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IDPs A two-week medical outreach by the Nigerian Air Force is underway for Internally Displaced Persons in Maiduguri and Damboa, both of Borno State. Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, who made this known, said the medical intervention in continuation of efforts at alleviating the plights of Internally Displaced Persons […]
JAMB 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination Mock Examination is underway in Akwa Ibom state and other parts of the country. The examination, conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, commenced today as scheduled, with two hundred and forty-five thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three candidates expected to write the test. Registrar of the Board, Ishaq […]
NLC It’s been forty years of existence and “Aluta Continua” for the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. The Union has turned to God, seeking divine intervention on the challenges facing Nigerian workers. NLC President, Comrade Abubakar Wabba, yesterday led other labour leaders, including veterans, to a thanksgiving service in Abuja, as part of activities marking the […]
NPHCDA As work resumes for the week today in most offices, especially in government parastatals, public servants have been encouraged to imbibe the spirit of transparency and accountability to work. Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Professor Faisal Shuaib, who made, noted that transparency and accountability in the public service would further strengthen the […]
SPORT One hundred-meter world record holder, Usain Bolt, says he has agreed to sign for an unnamed football club. Thirty one year old Bolt retired from athletics last summer after an impressive career, winning eight Olympic gold medals. The Sprinter who announced his sporting diversification on Tweeter, promised to give more details of the deal […]
CHINA In China, the Communist Party’s move to enable President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely has been greeted with backlash from the people. Chinese censors are now acting quickly to remove satirical comments about the proposed indefinite power allocation. This is as Chinese internet users today found themselves unable to signal approval or […]
#BreakingNews It is reported that a Saratov Airlines plane carrying 71 people aboard ‘crashes shortly after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedov Airport’. This plane was reported missing from the radar shortly after it took off from Domodedovo airport in Moscow. It is still unknown what has happened to all on board.
WOMEN The National Council for Women Societies has advised the Federal Government to take a holistic approach in its programme in re-positioning the country. The President of the council, Mrs Gloria Shoda, in a statement said that in as much Nigerian women support the proposed restructuring of the country government should be gender sensitive in […]
NATIONAL THEATRE Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tourism and Culture have warned against the sale of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos state. Chairman of the House committee on Culture and Tourism, Mr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, made this known during an interactive session between his committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
French athlete, Abraham Kiprotich has emerged winner of the 2018 Lagos City Marathon #RunLagos #RunYourRace #LagosCityMarathon
