LOME (AFP) – Women from the Let’s Save Togo coalition called Sunday on all females in the country to refrain from sex for a week to force Togolese men into backing the group during their demonstrations.
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The Presidency on Sunday defended the yearly award of about N5.6bn contracts to former Niger Delta militants to protect oil pipelines. It said the contract was in the interest of the nation. Speaking in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said Nigeria had benefited immensely from the exercise.
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ABUJA—Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has given a stern warning to the Political Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, to desist from hauling insults on Nigerians because of his selfish interest.
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In what has been seen as another major boost to the agriculture transformation programme, the Federal Government on Thursday signed a $105.2 million partnership agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to drive a value chain development programme for rice and cassava in the country.
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Eccentricity and genius are often at the heart of great inventions. And so it was with the invention of the hovercraft, which began with an empty tin of cat food, an empty tin of coffee and a hairdryer. Sir Christopher Cockerell’s 1950’s experiments using this set up would eventually give rise to the SR.N1, a flying-saucer like vehicle that proved its worth by crossing the channel between France and England. It would be followed by the SR.N4 which could carry more than 250 passengers and 30 cars, introducing a new era of air-cushioned travel.
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Exactly nine days after his abduction by unknown gunmen, the Vice Chancellor of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof Cyprian Onyeji breathed the air of freedom shortly before midnight Thursday.
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ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan has said the country was on the path to achieving sustainable power by the year 2020. Jonathan, who made the remark yesterday at the launch of the Sustainable Energy for All, SE4All, an initiative of the United Nations Development Organisation, UNIDO, in Abuja, noted that the programme “aims at assisting Nigeria to redefine its energy plans and programmes to provide access to affordable, clean and reliable modern energy services to all citizens.”
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To avoid possible air crashes in future, operators are demanding that the Federal Government should urgently recruit seasoned expatriates to serve as air worthiness safety inspectors in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as it is obvious that the Authority suffers from inadequate hands in the area
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Cynthia Osokogu, the 24-year-old girl who was allegedly murderered by her BBM friends in FESTAC, Lagos, has been described by her best friend, Aishatu Ella, as hardworking. In a comment posted on the internet, Ella said Cynthia was not a wayward youth as some members of the public tried to paint her on social media and in some publications.
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HE said when you deny the media access to information, they are bound to get it one way or another and when that happens, the media should not be crucified for not presenting its report to favour the powers that be.
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