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The police in Anambra on Monday confirmed the death of a 40-year-old man, Paul Okwudili, who died shortly after checking into a hotel with a lady in Onitsha. Anambra Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, said that the lady ran out of the hotel room at about 3 a.m.
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The off-grid solar sector has been expanded into a $1.75 billion annual market, serving 420 million users over the past decade and continues to grow, according to a trend makers report. Off-grid solar solutions have played a pivotal role in extending energy access to millions of people, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa
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By Orkula Shaagee, Jude Opara, Tseaa Armstrong, Abuja The Federal Government has been charged to devise modern electronic voting system to safeguard fear, intimidation and molestation of electorate. Immediate past governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson said this would guarantee safety of voters, non-exposure of electoral materials and provide dividends of democracy to the people. Dickson said until the
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan and Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday called for concerted efforts by Nigeria to make the country more progressive. They spoke at the Mother of the Redeemer Catholic Church, Effurun, during a thanksgiving service by Deputy President of the Senate, Senator
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A High Court in Kaduna, on Monday ordered the Correctional Center, to allow leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat full access to medical services before taking their plea on April 23. The court presided by Justice Gideon Kurada, gave the order,
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council has joined Bayelsans to felicitate with the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri and His Deputy Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo on their victory at the Supreme Court and their subsequent swearing in as Governor and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa
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About 70 members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) on Monday, bemoaned the nonpayment of their severance package 10 years after they were sacked by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) subsidiary of US firm- ExxonMobil. They said that they were disengaged in 2009 before the expiration of their
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Federal Government on Wednesday, threatened to revoke the privatization license of the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) following their inability to improve distribution in the country. The government was furious that despite spending over N1.7 trillion on the companies to enable them stabilize power, they are only
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N647.353 billion for January 2020 Federation Account Revenue accrued to the Federal, States and Local Governments in the country. This was announced on Wednesday at the meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in
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An Assistant Director at the State House, Abuja, Ms. Laetitia Naankang Dagan has been assassinated in her apartment by unknown persons The Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, Jalal Arabi, disclosed in a statement yesterday that the 47-year-old Dagan, and indigene of Plateau state, was working in her office on Monday till 8pm, but by 11pm, when shed got home, she was gruesomely murdered by
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