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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]