BANDITS along Funtua-Gusau highway in Zamfara State have killed four policemen and three soldiers in a deadly ambush while on their way to repel attack on Thursday. Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dalijan, confirmed the tragic development. He noted that they were planning to attack a construction company working …
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THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 1,048,312 people have been affected by flooding in Nigeria between April and September 2024. The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum (ECF) in Abuja on Thursday. Umar stated that 625,239 persons had been …
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THE National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on Thursday inaugurated the Nigerian Polytechnics Foundation (NIPOF) Council, and dissolved the existing steering committee. In his inaugural speech, the Executive Secretary of the board, Prof. Idris Bugaje, said NIPOF was designed to address the pressing challenges facing polytechnics in Nigeria. Bugaje said …
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IN the months and years ahead, Nigerians and Africans would have a choice of buying refined petroleum products produced on our soil. In North and West Africa, only Libya and Algeria have functioning refineries. Nigeria, in the past 20 years, has expended enormous resources in trying to revive its four …
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Ibraheem “Labaeka” Abdulhameed, the Special Assistant on Artiste Matters to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq has resigned. The Islamic singer and cleric, shared his resignation letter on his Instagram page on Thursday, September 12. In the letter addressed to the Governor, Labaeka explained that despite serving for one year …
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THE Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijeshaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II, has transited to “the great beyond.” The Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland and Chairman, Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers, according to feelers, passed on Wednesday, 11th September, 2024. He was aged 86. A formal announcement of his passing had …
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NOLLYWOOD producer and director, Shina Sanyaolu, is dead. Sanyaolu was a prominent figure in the Yoruba film industry until his death. The president of Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN, Bolaji Amusan, announced Sanyaolu’s passing in an Instagram post on Wednesday. https://newsextra24.com/biden-wears-trump-hat-as-9-11-unity-gesture-says-white-house/ Sharing his picture, Bolaji …
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THE Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated no fewer than 28 terrorists at Bassa in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Deputy Director of NAF Public Relations and Information, Capt. Kabiru Ali, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, …
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to September 15 in Edo State, preparatory to the September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state. INEC National Commissioner Sam Olumekun announced this in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Thursday, September 12. Olumekun …
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PRESIDENT Joe Biden briefly wore a red Trump campaign hat at an event commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. He was visiting firefighters in Pennsylvania near where one of the four hijacked planes crashed, and the White House said he donned the cap as a gesture of …
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