The Federal Government says it is seriously exploring the local production of passport booklets as part of plans to save cost and ease the lingering scarcity of the document. …
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The United Nations Children’s Fund has donated 1,000 doses of drugs to the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board for the treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis currently ravaging certain…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the account of former first lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan which contains $5.9…
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A former Lagos State governor, Ahmed Tinubu, has denied a news report that he is plotting to “destroy” the Senate. Mr. Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress,…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that a total of 15,232, 597 passengers travelled through Nigeria’s airports in 2016. The NBS which disclosed this figure in a report…
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Five Nigerians were among the 35 women captured by the Islamic state fighters in Sirte, Libya and turned into sex slaves for months. The Nigerians, including two children and 28…
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Russia’s Supreme Court will continue hearing on Thursday a request by the government to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses and declare the Christian group an extremist organisation. Hearing in the case began…
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Nigeria’s Northwest, Northeast among the poorest in the world – Sanusi
by Arinze Ago April 6, 2017The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday, said the North-West and the North-East remained the poorest parts of the world. Sanusi, made this statement at the Kaduna State…
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Facebook launches new tools to crack down on revenge porn
by Arinze Ago April 6, 2017Facebook has introduced new measures to tackle the spread of revenge porn. The social media platform has introduced photo-matching technology to prevent attempts to share non-consensual intimate photos on the…
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I Got N30 Million Bribe From Diezani – INEC Staff Confesses To Court
by Damilare Salami April 5, 2017A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Christian Nwosu, has pleaded guilty to receiving N30 million as bribe from the N23 billion alleged stolen by a former petroleum…