Tag: Saturday
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Elections: Police restrict vehicular movement on Saturday
The Inspector-General of Police (IG-P), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered restriction of vehicular movement from 6am to 6pm on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on February 16. A statement by the Force Spokesman, ACP Frank Mba, announced this on Thursday in Abuja. He said…
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2019 Elections: The Role of Security Agencies in Saturday’s Polls
Jonas Ike, Abuja It is only four days to the 2019 general elections. Already the polity as presently constituted is heated with all manner of campaign by various political parties that have fielded candidates for the election. Both the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP are seriously trying to…
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Biggest test for Sarri as Chelsea hosts Manchester City on Saturday
It has taken less than two weeks for the optimism generated by a 12-match unbeaten start to Maurizio Sarri’s reign at Stamford Bridge to fizzle out. This weekend the Italian faces his biggest test to date when Manchester City visit. In fairness to the former Napoli manager, he stressed throughout the heady days of early…
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UBA commences Saturday banking operations
In bid to serve its numerous customers better, pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced opening for business on Saturdays. In a notice to its customers on Friday, the lender, however, disclosed that banking operations on Saturdays would only be offered in “select branches across the nation.” UBA said the services…
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2019: After consultations, Atiku declares for president tomorrow
After several months of consultations with critical stakeholders in Nigeria and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar will on Saturday, 21 July, make a formal declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election under the PDP. A press release from the media office of the former Vice President…
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NiMet predicts cloudy, dust haze weather for Saturday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted partly cloudy to cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Saturday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 34 to 38 and 19 to 25 degrees celsius. It…
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2017 Ramadan: Fasting ends on Saturday – NASRDA
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said this year’s Ramadan fast will come to an end on Saturday. NASRDA explained that the appearance of the first astronomical lunar crescent for the month of June 2017, which signifies the end of Ramadan fast will be recorded in Nigeria on 25th June, 2017 between…
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Fasting: Sultan declares Saturday 1st Ramadan
The Sultan of Sokoto,Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Saturday, May 27, as 1st Ramadan, 1438 AH, signifying the commencement of the annual long-month fast by Muslims. The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) reports that Abubakar announced the sighting of the new moon in Sokoto, on Friday, in a broadcast. Abubakar said that the new…
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Ramadan fasting starts Saturday in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, has announced that the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, a state media said on Thursday. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (Sawm) to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to…