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Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has debunked rumours of her untimely death. The actress made this known via her Instagram page, where she shared a video to buttress her point. In the video, Daramola, who was not happy over the widespread of the news, placed a curse on those spreading the rumours around that she had died. “Hi guys, how are you all doing. I do not know where people are getting the impression that I have died. I do not know who died o. “It is my enemies that will die. It is their family and everybody that wishes me…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has neutralized dozens of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at Bula Korege on the fringes of the Sambisa forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the NAF also destroyed the insurgent’s infrastructures in the same area. He said the operation was conducted through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the auspices of “Operation DECISIVE EDGE”. Daramola said that massive airstrikes were conducted in two waves of attack on March 6 sequel to…

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Abdulrasheed Imam (aka Alkanun Da Woru) to four months imprisonment for impersonation and fraud. News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports, that Imam was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on a two-count charge. Imam was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the charge bordering on impersonation and cheating to the tune of N1,895,000 (One Million Eight Hundred and Ninety-five thousand Naira). Justice Khobo thereafter sentenced the convict to four months imprisonment, with a fine of N150,000. “This sentence is to serve as…

Students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) have expressed appreciation to Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola and President Muhammadu Buhari for the rehabilitation of roads in the nation’s university. Mrs Boade Akinola, Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Works and Housing made this known to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a statement on Wednesday. Mr Abdulrahman Zanna, President of the Students Union Government (SUG), made the appreciation on behalf of the students during the formal handing over of 1.653 km rehabilitated roads by the ministry under its intervention initiative. The project also included an asphalt…

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has called on officers and men to display high sense of transparency and professionalism in the discharge of their duties. Mr Godwin Ogagaghene, FRSC Zonal Commander in charge of Osun, Oyo, and Ondo States, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo. Ogagaghene said transparency and professionalism were key to achieving the strategic goals of the Commission aimed at reducing traffic accidents and enhance safety on the roads. He said that capacity building programmes would help officers to always analyze, evaluate their corps operation activities…

An official of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says the institution has not joined the ongoing two weeks warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Chairman of a faction of ASUU in the institution, Congress of University Academics (CONUA), Dr Issa Abdulraheem disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin. Abdulraheem said members of staff of the institution belonged to CONUA, as such, they had nothing to do with the warning strike by ASUU. NAN recalls that ASUU had on Monday began a two-week warning strike to demand that the Federal Government should…

The Anambra House of Assembly has passed a bill for the establishment of the State’s Leisure Parks and Streets Beautification Agency to provide a beautiful, safe and healthy environment in the state. The assembly passed the bill after third reading on the floor of the House on Wednesday. The lawmakers took turns to perfect some corrections in the 24-clause bill before it was finally passed by the House. The Speaker, Mr Uche Okafor, conducted a voice vote on each of the sections of the bill before the passage. Okafor said, “having considered the third reading of a Bill for a…

Airtel Nigeria says it is offering huge discounts on its monthly and weekly data bundle plans in support of the Federal Government’s drive to provide affordable and quality mobile Internet and broadband for more Nigerians. Airtel Chief Commercial Officer, Dinesh Balsingh, said in a statement on Wednesday it had dropped tariff on most of its data bundles under the revised tariff plans. Balsingh said that Airtel was offering customers 15GB for the N5,000 monthly bundle and 6GB for the N1,500 weekly bundle. He said the telco planned to continue on this path of affordability and quality internet to ensure more…

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says it is partnering with strategic stakeholders to strengthen the agricultural sector of the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Alhaji Abdulhafiz Alkali made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Wednesday. Alkali said that the new national leadership of the association, led by Alhaji Faruku Rabiu had embarked on consultations to major stakeholders especially federal institutions and corporate bodies. He said under the arrangement, farmers would get access to credit facilities, improved seedlings, and inputs as well as machines to boost their…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, on Wednesday, announced a 25-billion-euro (or 28.3-billion-dollar) funding package to help the country deal with the novel coronavirus. Conte, however, said that the package amounted to financial availability, not to be used right away, but can be drawn to confront all the difficulties the country was facing due to the emergency. The prime minister added that the coronavirus emergency in Italy, by far the worst so far in Europe, was both a health and an economic emergency, with clearly important social impact. Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri, said the first tranche of about 12 billion euros…