Metro

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has endorsed the candidacy of the presidential candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP) Professor Kingsley Moghalu. Soyinka through his Citizen Forum made his stand known Friday in a statement. According to the Nobel laureate he and his forum decided to support Moghalu because they have “rejected retrograde propositions of a political merry-go-round, which urge the …

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The Kwara Government has begun the distribution of basic medical equipment and commodities procured by the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOMNL-R) to over 150 selected primary healthcare centres in the state. The items included medical equipment like solar direct drive refrigerators, essential drugs, delivery kits, HIV test kits and medical commodities, worth millions of naira. While distributing …

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Nigeria and India have a lot to benefit from each other through development cooperation, the Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, told the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr AbhayThakur, who visited him in Abuja on Thursday. The Minister said that there are lots of potentials in Nigeria that India could tap while Nigeria has a lot …

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The leadership of  a pan-Yoruba pressure group: the Agbekoya Farmers’ Society has pledged support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the coming presidential election. In a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (South), Otunba Gbenga Daniel, the group expressed their interest in the presidency of Atiku as a …

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The The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its three-month strike following an agreement it reached with the Federal Government. According to reports, lecturers have also been asked to resume on Friday. The information was contained on ASUU’s Twitter handle, @ASUUNGR on Thursday evening: Advertisement Academic Staff Union …

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The Lagos State government has announced 18 roads it will close ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential campaign on Saturday. According to plans, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential campaign would hold at the Teslim Balogun stadium in Surulere on Saturday, 9th February. Disclosing this at a press conference in Ikeja, the former Minister of State for Defence and Chairman, …

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Love is definitely in the air for customers of Diamond and Access bank, as the new merger has set aside delightful offers to reward its loyal customers this Valentine season. Customers will be rewarded with loyalty points, cash-back, free websites for SMEs, giveaways and lots more by simply carrying out one or more banking transactions or using the banks’ services …

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After closure for over one year, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday reopened the Apapa/Leventis Bridge to traffic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the bridge was closed for emergency repairs in August 2016 after a portion of the bridge deck damaged by fire caved in. Some of the reinforcement rods on top of …

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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court Thursday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr. Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folashade. The judge made the order following an oral application by Counsel to EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, seeking bench warrant against Oke and his wife after the couple …

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The Benue State government has urged a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court to decline a bail application being sought by a senior lecturer at the Department of Catering and Hotel Management of the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Mr. Andrew Ogbuja, who is being held at the Federal Prison in Makurdi over the alleged rape to death of a 13-year-old girl, Ochanya …

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