The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it would be addressing emergencies and mental disorders in Nigeria and many other countries this year. In a report it published on Wednesday, WHO listed other countries affected to include Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Statistics in the report showed that “there are …

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Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday attacked passengers on the Ife-Ibadan highway, leaving one person dead. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the dead man was identified as Adenipekun Ademiju, male and a worker in the Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State. Ademiju was said to have boarded a vehicle at Osu town …

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said in its latest prediction that there would be an overcast weather condition with nationwide rainfall and thunderstorm activities in Nigeria on Thursday. Its Weather Outlook on Wednesday in Abuja said there would be thunderstorms over the central states of Kaduna, Abuja, Gombe, Yola, Mambilla Plateau, Lokoja and Lafia in the morning, with slim …

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TSTV is a new Nigeria-based pay-TV operator already working with partners such as Azercosmos and ABS. In this interview, its founder and CEO, Bright Echefu, talks about his future-facing growth strategy for Pay-TV business in Africa and beyond. Where are we in terms of TSTV’s business plan? When we started TSTV, we had recognized the need for us to create …

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Say President Will Be Removed Over “Stolen Mandate” Tayo Olanipekun Nigerians in the United States of America protested against the swearing in of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term of four years, saying the President stole people’s mandate and will make history as the first siting Commander-in-Chief to be so removed. The group, Democracy Vanguard Of Nigerians In Diaspora …

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President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have been sworn in for a second term in office on Wednesday in Abuja. The Oath of Office was administered around 10.15 am by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed. President Buhari was on February 27, declared the winner of February 23 presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission. …

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…Reiterates Call To Support Sanwo-Olu Tayo Olanipekun The outgoing Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday said although some of the decisions, plans, programmes and policies of his administration in the last four years may seem unpopular, all were executed with the “best interest of Lagos in mind.” In a farewell State broadcast to officially mark the end of his …

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Tayo Olanipekun Recognition of the beauty and intelligence of Miss Oyo, Funmike Lagoke, has taken several knots higher as the beauty pageant has now been crowned Miss Nigeria USA for 2019 over the weekend. She won the coveted crown ahead of 16 other finalists in an event held at Kumble Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, while Tracy Ekenavie, Miss Abia and …

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Mulls Request For Company MD’s Transfer Out Of Nigeria Tayo Olanipekun The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical  Change (NDIMRC) wants the Managing  Director of  Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Mr. Jeff Ewing, to investigate what it observed was a denial of employment to one Captain John Roland Tonlagha  after a “successful interview” with the company. The group said it would …

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…As Institute Presents Agric Policy Framework To Oyo State Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the weekend commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The projects include an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of innovations to farmers across …

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