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Fayemi Inaugurates First Hike Ekiti Mountains

EKITI State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has inaugurated the first ever Hike Ekiti Mountain, which was attended by hikers from within and outside the country. Fayemi, represented by the state’s Chief of Staff, Mr Biodun Omoleye, noted that Ekiti State has the largest number of mountains, which according to him are best for Mountain Safari….

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Cassava farming: ACAI/IITA-CWMP signs MoU with Viamo to promote ‘Six Steps’ toolkit via mobile phones

The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)/IITA- Cassava Weed Management Project has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Viamo to promote the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management extension toolkit via the 3-2-1 mobile service of Airtel. The 3-2-1 mobile service will allow Nigerian farmers to have access to good agricultural practices developed by the Cassava…

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NAFDAC made public alerts on cream, food causing cancers, kidney failures and other disorders

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to watch the type of food they eat and body creams they use as some of them are causes of kidney failure, diabetics, cancer and hypertension. The Director, Public Affairs, NAFDAC, Abubakar Jimoh, disclosed this to journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, at…

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Former bread seller Olajumoke Orisaguna officially divorces husband

Olajumoke Orisaguna, a former breadseller turned popular model has been reportedly divorced her husband. She now goes by the name Olajumoke Chris, We are someone sure Chris is not her father’s name but since she needed a male sounding name as a last name and also a trendy sounding name to go with her new…

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How black population was wiped out in Argentina, a story of Lionel Messi

By Henry Akubuiro Lionel Messi is probably the most famous Argentinean on earth. In Brazil, the honour goes to Pele, a black with roots in West Africa. The question is: where are Argentinean blacks? According to Transatlantic Slave Trade database, over 600,000 blacks were shipped to Argentina via Brazil from mostly West Africa and Angola…

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Woman gives birth to quintuplets in Kogi after 18 years of childlessness

A 42-year-old woman has been delivered of five babies (quintuplets) at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi, after 18 years of barrenness, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the woman and her babies at the hospital on Friday reports that both mother, Mrs…

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50 houses, other structures destroyed by heavy rainfall in Ibadan

No fewer than fifty (50) houses, shops and other structures have been destroyed as a result of heavy rainstorm which followed the rainfall that occurred in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Thursday. DAILY POST reports that among the houses, shops and other structures which were affected are those belonged to residents…

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Easter message: Senator Buhari preaches dedication to Nigerian progress

A member of Nigerian Senate Dr Abdulfatai Buhari has called on Nigerian irrespective of the religious belief and cultural affiliation to always sacrifice their time, knowledge and skills for the progress of Nigeria He also urge the people in position of authority to sacrifice their greed and lust for unnecessary accumulation of wealth at the…

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Two persons burned to death in a tanker fire in Ibadan

Two unidentified person, male and female, were burnt to death in a fire outbreak that occurred on Thursday afternoon at Onipepeye area, along of Lagos Ibadan express way, Ibadan. An eye witness, who identified himself as ‘Abbey’ said that the incidence occurred while the fuel tanker driver that was coming from Lagos lane, trying to…

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President Buhari signs N30,000 new minimum wage

•president Muhammadu Buhari signing a law President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the new minimum wage bill Special Adviser to the president on National Assembly, Ita Enang, told journalists that the president has signed the minimum wage bill into law today The bill, which has now become a law, will usher in a new pay structure…

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