The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday donated 7.5 tonnes of medical supplies to the Nigerian Government to support it in its response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The consignment which arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Saturday. comprised thousands of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). Handing over the items, the UAE Ambassador to
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Nnaji says Nigerian traders in Accra were locked up by Ghanaian authorities who demanded cash payment of one million dollars from them. Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, on Saturday decried Ghanaian authorities’ closure of shops owned by Nigerians doing business in the country. Nnaji, who made this known in a
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Nigerian Senator Buruji Kashamu is said to have died of Coronavirus according to multiple reports now confirmed by Senator Ben Murray Bruce. Senator Kashamu is said to have died Saturday at the First Cardiology Consultants Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Kashamu was a Nigerian politician who served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th
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Nigerian-American basketball player, Michael Ojo has passed away after suffering a heart attack during training in Belgrade, Serbia. Ojo who played for KK Crvena zvezda Basketball club was 216 centimetres tall and weighed 147 kilograms in a Red Star jersey. According to a press statement by the management of KK Crvena zvezda; Ojo “wore the
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Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a coalition of over 70 labour and civil society organisations (CSOs), threatened Federal government with a legal action if it failed to immediately publish the terms and conditions of all loans it has taken so far. The coalition also asked the national assembly to reveal the terms and
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The Federal Government has begun moves to rescue 30 trafficked Nigerian ladies from Lebanon. The victims had on Friday pleaded with the Nigerian government to rescue them. They lamented that they were all camped in one room with faulty toilet and other utilities, and presently housed in a building at Dawra city in Lebanon. Giving
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Nigerian Government has successfully evacuated a total of 98 Nigerians who had been stranded in Morocco since March due to the ban on International flights. The Nigerians are now onboard a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) B737 -800 series aircraft, which has departed King Mohammed V Airport, Casablanca for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to
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Nigerian midfielder Frank Onyeka was voted Danish club FC Midtylland’s Player of the Year after an outstanding season for the newly crowned league champions, Completesports.com reports. Midtylland disclosed this after posting a picture of Onyeka on their verified Twitter handle receiving his award at the weekend. The 22-year-old scored four goals made two assists in
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The Niger Delta Development Commission have been called upon to pay the allowances, tuition and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom. Making the plea, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the students had turned beggars following the non-payment of their tuition and allowances by the NDDC.
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Although flight services have since resumed this week, the dust raised by last week’s disruptions is yet to settle. Just yesterday, a score of passengers arrived Lagos from Accra, Ghana, where they had been ferried and allegedly abandoned by British Airways since last week. The travelers, who could not make it to Lagos by road
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Sen. Rukayat Saraki, the Minister of State for Transportation, has called on Nigerian youths to participate actively in politics. According to the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, Saraki made the call while speaking at the 47th Annual Personality Lecture organised by the University of Ilorin’s chapter of the Postgraduate Students Association (POGSASS). In
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