Tag: nigerian
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INTERVIEW: We’ve significantly increased power generation to make life better for Nigerians – Tony Elumelu
…says Transcorp not in a hurry to join Stock Exchange … Otedela and I are brothers Business mogul, Tony Elumelu in a chat with Arise bared it all about the landmarks of Transcorp in recent years in different sectors of the Nigerian economy and the mileages recorded in power generation to better the lives of…
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Sudanese bloodbath: FG sets up Cttee to rescue stranded Nigerians
…as Arewa group threatens to hold Buhari responsible if… The Federal Government has set up a committee to work towards rescuing Nigerian citizens trapped in Sudan due the current unrest in the North African country. This was disclosed in a statement by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) signed by its Head of Press Unit,…
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Sudanese bloodbath: DG NidCom, Dabiri-Erewa gives update on Nigerian students
Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), has noted with concern the plight of Nigerian Students in Sudan over the escalation of hostilities between the Sudanese Army and the Paramilitary group-Rapid Support Forces(RSF). The NIDCOM Boss in a statement by Gabriel Odu of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NIDCOM, stated that the…
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Bad news for Nigerian healthcare workers as UK halts recruitment of caregivers, 53 others
The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England. It is recommended…
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Court jails Nigerian four years imprisonment over $1m cyber-fraud in US
Nigerian, Solomon Ekunke Okpe, 31, has been sentenced to four years in an American jail for taking part in online scams that targeted US citizens and banks, leading up to $1 million in losses to victims. The 31-year-old was handed the prison term after being extradited from Malaysia, where he was arrested, to the US…
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I never intended to kill my Nigerian girlfriend, Chinese man tells court
A Chinese National, Mr. Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Thursday, again told a Kano High Court that he never intended to kill his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide. Frank, led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Muhammad Dan’azumi, tendered a black
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Cash swap has brought hardship to Nigerians – Lawan
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the poor implementation of the Naira swap has brought hardship to millions of Nigerians. In a statement he personally signed, Lawan stated that while the policy was laudable but that its poor implementation had beclouded the merits therein. In the statement Lawan said: “I sincerely empathise with fellow…
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Cash crunch: Buhari to address Nigerians today
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a national broadcast on Thursday on the cash crunch bedeviling Nigerians today. This was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina late Wednesday night. Recall that on Wednesday Nigerians in some parts of the country mostly in the western part protested the…
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Nigerians Call For More Women In Governance, Say It Will Reduce Corruption
Exasperated by rising corruption in Africa’s most populous country, stakeholders in the fight against corruption in Nigeria have identified adequate inclusion of women in governance as an antidote to public sector corruption while lamenting the government’s effort in implementing the revised National Gender Policy (NGP). The call for the inclusion of more women in governance…
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Indian police nab 26-year-old Nigerian man for allegedly duping lover of N31m
A 26-year-old Nigerian, Bernard Chukwunonsu, has been arrested in India for allegedly duping a woman of N31m after promising to marry her. Chukwunonsu, a resident of Uttamnagar in New Delhi, was arrested by Surat police on Sunday, January 1, 2023. “The accused befriended the woman through social media and promised to marry her. The accused…