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Minister : Enugu airport will be ready before Easter

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Thursday assured that the rehabilitation of Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu state will be completed before Easter. The Minister who made this known while carrying out inspection at the Airport expressed satisfaction with work done so far by the contractor. He said, “I am very satisfied with the […]

Plane crashes in Sudan, killing all on board

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

A military plane carrying judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan. Report says all those on board the aircraft which crashed five minutes after taking off were killed. The Antonov plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina – located in the west of Sudan, near the border […]

Oshiomhole mocks PDP, says president elected on Its Platform emptied treasury to pursue third term

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

Insists Buhari’s persistent reassurance against tenure elongation strategic Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday in Abuja dismissed condemnations of President Muhammadu Buhari’s repeated denials of third term agenda, saying it was necessary because a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president once emptied the treasury to pursue […]

Nigerian-born Texas football star, Michael Ify Egwuagu, stabs pregnant sister to death

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

Brittany Shammas, Washington Post artin Egwuagu got the first text message from his twin sister before sunrise Friday. Their younger brother, Michael, was having a crisis. He tried to calm Michael, once a standout college football player, over the phone. But by midafternoon, his sister was asking for help again, authorities say. So Martin […]

Breaking: Man competes with sex worker, dies after seventh round

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

By Evelyn Usman A man identified simply as Davy, died during a sex competition with a commercial sex worker in a brothel in Ejigbo area of Lagos. Report had it that the deceased checked into Graceland Brothel located at 21, Moshalasi Street, Ejigbo Lagos, after having a bet of N50,000 with one of the commercial […]

Lawmaker appoints 220 aides to empower constituents

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

A member of the House of Representatives, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has appointed 220 persons as special advisers, special assistants and personal assistants. The announcement was contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on New Media, Alao Babatunde. The list showed that the lawmaker appointed one Chief of Staff, six special advisers, […]

Thugs disrupt Osun crossover party, gov ferried to safety

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Osun, State News Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State and some members of his cabinet were hurriedly ferried out of the crossover party to herald year 2020 organised by the state government when suspected thugs disrupted the event in the early hours of Wednesday. The event, which was held at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, […]

NFF should renew Rohr’s contract – Dosu

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

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Don’t rush to adopt ECOWAS currency, experts tell FG

Posted by admin ECOWAS, Headlines Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

Ifeanyi Onuba and Anna Okon Some finance and economic experts have called on the Federal Government not to rush into joining the West Africa single currency arrangement that would make Nigeria to adopt the “Eco” as its official currency instead of the naira. The experts who spoke to our correspondents in separate telephone interviews said […]

Body Demands Environmental Justice For N’Delta

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

A group known as Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has advocated for environmental justice in the Niger Delta to alleviate the suffering of the people as a result of environmental pollution and other oil related hazards . Executive Director of the group, Auwal Ibrahim Musa who spoke with The Tide in an interview in […]