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German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Angola
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet Angolan President, Joao Lourenco on Friday, on the second leg of her three-day visit to southern Africa. The talks are expected to focus on bilateral political and economic relations between Germany and Angola as well as Angola’s role as a regional economic player. Merkel, who is accompanied
161 Nigerians return from Libya —NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerians from Mtiga in Libya. The acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, received the returnees on Thursday night in Lagos State. Farinloye said that the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, late on Thursday
Sale of housing units in FCT, 34 states starts soon – Presidency
Kayode Oyero The Presidency has said the sale of over 1,094 housing units completed by the Ministry of Works and Housing in the Federal Capital Territory and 34 states across the Federation would commence soon. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement today. He,
Ighalo to earn N1.4bn in six months at Old Trafford
Johnny Edward Odion Ighalo will reportedly earn the sum of N1.4bn (£2.98m) during his six months loan spell at Manchester United, Sports Extra can reveal. As of Thursday, the exchange rate from naira to a British pound sterling was put at N469.41. Ighalo joined United on loan until the end of the season in a
Ministers, agencies working at cross purposes, advisers tell Buhari
John Ameh, Abuja The Economic Advisory Council of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has identified the lack of “synergy” between Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government as a major factor delaying delivery of set economic goals. It noted that ministry and agency heads appeared to lack coordination, leading to their working largely at
Man to die by hanging for killing Uber driver
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The High Court of the Federal High Court in Nyanya, Abuja on Thursday sentenced one Obinna Echianu to death for killing an Uber driver identified as Edwin Ali in Abuja on December 26, 2016. Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Kekemeke convicted 42-year-old Echianu for armed robbery and culpable homicide. But the judge discharged
Fashola backs Sanwo-Olu on okada, Marwa ban
Tunde Ajaja The Minister of Works and Housing and former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has advised Lagos residents to support the state government’s renewed enforcement of the restriction on motorcycles in some local government areas in the state. He noted that while the discomfort created by the enforcement could not be
Robbers kill four in Ondo bank robbery
Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than four people were reportedly killed in a bank robbery involving two commercial banks in Ile Oluji town, the headquarters of Ile Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday. According to an eyewitness, the robbery, which occurred around 4pm, involved the branches of First Bank Plc and Polaris
LASG serves stop-work order on Magodo green-belt buildings
Deji Lambo Officials from the Drainage Enforcement and Compliance Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment on Thursday visited the flood-prone green belt between the Magodo Phase 1 and Phase 2 housing schemes to serve a stop-work order on the owners of buildings under construction on the setback of the green belt. During the
Adesina: A barefaced raconteur of spurious narrative
David Dimas In a country where Nigerians are invariably losing their lives, livelihood and right to free speech, many government officials earn their pay propagating duplicitous commercial messages intended to deflect this truth. One of such officials is presidential media aide, Femi Adesina. His response to questions in a recent interview with Channels TV concerning
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