THE Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Waheed Ayilara is dead. Newsextra24 learnt that Ayilara died in the early of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. Sources close to the family who spoke with The Nation said he underwent a prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he …
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THE University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been plunged into darkness after the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) disconnected the institution’s power supply due to unpaid electricity bills. This development was confirmed in a statement released by the university’s management on Wednesday, highlighting the growing financial strain caused by escalating electricity …
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THE Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a nurse over the alleged death of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Mrs Abiola. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the nurse …
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Dr Faustine Ndugulile has been nominated as the next Regional Director for the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region, taking the reins from Dr Matshidiso Moeti, who has served two five-year terms at the helm. African Member States voted to nominate Dr Ndugulile during the 74th session of the …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will soon present the whistleblowing policy to the National Assembly for legislative action. This is according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. He disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a meeting tagged “Implementing the whistle-blowing policy in Nigeria …
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NIGERIAN Labour Congress (NLC) has called on its national officers, affiliate unions, and state councils to rally behind its president, Joe Ajaero, as he appears at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) headquarters on Thursday. Ajaero was invited for questioning by the force intelligence response team (IRT) on August 20, but …
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THE domestic bourse on Wednesday halted its three consecutive sessions of gain, as the market capitalisation shed N176 billion or 0.32 per cent. Specifically the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation which opened at N55.437 trillion, closed at N55.261 trillion. The All-Share Index also lost 0.32 per cent or 307 …
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THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced Sept. 14 as final deadline for National Identity Number and Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) linkage. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Reuben Muoka, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, described as a significant progress, the Federal Government’s 2020 …
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Chinenye Anyanwu, a Nigerian woman, has recounted the abrupt end of her marital happiness when her husband disappeared just three weeks after their court wedding in 2019. In a Facebook post on August 27, 2024, Chinenye detailed how her husband, Olumide, who is suspected of being a scammer, vanished after …
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NIGERIANS have shared their thoughts on Nigerian actress and wife of politician Regina Daniels’ recent post online. Regina, who recently came under fire for addressing Nigerians during the nationwide hunger protest, has spurred another set of reactions on the internet. In a fresh post online, one of the movie star’s snaps …
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