple suicide bomb attacks in the outskirts of Maiduguri on Monday. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, told journalists after the attack in Maiduguri that the death toll included four female suicide bombers. The commissioner said that soldiers deployed to…
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The UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for his handling of the recent conflict in Bakassi Peninsula, which affected Nigerian fishermen. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWAS, Mr. Mohamed Chambas, spoke with the Correspondent of the News Agency…
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The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, has told Health Minister Isaac Adewole that he is not proceeding on suspension as directed by the Minister. Yusuf insisted that the Minister lacks the power to discipline him and that only the president “by virtue of the NHIS Act particularly section 4…
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Reports say that many people have killed at the University of Maiduguri Mosque early on Monday when some suicide bombers struck. More details later… Leave your views in the comment box below.…
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The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Lai Mohammed has said that the federal government “has agreed that henceforth, whatever we consume in Nigeria in terms of music and films, must be made in Nigeria. According to Vanguard, Mohammed made this known during his visit to Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) House in Lagos, on Saturday. Decrying the situation…
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