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AFCON 2021: Nigeria qualifies for knockout phase 0
- Sports
- January 16, 2022
Nigeria’s Super Eagles beat their Sudanese counterparts 3-1 in a Group D clash at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) at Garoua in Cameroon to advance to the knockout phase of the competition. An early goal from Samuel Chukwueze in the 3rd minute provided a positive start and Taiwo Awoniyi netted the Super Eagles’
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PENGASSAN rejects forced vaccination on Nigerians 0
- Health
- December 1, 2021
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has rejected forced COVID-19 vaccination on Nigerians by the Federal Government. PENGASSAN President, Mr. Festus Osifo, said this in a statement he jointly signed with Mr. Lumumba Okugbawa, General Secretary of the association, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Osifo, PENGASSAN has observed with
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Second phase of mass metering programme to begin Q1 2022 – NERC 0
- Local, News
- November 30, 2021
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the second phase (Phase One) of the National Mass Metering Programme will begin in the first quarter of 2022. Mr Sanusi Garba, Chairman, NERC, said this during an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. Garba said about 980,000 electricity customers were metered across the country under
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NDLEA destroys drugs worth N50b in Abuja 0
- Health, Local
- November 30, 2021
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday destroyed drugs worth over N50 billion weighing 20,000 kilograms in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Chiarman, NDLEA, (rtd.) Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, speaking during the burning of the illicit drugs publicly in Abuja, said that the agency was experiencing a resurgence and was being retrofitted
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NDLEA secures conviction for 35 drug dealers in Akwa Ibom 0
- Health, Local, News
- November 30, 2021
The Akwa Ibom Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has secured convictions for 35 out of the 353 drug suspects arrested in the last five months. Mrs. Obot Bassey, the state NDLEA Commander, disclosed this when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Tuesday. Bassey
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Omicron: Resident doctors urge Nigerians to observe strict preventive measures 0
- Health
- November 30, 2021
The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (ARD-UITH), on Tuesday advised Nigerians to continue to observe the strict protocol in respect of the newly discovered Omicron variant COVID-19. The Omicron variant of COVID-19 detected in South Africa is considered highly transmissible and may also present an increased risk of reinfection, compared to
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