I’m a product of Nigerian dedication system – Gombe
From Our Correspondent in Abuja Associate Professor of Computer Science at Louisiana State University, USA, Aisha Gombe says she is proudly a product
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NUJ Lagos mourns NewsDirect publisher
The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has mourned the demise of a renowned journalist and publisher, Dr Samuel
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Health
Nigerian NewsDirect Publisher, Ibiyemi dies
The Publisher and Managing Director of the Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, is dead, aged 56. Ibiyemi reportedly died on Tuesday afternoon at
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Law / Crime
Police dock 2 men for alleged N2.9m property theft
A security man and a driver, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, on charges of stealing and receiving N2.9
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Mineral Exploration / Exploitation
Egypt starts $1.8 bln gas exploration wells programme – Minister
Egypt has begun a $1.8 billion programme to drill natural gas exploration wells in the Mediterranean Sea and Nile Delta. Egyptian Petroleum Minister,
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Value Chain
IFAD/FG: 300 farmers get N52m inputs in Benue
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with the Federal Government, on Tuesday, distributed farm inputs worth N52 million to 300
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African Varsities honours Okebukola, others in Namibia
The Association of African Universities (AAU) has just honoured Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola of Nigeria as a Goodwill Ambassador of Higher Education in
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Oil & Gas
Oil rises as market weighs supply cuts against gloomy economy
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as markets weighed supply cuts for August by top exporters – Saudi Arabia and Russia – against the
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Senegal President Sall rules out reelection bid after violent unrest
Senegal President Macky Sall in a speech on Monday said he would not run for reelection next year, thus ending speculation that he
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Ajose-Adeogun, pioneer FCT minister, dies at 96
Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, the first minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead, according to a family source. Aged 96, Jose-Adeogun, according