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The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Command has confirmed the death of 10 persons in a road traffic crash on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway . The Sector Commander, Corps Commander , (CC), Kabir Nadabo, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Nadabo said the unfortunate road traffic…
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President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Sen. John Azuta-Mbata on his election as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, represented Rivers East in the Senate from 1999 to 2007, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement. Azuta-Mbata was elected as president of the preeminent Pan-Igbo socio-cultural group…
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As part of efforts to rid the marketing and communications industry of quackery, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), and the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote professionalism in the industry. The MoU, signed by the President…
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Kingmakers in Oyo Town on Friday rejected Gov. Seyi Makinde’s appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The kingmakers, in a letter signed by their legal representative, Adekunle Sobalolu, and addressed to the state governor, declared the appointment of Owoade as null and void; illegal and unlawful. The News Agency of…
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More than 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States, airlines and tracking website FlightAware reported. Delta Airlines said a “worse-than-expected mix of winter weather” prompted the shutdown of all five runways at Atlanta International Airport for more than two hours. “Delta canceled…