Twitter users slammed the United States President, Donald Trump for visiting the golf on Tuesday, 26 December, just a day after saying he would be “back to work in order to Make America Great Again”. After sending out Christmas wishes earlier on Monday, 25 December, Trump wrote, “I hope everyone is having a great Christmas, […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday, said it had to play most national teams’ games outside the Abuja National Stadium, due to lack of facilities there. Mohammed Sanusi, the NFF Secretary-General, told the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Abuja, that the national stadium currently lacked the necessary facilities for the teams to
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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has disclosed that the country will stop importation and exportation of petroleum products by 2019. He said that importation and exportation of fuel has a high effect on the lingering fuel crisis because the country does not produce the product locally and
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Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC), will rule Nigeria for a very long time both in the state and at the national level. He stated this while dismissing plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retake power in 2019. He urged members of the party to remain
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The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Adewale Martins, has said owing to failure in governance and good leadership, Nigerians have become like sheep without the shepherd. He also declared that the country has lost a sense of direction, stressing that there was no doubt that Nigeria was in need of restoration. In an interview, Archbishop Martins
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United States President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly said that it is committed to working with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, adding, however, that Zimbabwe should “stop relying on the US dollar and instead introduce its own currency”. According to The Independent, the US Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Don Yamamoto said: “Today it (Zimbabwe)
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In its bid to ease the long queues and fuel scarcity witnessed across the country, the Federal Government has ordered depot operators to engage in a 24-hour loading of petrol. This directive was given during a visit by Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, managing director NNPC Retail,
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Osun State workers on Wednesday began the earlier announced indefinite strike over ‘modulated salary scheme’. The workers, in their large numbers, were sighted early Wednesday morning at the entrance of the government secretariat, located at Abere. All gates leading to the secretariat remained under lock and key. One of the workers who spoke to our
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The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has expressed worry over the inability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to send petrol to its members’ depots. In a statement signed by DAPPMA’s Executive Secretary, Mr Olufemi Adewole urged NNPC to help the association so as to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians. “Our members’
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Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 10 per cent on Tuesday recovering from its low prices of below $12,000, occasioned by holiday-thinned trading. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell nearly 30 percent at one stage on Friday to $11,159.93 and, despite a late recovery, had its worst week since 2013. At 08:10 UTC (0710 GMT)
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