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Yahaya Yari, Chairman, Talata Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, confirmed the death of two persons following a locally made gun powder explosion that occured on Tuesday at a weekly market in Talata Mafara town. Yari, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday, said the ugly…
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The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is currently investigating Galaxy Backbone, the information technology and shared service provider of the federal government, over several allegations of financial infractions and violations of financial and contract extant rules and regulations running into billions of naira. The committee, headed by member representing Ede North, Ede South,…
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Uganda Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng said eight people have been discharged after recovering from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine. The East African country declared an outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in January after one man, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in…
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The National Assembly says its support for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria’s (FMBN) recapitalisation efforts aims to enhance the bank’s capacity to deliver affordable housing and reduce the nation’s housing deficit. Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, stated this on Wednesday in Lagos during a top…
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Nigeria may face a tanker shortage as the Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed plans to ban 60,000- and 45,000-litre capacity trucks. While most tankers hauling petroleum products across the country are around 45,000 litres, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said such capacity would be outlawed. Coming amidst rising tanker accidents that…
