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Security beefed up as Buhari inaugurates oil drilling in N/East

NewsDeskNgNov 22, 2022November 22, 20220

Security measures have been beefed up at the Kolmani River II Oil Field located at a border community between Bauchi and Gombe States for Presidential flag-off of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday perform the official ground-breaking...

Experts task CBN on flexible exchange rate

NewsDeskNgNov 22, 2022November 22, 20220

Financial experts have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to adopt a flexible foreign exchange rate regime and address the food insecurity triggering inflationary rate in the country. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Dr Muda Yusuf, the...

Meet Sulemana Abdul-Samed, The Tallest Man In Ghana

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

High School graduate, Sulemana Abdul-Samed popularly known as ‘Awuche’ is Ghana’s tallest man. The 9 feet 6 inches tall real-life giant is a living wonder. In 2015, Sulemana woke up from his sleep and realized that his tongue has enlarged to an extent that he couldn’t breathe properly. He visited...

Appointment of clerk to the National Assembly: A breach of the NASC act, 2014

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

By Haruna Abdulsalam Mohammed The Organogram of the National Assembly bureaucracy and line of duties as captured in sections 6(1), 7(2) and 12(1) of the National Assembly Service Act, 2014 shows that Mr. Sani Magaji Tambuwal is not qualified for appointment as Clerk to the National Assembly. The Organogram of...

I Don’t Need Any Religion, Wole Soyinka Declares

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Soyinka, has stated that he does not have a need for any religion and does not worship any deity. He said at the public presentation of his two-volume collection of essays on Sunday. According to PMNews, Soyinka admitted that he is a mythologist and also believes...

Arsenal Celebrate Players As World Cup Begins

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

Football club, Arsenal, has celebrated some of its players as they don their various countries’ jerseys to play in the World Cup. Arsenal shared a photo collage of their players in the World Cup on their Twitter handle on Sunday. The club captioned the photo, “Ten Gunners. Seven Nations. One...

TV Reality Show rewards teachers, harps on improved standards of livelihood

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

Organisers of The Teachers Naija Reality TV Show has emphasised on the need to improve the standards of livelihood of teachers in the country noting that this in turn will help build a better and we’ll informed society. Speaking during the Season 3 Grand Finale of the Reality Show held...

Strengthening sanitation and hygiene practices will close the gap to end Neglected Tropical Diseases- Sightsavers

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

As the 2022 World Toilet Day is being commemorated globally today, Nigeria is hosting the World Toilet Summit, with the theme ‘Sanitation Innovations for Economic Development’. In view of this, International Development Organisation, Sightsavers has joined the call on governments, organisations, private entities and communities to strengthen collaborations to ensure...

CUPP exposes more shocking details of voters register fraud, hails INEC

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

*Says those behind fake registrations plotting to compromise INEC BVAS The coalition of opposition political parties, CUPP, has unveiled further troubling details in the voters’ register. CUPP spokesperson Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere made the disclosure while addressing a world press conference on Monday. This is coming shortly after its expose on...

Ronaldo Hits 500 Milion Followers On Instagram

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

Famous footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, has garnered over 500 million followers on Instagram making him the first to hit this milestone on the platform. The Manchester United forward hit this milestone on Monday after crossing the 400 million followers mark a few months back. Follow us for more breaking news and...