Category: Features
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Flood: Fishermen takeover abandoned Winner Chapel’s church in Rivers…worshippers relocate
Once use to be awash with worshippers every Sunday, Living Faith Church, Winners Chapel situated at Km. 18, Port Harcourt/Owerri Road, Rukpokwu area of Rivers State has turned to a fishing destination for young fishermen following incessant rain in the state which submerged the church and its environment. During a visit to the Church at…
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Flood destroys Makurdi-Lafia-Abuja road
The only road linking Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is about splitting into two at the Yelwa settlement, on the outskirts of Makurdi, Benue State. The situation was of serious concern to motorists and commuters plying the road on Tuesday as many of them were seen by our correspondent…
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Why safe water is a compelling project
-EU, UNICEF bring succour to Akwa Ibom community By Abu Veronica Seventy-year-old Harriet Sunday has lived her entire life in Ikot Esop community in Nsit Atai local government area in the oil-rich Akwa Ibom State, South South Nigeria. The community is home to more than a thousand four hundred persons and a majority of them…
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Buhari directs emergency response to Benue flooding, sympathises with affected communities
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately mobilize personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding in Benue.http://thenewsguru.ng/buhari-directs-e…cted-communities/ The President gave the directive in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday.…
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Smart cities set to change Nigeria forever – HPE Nigeria
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments, and the society.This desire to always exceed expectations and provide solutions to communities was evident in HPE’s Gold Sponsorship of The Smart Cities 2017 Conference, through HPE’s partner company, Edgebase Technologies Limited, an Information Technology…
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Tunde Ayeni receives distinguished Yoruba Entrepreneur Award
Dr Tunde Ayeni (CON), Chairman, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and Vice Chairman of ntel, has won the distinguished Yoruba Entrepreneur Award. The Award which was presented to him last Friday in his office by the CEO of Printmarks International, Babajide Macaulay, the organizers of the event, was received on his behalf by his Special Adviser,…
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Special Report: Why Nigerian Reality TV show winners are ‘losing’
Thousands of young Nigerians take part in Reality TV shows hoping to leverage on the platforms to become rich and famous, but unknown to them, winning music Reality TV show is not a guarantee for succeeding in the entertainment industry. Yes! Winning a Reality TV show makes people pay you attention and creates an…
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Man killed by stray bullet while scrambling for loot left behind by robbers
An unidentified man was reportedly killed yesterday while scrambling for loot left behind by suspected armed along Wellington Bassey Way in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. “The robbers had trailed a Toyota Camry car with Akwa Ibom State plate number AK705 C01, whom they suspected to have made some withdrawal in one of the second…
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Over one million UTME candidates scored below 200 – JAMB
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks. The Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the policy meeting of the stakeholders of Tertiary Institutions in Abuja. He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the candidates…