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Thriving game business: The gains, the odds

The gaming or gambling world, is currently thriving as devotion that is revered by optimism and victory, usually celebrated in many cases, with free drinks to colleagues in the same game culture. In urban cites across Nigeria, especially Lagos, gaming kiosks are gradually replacing that of beverages that hitherto adorned sidelines of streets in Lagos. […]
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FG repatriates 481 Nigerians from Libya

No fewer than four hundred and eighty one Nigerians returned to the country yesterday from Libya. All the returnees will be temporarily camped at a Reception Centre in Port Harcourt pending formal transfer to their states. The returnees were accompanied by the Director- General of the National Emergency Management Agency( NEMA), Engr. Mustapha Maihaja; the […]
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Benue massacre: Fulani group reveals root cause

A section of the Fulani community has blamed the Benue State Government on the endless killings in the State which have left many people dead and millions of properties destroyed. The Fulani Group, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN) said the enactment of the anti-open grazing law initiated by Governor Samuel Ortom had […]
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Petrol queues fading in Umuahia

Long petrol queues, which lingered for three weeks have started thinning out in Umuahia, capital of Abia state, bringing respite to residents. Reports also indicated similar experiences across the remaining 35 states and Abuja, Federal Capital, as in most filling stations, motorists now drive in and get attended to within minutes, unlike the past three […]
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Amosun promises Ogun civil servants improved welfare

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Tuesday, paid an unscheduled visit to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), within the state Secretariat, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, promising civil servants of improved welfare. During the visit, on the first work day in the New Year, he commended the civil servants for their dedication to duty, urging them not to […]
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Edo First Lady fetes first babies of the year

As part of activities to celebrate the New Year, the wife of the Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has presented gifts to first babies of the year born in selected hospitals in Benin metropolis. Mrs. Obaseki, while presenting the gifts, called for more robust institutional structures to strengthen neonatal healthcare services in the state, […]
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Osun to pay workers’ salary by Q2 2018

Osun State Government has agreed to pay the full salary and pensions of workers from second quarter of 2018. The disclosure was made by the chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Jacob Adekomi, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, at the weekend, between the labour unions and the state government. […]