Nigeria’s D ‘Tigers defeated Dominican Republic 89-87 on Monday in San Domingo, as the team intensified preparations for the FIBA World Cup in China in August. The Coach Alex Nwora boys dominated spells in the tightly contested game. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria had earlier on …
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called on humanitarian organizations to scale up activities to improve the living conditions of persons displaced by insurgency and avert outbreak of diseases in the northeast. NRC’s Media Adviser, Catriona Loughran, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said that living conditions of …
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The Board of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday, approved the promotion of 64 Assistant Corps Commanders (ACCs) to Deputy Corps Commanders. A statement made available to newsmen by the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, in Abuja said the elevations took effect from 17 July, 2019. …
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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday rejected an offer from the Forum of All Progressives Congress Chairmen to act as peacemakers whenever there was crisis between the presiding officer and any senator in the 9th Assembly. The Chairman of the APC chairmen forum, Abba Dalori, had offered …
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has shut down five Computer-Based Test centres in Ondo State for examination malpractices. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a meeting with the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Akure, Ondo State, adding that “only few of the privately-owned CBT centres adhered to …
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The South-West Governors’ Forum on Monday called on the Federal Government to set up ranches across the country and discourage nomadic system of cattle rearing. The forum, which comprises six state governors in the region, lamented the spate of killings and other forms of criminality in the region, which they …
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To compare the situation of the Fulani in the south today to the situation of the Igbo in the north in 1966 is disingenuous and dishonest. The Igbo did not slaughter the Fulani in the 1966 northern pogroms but rather it was the Fulani that slaughtered the Igbo. In 1966 …
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The election Petitions Tribunal in Cross River has announced a slight adjustment in the sitting dates of Panel 1 in the tribunal in the state. Josephine Ekperobe, Secretary of the Tribunal said this in a statement on Monday in Calabar. Ekperobe said to that effect, the sitting date in EPT/CAL/HR/03/2019, …
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to review its judgment in which it voided the participation of its candidates in the last elections in Zamfara State. A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, in a ruling early on …
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Dr Ayawei Nimibofa, the Executive Chairman of Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), said on Monday that he was in the governorship race of the state to consolidate on the gains of the current administration in the area of infrastructure if elected. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …
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