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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, August 15th, 2020
Image captionJosé Filomeno dos Santos, also known as Zenu, was head of Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund from 2013 to 2018 The son of Angola’s former president has been jailed for five years for fraud from when he was head of the oil-rich country’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. José Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was accused of trying […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, August 14th, 2020
The US government says Yale University is illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The results of a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice found the Ivy League university had breached civil rights law in its undergraduate admissions process. The department threatened to file a lawsuit against the university if it failed to take […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 14th, 2020

Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is returning to school in the United Kingdom in October. He is scheduled to start a fellowship program at the African Studies Centre of Oxford University. Sanusi will be enrolling there as a Visiting Fellow (Academic Visitor) at the Centre for the 2020-2021 academic year. Oxford University’s African […]
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Borno, Governors, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
By Hamza Suleiman Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the payment of N148.8 million to offset the backlogs of arrears and monthly allowances of various batches of serving and past corps members in the state. The Desk Officer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state, Mr. Christopher Godwin-Akaba, made this known […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says the Boko Haram terrorist group has introduced the use of child soldiers to resuscitate its declining influence in the Lake Chad Basin. The Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Timothy Antigha, disclosed this in a statement issued from N’Djamena – Chad on Thursday. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
By Rotimi Ijikanmi The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum […]
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Headlines
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Acting Director-General of NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba at the unveiling of new amendment to the 6th Edition of the Broadcasting Code in Lagos on Tuesday. By Rotimi Ijikanmi The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Nigeria Info 99.3FM Lagos the sum of N5 million. This was […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Thursday, August 13th, 2020

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, By Rotimi Ijikanmi The fashion industry, hospitality and tourism contributed over N3.2 trillion to national economy, a report by the Federal Government’s Post Covid-19 Initiative Committee on the Creative Industry has revealed. The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday, gave an insight into the […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Thursday, August 13th, 2020
There were indications, yesterday, that Air Peace airline would recall some of the pilots it recently sacked following a standoff. The development was on the heels of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika’s meeting with the management and leadership of the National Association of Airline Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) yesterday. In the verbal agreement reached […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, August 13th, 2020

By Nwafor SundayFormer minister of Aviation, Femi-Fani Kayode, has faulted the alleged plan of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take the party structures away from the Governor of Cross Rivers state, Ben Ayade, noting that it would spark off crisis in the party. Disclosing this via his facebook handle, […]