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Daily Archives: January 4, 2019

Social Media Roundup: An African giant and a small font

This week on social media; Burna Boy calls out Coachela over font size, President Buhari’s alleged niece gets INEC appointment and other stories. Techpoint.Africa [...]

January 4, 2019 Technology Business & StartUps

Ex-gov AVM Abdullahi to be buried in Kano —Emirate

Late former Military Governor of old Kano State,  Air Vice Marshall Hamza Abdullahi, will be buried in Kano, according to the Hadejia Emirate Council in Jigawa. Abdullahi, 73, who hail from Hadejia, died on Wednesday in a German hospital after [...]

January 4, 2019 General

NAF kills bandits, destroys hideout in Zamfara

The Nigerian Air Force, says Air Task Force, of Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has destroyed another armed bandits’ hideout and neutralised several of their fighters near Doumbourou Hill in Zamfara. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, [...]

January 4, 2019 General

PHOTOS: Aisha gets ‘Four More Years’ tattoo

First Lady Aisha Buhari has taken a tattoo for the so-called 4+4 salutation which has been interpreted to mean asking for another four years for President Muhammadu Buhari. It may be recalled that supporters of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, [...]

January 4, 2019 General

Ambode retired 21 Perm Secs to enable Tinubu’s ex-PA, Muri-Okunola, become HoS —Agbaje

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has faulted the appointment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola as the new Head of Service in the state, saying the action sacrificed career progression and was ‘politics [...]

January 4, 2019 General

Allow me to concentrate, Buhari begs labour unions about strike

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appealed to various labour unions in the country to reduce their agitations to enable his administration to concentrate on repairing damaged infrastructure. He spoke during a meeting with the executive committee of the National Association [...]

January 4, 2019 General

Four die in Plateau as cult members clash at nightclub

Four suspected cult members have been killed during two rival cult groups clash at about 7:30p.m. at a nightclub at Kwata Zawan in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The cult groups had engaged in a battle of [...]

January 4, 2019 General
Fear as petrol tanker fall, spills content in Lagos

Fear as petrol tanker fall, spills content in Lagos

An unusual fear greeted Friday morning in Ikorodu area of Lagos as a tanker bearing petroleum product fell and spilled its content on the road. Hope For Nigeria gathered that the tanker fell after discharging some of its content at [...]

January 4, 2019 General

Outrage as Buhari’s niece heads INEC’s collation centre

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under criticism over its appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as head of the agency’s collation centre committee for the 2019 presidential election. Zakari is widely believed to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s niece. [...]

January 4, 2019 General

“You Are From The 7th Circle Of Hell, An Agent Of Satan – Fani-Kayode Attacks Rev Fr. Mbaka

Femi Fani-Kayode, has called Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka an agent of Satan after the latter endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office Mbaka had claimed that if God was against Buhari, He would have allowed him to [...]

January 4, 2019 General