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40-year-old man hangs self in Ibadan, another in Bayelsa

Jun 22, 2020

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A 40-year-old man, Lanre Kazeem, committed suicide early yesterday by hanging himself in his house, located at Eyin Grammar School, Molete area. It was gathered that Kazeem lived in a rented house and worked in a private palm kernel company around Soka, Ibadan, while he also had no known relatives or friends all through his…

Insecurity: Senate President warns service chiefs, “Sit up or you’ll be shown the way out”

Jun 21, 2020

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Femi Ajasa

in Nigeria

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has asked service chiefs to sit up to avoid being shown the way out. Speaking with reporters after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, Lawan lamented over the high level of insecurity the country. He said the national assembly has been pushing for more resources for the security agencies, asking…

BREAKING: Govt seals off Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s church

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Health, Nigeria, Religion

The Akwa Ibom State Government on Sunday sealed off the premises of one of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s churches in Uyo, capital of the State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Government sealed off the Christ Embassy Church, Nung Akpa Ime branch in Uyo for alleged attack on the State Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Compliance Monitoring Team. Dr…

NCC set to unveil 5-year Strategic Management Plan

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Nigeria, Technology

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is set to unveil a five-year 2020 to 2024 Strategic Management Plan (SMP), scheduled to hold on June 23. Dr Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The statement said that the plan was in line with…

Ghana apologises to Nigeria over demolished High Commission buildings [See letter]

Jun 21, 2020

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Femi Ajasa

in Nigeria, Top Story

Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has apologised to the Nigerian government after the building housing high commission staff was demolished on Friday night. In a press statement, the ministry said it viewed with concern the development, which is a breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. It expressed regrets over the demolition. “While expressing…

Why we called off strike – Resident doctors

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Health, Nigeria

…FG carpets resident doctors, says strike needless The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Sunday suspended its indefinite strike which started on June 15, following a meeting between the association and Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in Abuja. NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, who announced this while addressing a news conference in Abuja, said “NEC…

Boko Haram/Banditry: Nigerians in Diaspora seek working solutions, partnership from US, UK others

Jun 21, 2020

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Femi Ajasa

in News, Nigeria

The Association of Nigerian Professionals in Europe (ANPE) has challenged the United States, United Kingdom and European Union to support Nigeria with a working solution against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. In a statement signed by its President, Dr. Agwu Oyekwe and 13 others on Friday, ANPE believes threats posed by the terrorist group has assumed both…

Father’s Day: Tonto Dikeh’s ex-hubby drops pensive note

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Nigeria, Trending

Olakunle Churchill, the ex-husband of actress Tonto Dikeh on Sunday dropped a pensive note on his Instagram page to mark Father’s Day. Olakunle, sharing a photo of himself and his son, prayed for children not to be used as tools of jealousy because of broken relationships. According to him, this is not the era when…

VIDEO: Pastor Chris fumes again over COVID-19 guidelines

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Health, Nigeria, Religion

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, President of Believers’ Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy has said pastors who are afraid of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) do not believe in God. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pastor Chris stated this in a televised service while faulting the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the government for the gradual reopening of churches. He alleged…

Flood renders Benin residents homeless

Jun 21, 2020

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Ediri Oyibo

in Niger Delta, Nigeria

Many residents of Benin, the capital of Edo State, have been rendered homeless following several hours of heavy down pour on Saturday. Several houses were submerged by the flood and others destroyed. Aside the destruction and submerging of houses, several cars were also destroyed by the flood. While only a few part of the city…

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