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Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, died Friday, his family said. The beloved 74-year-old sports hero, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease for decades, passed away in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been admitted earlier this week suffering from …

The Presidency on Friday, explained that top political office holders in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government from the Niger Delta region, have started peaceful dialogue with their kith and kins who are involved in the spate of ongoing bombings of oil facilities in the area. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), after the Combined Policy Meeting with stakeholders which took place yesterday, announced that the deadline for 2016/2017 admission exercise will be on Wednesday, 30th November, 2016. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who made the announcement, said that it was imperative for all vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts to abide by the agreement and …

As the government is working hard to tackle tomato vermin (Ebola) , which has ravaged tomato production in the northern part of the country, another disease which affects maize production has surfaced in the South- West and Edo State. The disease called Army Worm was detected recently in the South-West and Edo, but the government said measures had been put …

The Federal Government and the organised labour, on Monday, commenced the process of upward review of the national minimum wage from the current N18,000. Government has also inaugurated a 16-man technical committee to work out modalities for the implementation of palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel price hike from N86.50 to N145. The tripartite meeting was inaugurated by the …

A fresh militant group, Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), on Thursday, gave military 48 hours ultimatum to quit Ijaw communities, saying that it is now set to test-run its six missiles capable of downing any aircraft no matter the size. The new group, which claimed to be affiliated to the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), in a statement sourced …

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday told the Senate Committee on Agriculture that the health of many Nigerians is threatened by the daily consumption of items such as pure water and smuggled frozen chicken which he said contained poison that is detrimental to their health. Ogbeh who made this disclosure at a one-day public hearing …

Following the killing of two soldiers and four civilian staff attached to a houseboat belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) at Ejere creek in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have denied their involvement in the dastardly act. This is just as the group has hinted that it has …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja‎, on Thursday ordered the remand of a Chief of Training and Operations of the Nigerian Air Force‎, Air Vice-Marshal Olutayo Oguntoyinbo, in Kuje Prison pending the hearing of his bail application slated for June 6. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi gave the order of remand shortly after Oguntoyinbo pleaded not guilty …

Bodo (Rivers) President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned that the Federal Government would no longer tolerate the current theft and illegal refining of crude oil in the Niger Delta. Buhari, represented by Vice-President, Yemi Osinbanjo, gave the warning at the launch of “Clean-Up of Ogoniland’’ at Bodo, Gokana Local Government of Rivers. Buhari urged the regulators of oil industry to …