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FG deploys Julius Berger on Oloibiri Center project
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government on Wednesday approved the award of the major contract for the building of the much awaited Olibiri Museum and Research Centre, in Bayelsa State. The museum is conceived to preserve the heritage and developments in the…
APC govs hamstring Emefiele, S. Court removes Naira swap deadline
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the imminent deadline for the phase out of old Naira notes from circulation, pulling crucial support from the efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to rein in over N4.0 trillion…
Lagos APC suspends campaign as cash, fuel riots spark
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced suspension of planned campaign activities following growing pains in the land over cash drain in the market and acute fuel scarcity. The suspension of party campaigns comes hotly…
The Police reshuffle command heads ahead of election
The Nigerian Police Force has in the run up to the 2023 elections reshuffled the heads of its key regiment commands in departments, commands and formations in five zones and five states in the country. In a move interpreted as…
CBN assures INEC of election operations cash
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that enough cash would be made available for ease of election logistics and other operations in the upcoming polls. Governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele…
SE anarchy: UNIZIK lecturer gunned down
Yet to be identified assailants on Tuesday trailed and killed an academic staff of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The victim identified as Professor Anthony Eze of the of Faculty of Education was shot by his assailants at his residence…
Soccer star Christian Atsu, pulled from earthquake rubble
Ghanaian professional footballer export, Christian Atsu, has been pulled from the rubble of a building after the earthquakes in Turkey that have killed at least 4,800 people. His club’s vice-president Mustafa Özat told Turkish radio that Atsu who plays for…
Indian women protest to support child marriage
Mostly women protesters are battling the police after relatives suitors involved in marrying off kids were arrested. Hundreds of women are participating in the protest in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam after their male relatives were arrested as part…
Kidney donation: UK prosecutor accuses Ekweremadus of exploitation
Sopuruchi Onwuka Review of reports emerging from the UK court where former Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, daughter and wife stand trial on charges related to organ harvesting shows that the key subjects of the case now emphasizes exploitation of the…
Earthquakes: The world unites in aid to Turkey, Syria
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Nearly 3500 people have been confirmed dead and tens of thousands of others reported with severe injuries in the neighbouring countries of Turkey and Syria after series of 6.0, 7.5 and 7.8 magnitude earthquakes came…
