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Lagos Govt diverts traffic for pedestrian bridge demolition

16 August 2024

The Lagos State Government says traffic will be diverted at Ikeja Along bus stop,between Ile Zik and Conoil Petrol Station, on the Oshodi bound lane from Saturday toSunday. The Commissioner for Transportation,  Oluwaseun Osiyemi who disclosed this in astatement. said the diversion would be between the hours of 12 midnight and 4.00 a.m.daily. According to […]

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Rivers APC crisis: Court judgment notbinding – NWC

16 August 2024

This is contained in a statement by the Deputy National Secretary of the party, MrFestus Fuanter,  in Abuja, after the National Working Committee, NWC,closed-door meeting. Recall that the Rivers High Court had dismissed the Tony Okocha-led CaretakerCommittee and reinstated the dissolved Beke-led executive.According to the Deputy National Secretary, Beke had previously been removed byanother court […]

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Several Shops Affected As Fire Guts 7-Storey Building

16 August 2024

The incident happened on Friday on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations were dispatched immediately after receiving a distress call […]

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Mbappe after scoring first Real Madrid goal

15 August 2024

Real Madrid’s summer signing, Kylian Mbappe, has expressed his delight after scoring his first goal for the club. The France captain made his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup final against Atalanta. The 25-year-old scored Real Madrid’s second goal as the Spanish LaLiga champions defeated the Serie A side 2-0 in Poland. […]

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Jaden Smith accused of ‘cheating’ on his girlfriend, Sab Zada

15 August 2024

American actor and rapper, Jaden Smith has been accused of cheating on his girlfriend Sab Zada after he and another woman were photographed together on a yacht being intimate. The Hollywood star Will Smith’s son was captured kissing and holding the waist of Instagram model Khleopatre in Ibiza despite not publicly ending his three-year-old relationship […]

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Cross River hails media support in reducing cholera spread

15 August 2024

The event was organised by the Nigeria Health Watch in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health to discuss the current cholera situation in Nigeria and checkmate the state’s progress in cholera management, as well as the essential role of media in public health reporting. The workshop also featured a question-and-answer session, and participants took […]

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FG begins duty-free import of food items

15 August 2024

This was after President Bola Tinubu approved the implementation of zero per cent import duty and exemption of Value-Added Tax on basic food items. The Ministry of Finance confirmed the approval in a letter to the Nigeria Customs Service dated August 8, 2024. The Nigeria Customs Service also confirmed the development in a document to […]

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Enugu APC crisis: Leaders should stop making inciting statements against judiciary – Nwoye

15 August 2024

Recall  that the crisis rocking the APC worsened last week as an Enugu State High Court restrained Ugochukwu Agballah from parading himself as the chairman of the party. But infuriated by the development, the APC National Vice Chairman, South-East, Ijeomah Arodiogbu, accused the judge of compromise, and vowed that the party would petition the National […]

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Africa can’t progress without peace, unity -Tinubu

15 August 2024

Tinubu made this statement at a dinner organized in his honour by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. The Nigerian leader said Africa must take charge in solving its own problems, rejecting external expectations of conflict and instability. Prior to the dinner, Tinubu and his host had sat for talks and signed agreements […]

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FG policy on health workers’ migration will discourage japa – Doctors

14 August 2024

The doctors described the new policy as a positive step towards rebuilding Nigeria’s healthcare system and improving its health indices if effectively implemented. Tinubu, approved the National Policy on Health Workforce Migration to address the continued exodus of Nigerian health workers abroad. The policy, announced by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof […]

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