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Landed property: Zuma Rock chides Adron Homes over intimidation
Managing Director, Zuma Rock Products Limited, Engr. Bob Ufomadu has expressed serious concern over incessant harassments, intimidation and persistent arrests by officials of Adron Homes & Property Limited, over spurious moves…
Marwa, NDLEA top officials undergo drug integrity test
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) along with directors, men and officers at the national headquarters of the Agency in Abuja on Monday underwent a…
Buhari embarks on medical trip to London Tuesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday embark on a medical trip to London.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari billed for a routine…
NDLEA intercepts over N2bn worth of illicit drugs at Lagos airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
The Agency also arrested three suspected…
Japan donates $600,000 towards eradication of malnutrition in Borno, Yobe
Japan has donated $600,000 towards eradication of malnutrition in Borno and Yobe states, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
UNICEF, while revealing that the fund would cater for a year, lamented that at…
255 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia arrive in Abuja
The Nigerians In Diaspora Commission has announced the arrival of 255 Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia.
NIDCOM said the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air Flight SV3405…
Senate issues 72-hour ultimatum to Emefiele over ‘missing’ $9.5m
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it over the alleged disappearance of $9.5m interest which accrued to the…
Four students, Okada rider crushed to death in Oyo
At least four students of Idito Secondary School in Lagelu Local Government area of Oyo state were on Monday crushed to death by a truck in Ibadan, the Oyo state.
The students were going to school on motorcycle, when the truck…
Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother dies at 99
Barack Obama's step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99.
Affectionately called Granny Sarah by the former president, Mrs Obama defended her grandson during his 2008 presidential campaign,…
500,000 Killed yearly in Africa by TB- WHO
More than 500,000 people are lost in Africa to tuberculosis yearly, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, who gave the figure in a message to mark the World…