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The District Governor (DG) of Rotary Club, District 9110, Dr Jide Akeredolu, said that the club had set up a scheme to rescue members facing hard times from being delisted. Akeredolu, who is also a Consultant Plastic Surgeon made the disclosure at the club’s Lagos West Charter’s 36th Anniversary in …

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), said yesterday, that his government built three refineries, the ones in Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna for domestic consumption and had planned to build more refineries to export refined products, instead of giving the crude to various countries. This came as the Minister …

By Thompson Yamput Two suspects being detained at the Military Special Task Force (STF) Headquarters in Jos, Plateau have sued the Federal Government and the task force in High Court, demanding N1 billion as general damages for breach of their fundamental human. Zakka Dung and Joel Sunday also prayed for …

Facebook has said it is working on using artificial intelligence to prevent a common and upsetting problem: receiving notifications about deceased friends and loved ones. The company said it hoped to stop the “painful” experience of getting suggestions to invite dead people to events, or to wish them a happy …

The ruling party, APC has finally responded to the long petition submitted at the court of Appeal by the opposition PDP and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar praying the court to nullify the election of APC’s Mohammodu Buhari as the original winner of the February 23rd, 2019 Presidential election. The …

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government has approved commencement of work on Nigeria-Seme-Benin Republic road project. Mr Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser to the Minister on Communication, made this known in a statement on Sunday April 14, 2019 in Abuja. Fashola was …

Residents of Alasiya in Abraham Adesanya Estate area, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday as a suspected clash by rival cults left five corpses on the streets. Eyewitnesses, said the clash started around midnight, adding that two of the five corpses …

At the fifth anniversary of the abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls by Boko Haram, parents have fervently appealed to insurgents to release the remaining girls. Some of the parents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday April 14, 2019 in Maiduguri narrated the ordeals of their daughters …

Thousands remained encamped outside Khartoum’s army headquarters overnight to keep up the pressure on a military council that took power after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir on Thursday April 12, 2049. A 10-member delegation representing the protesters delivered their demands during talks late Saturday, according to a statement by umbrella …

Nigerian government has told the International Monetary Fund, IMF , World Bank and other international agencies that it has no immediate or future plans to remove fuel subsidy now just as queues emerged in filling stations in some parts of the country The Minister of Finance, Ms Zainab Ahmed, said …