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The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has congratulated Noel Ifeanyi Alumona for Winning a Global Award.

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has congratulated Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, an indigene of the state who won the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo, in his statement yesterday expressed immense delight at the uncommon emergence of a young Nigerian of Enugu extraction, adding that the state government takes special awareness of the huge inspiration and unprecedented motivation […]

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President Buhari Celebrates Nigerian On Winning Afs Award.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerian student, Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, who won the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens and became the first African to win the prize since its inception in 1914. The award was presented to the Nigerian student during the International Youth Day organized by the United Nations Global Communications Department, the AFS Intercultural Programs and The Youth Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New […]

todayAugust 23, 2022 77

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National Union Of Electricity Employees Suspends Nationwide Strike.

National Union of Electricity Employees NUEE has called off its nationwide strike, following an emergency meeting yesterday with the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige. Ngige’s Spokesman Olajide Oshundun, who announced that his boss intervened in the industrial action, said he set up a tripartite committee to look into the grievances of electricity workers towards addressing them. Secretary General of NUEE, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored […]

todayAugust 18, 2022 64

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Three siblings in ALIMOSHO area of Lagos State are among numerous victims swept away by flood.

Three siblings in ALIMOSHO area of Lagos State, were among numerous victims swept away by flood during the unprecedented rainfall in Lagos on Friday, July 8 and Saturday, 9, 2022.  The siblings, 18-year-old MICHAEL, 17-year-old ELIZABETH, and 14 year old TIMI, were reportedly swept away while moving from a room apartment at OKE ISAGUN, AGBADO OKE, OKO Local Council Development Area LCDA, in ALIMOSHO, belonging to Mercy of Christ Apostolic […]

todayJuly 14, 2022 84

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IGP PROHIBITS USE OF SPY NUMBER PLATES NATIONWIDE.

The Inspector-General of Police, USMAN BABA, yesterday ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY vehicle number plates by vehicle owners across the states of the federation without exceptions. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in his announcement at the Force Headquarters in Abuja stated further that the order was in respect of whether it was authorised, or not, as all authorisations are hereby revoked indefinitely. Adejobi, […]

todayJuly 14, 2022 88

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Army Dislodges IPOB/ESN Camps in Enugu, Anambra.

A joint security team consisting of troops of 302 Regiment of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Department of State Services and Nigeria Police Force have raided camps belonging to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and Eastern Security Network ESN at Idara Nnebo, Ihe Mbosi villages and Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu who disclosed this […]

todayJune 27, 2022 62

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Federal Government Secretly Reviews NDDC Act.

The Federal Government has discreetly commenced the re-evaluation of the Act setting up the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, without the knowledge of the National Assembly and stakeholders of Niger Delta. Sources said the unannounced re-appraisal and other ongoing considerations were the reasons President Muhammadu Buhari has tactfully declined to give his nod to the inauguration of the governing Board of the Commission as provided in the establishing Act. The […]

todayJune 27, 2022 69

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NDLEA Arrest Over 218 People for Drug-Related Offences In Imo State.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA says it arrested over 171 males and 47 females allegedly involved in drug-related offences in Imo state. The commander of NDLEA in the State, Reuben Apeh, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri yesterday, to mark international day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drugs trafficking, said so far, 51 suspects had been convicted and 146 cases are still in court. Apeh, said the […]

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