Tag: NAN
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Ex-NAN Director, Ogungbemi Oguntula is dead
Mr Ogungbemi Oguntula, a retired Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is dead. He passed away on Sunday, May 11 at age 69, few days to his 70th birthday.
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Journalist regains freedom after days in kidnappers’ den
Mr Gregory Maduakolam, an Assistant Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Owerri Office, who was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday, has regained his freedom.
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My abductors told me they are dismissed soldiers – NAN reporter
Not long ago, one of the correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was abducted by gunmen in Abuja. The correspondent had boarded their vehicle at the Federal Secretariat on the way home after an assignment on the fateful day.
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NAFDAC seals up sex shops for selling unregistered aphrodisiacs in Abuja
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja sealed two shops for allegedly selling unapproved products to Nigerians. The shops are located in the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the unregistered products said to be aphrodisiacs…
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Apologize to state universities over ‘quack’ comment – NANS tells Osodeke
The leadership of National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has called on the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ( ASUU) Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, to tender an apology over uncomplimentary statements he made on national TV calling state universities quacks.
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NAN Editor dedicates first child after 14yrs of marriage
Mr Isaac Ukpoju, an Editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lafia office, has expressed gratitude to God for blessing him with a daughter after more than 14 years of marriage and dedicated her to the altar of God. Upkoju, while dedicating the child, Blessing Isaac on Sunday at Dunamis, Koroduma Centre, Karu Local…
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What Nigerian passport applicants went through in 2021
It is a truism that many intending international travelers went through tough times in the year 2021 while trying to obtain passports from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). While some were lucky to get the international travel document, others remain on waiting list after going through all the required process. Similar situation obtained in Nigeria’s…
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2019: INEC uncovers 1,224 dead persons in Adamawa register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected 1,224 dead persons’ names in its Adamawa voters’ register for the 2019 general elections. Mr Kassim Gaidam, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, disclosed this during the opening of a two-day workshop for North East Zonal lmplementers on election monitoring and support, holding in Yola on Thursday. Gaidam…
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Lai Mohammed inaugurates Boards of NAN, VON, others
…Charges Members To Support Fight Against Corruption The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated some of the boards of parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, with a charge to members to support the ongoing anti-corruption war of the Buhari Administration. “May I also remind you that…
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Benin residents jam ATM points
Barely 24 hours to Christmas, residents of Benin city are scrambling to use the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), to draw money. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that few of the ATMs in some banks visited in Benin on Saturday were dispensing cash. Many of the residents told NAN that they had been in…