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INEC Postpones FCT Council Polls by 3 Weeks
Local government elections will no longer be conducted in the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on March 19....
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Dikko Radda Is DG of SMEDAN
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has got a new director-general: Dikko Radda. Until this appointment BY President...
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Dakuku Peterside Named DG of NIMASA
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Dakuku Peterside as the director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
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Gowon Claims 48-year-old Son
Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s head of state from 1966 to 1975, Wednesday admitted he is the father of Musa Gowon, 48, after...
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Nancy Reagan, James Ocholi Pass On
Former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan has died at age 94. Her husband Ronald Reagan, who was president from 1981–1989, died...
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Ese Oruru to Meet Parents Tuesday
A 14-year-old girl, Ese Oruru, who was kidnapped from her state Bayelsa by one Yinusa and forcefully taken to Kano State for...
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Adio Heads NEITI
Veteran journalist and communication expert Waziri Adio was Tuesday appointed executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Eight years ago,...
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1.0KUK Votes on EU Referendum
JUNE 23 — Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the United Kingdom will vote on whether to remain in the EU...
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Bayelsa Governor Loses Wife
The wife of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria, was reported dead on Thursday. Details of Rachael Dickson’s death will...
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Ooni of Ife Becomes UNN Chancellor
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed newly installed Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), chancellor of Nigeria’s first indigenous university, the University...