OPEC Mourns Baru, ex-GMD Of NNPC

OPEC Mourns Baru, ex-GMD Of NNPC

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has described the death of Dr Maikanti Baru, former Group Managing Director of NNPC as  a huge loss to the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Dr Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary-General, disclosed this in...
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Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday  confirmed 238 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,170. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been...
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Confusion As Groom Dies On Wedding Day In Jos

Confusion As Groom Dies On Wedding Day In Jos

A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into...
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LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion

LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has disclosed that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries sustained in the Abule Ado pipeline explosion. Oke-Osanyintol...
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Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...
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Italy To Quarantine 16 Million People

Italy To Quarantine 16 Million People

Italy is set to lock down at least 16 million people in the region of Lombardy and in 11 other provinces in the north and east of the country. The mandatory quarantine will last until early April. The dramatic escalation...
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Pa Kasumu Dies At 66

Pa Kasumu Dies At 66

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu has died after an illness. The news of his death was announced by Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola through her Instagram account. According to Daramola, the news was broken to her...
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Plateau United Suspends Training

Plateau United Suspends Training

The management of Plateau United FC of Jos said the team would not train on Thursday in honour of its Head Coach, Audu Pele, who died on Wednesday afternoon. Albert Dakup, the team’s Media Officer announced this in a statement...
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“Nigeria Loses 68,000 Women Yearly To Pregnancy, Childbirth Complications”

“Nigeria Loses 68,000 Women Yearly To Pregnancy, Childbirth Complications”

Nigeria is losing 68,000 women yearly as a result of pregnancy and child birth complications, Prof. Dolapo Lufadeju, the National Coordinator, Rotary International Project on National Family Planning Campaign, has said. Lufadeju disclosed this on Thursday duri...
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Buhari Mourns Ore Falomo

Buhari Mourns Ore Falomo

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of the late Dr Ore Falomo over the demise of the renowned medical practitioner. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja,...
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NPA Condemns Mayhem At Lilypond Transit Truck Park

NPA Condemns Mayhem At Lilypond Transit Truck Park

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has condemned the invasion of Lilypond Transit Truck Park on Thursday by hoodlums.  According to NPA, the Transit Truck Park was invaded by hoodlums who resisted the activities of the Lagos State Task...
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Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo

Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of his country from apartheid and oppressive radicalism. Obasanjo said this in a condolence lett...
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Seven killed In Collision Between Plane, Helicopter

Seven killed In Collision Between Plane, Helicopter

Seven people were killed in a collision between a helicopter and a small plane on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday. The government of the Balearic Islands announced this on Twitter. The victims included two passengers on the plane,...
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Gbemiga Ogunleye Mourns Sweet, Unforgettable Mother

Gbemiga Ogunleye Mourns Sweet, Unforgettable Mother

By Gbemiga Ogunleye — It was the type of call no one wants to receive. No sooner had our Abuja-bound aircraft landed than my phone rang. My younger brother, a Pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church was on the...
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