FORMER presidential candidate of the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, on Wednesday, threw his weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to implement the Oronsaye Report. He made this known through a post on his X handle in response to several questions from his followers …
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A magistrate court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 16 Bureau De Change, BDC, operators in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for unlawful banking business. This decision by Magistrate Alatuwo Fubara on Wednesday follows an ex parte application submitted by the police, seeking additional time to conclude their investigation before …
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THE Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to demand the Certificate of Return. Newsextra24 earlier reported that the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum, had on Tuesday issued a certificate of return to Asue Ighodalo as the winner of the party’s …
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THE Senate has approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to sack the Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera. In a letter read at the plenary on Wednesday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked for the Red Chamber’s permission …
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AFRICA, a continent of 54 diverse countries, is home to some of the world’s most underdeveloped nations. Amidst this backdrop, the continent showcases a rich tapestry of currencies, with the Tunisian dinar (TND) currently recognized as the most valuable currency in Africa, closely followed by the Libyan dinar (LYD). Historically, …
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LAST week, the Nigeria Police force further defamed its already battered and corrupt image by levitating its objectionable and abhorrently debased preoccupation to a grand act — with the commando-like brutalization and detention of Barrister Julius Abure — the National Chairman of the Labour Party with a detachment of over …
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A pro-democracy, anti-corruption and justice sector civil society organisation, Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest, interrogate, and prosecute the Special Adviser to Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dennis Akura, and …
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THE family of the former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has announced arrangements for his burial rites. Wigwe died alongside his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, in a helicopter crash in the United States on February 9, 2024. The former Group Chairman of Nigerian …
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IT is no longer news that Nigerians, mostly the youth are desperately in search of greener pastures, as this has led to great increase in the number of Nigerian youth migrating to the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, among others, in what is commonly known as ‘Japa’ back here at …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will tomorrow February 29, commission the Lagos red line train project. This was revealed in a statement issued on Wednesday, Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos commissioner for information and strategy, said the train is the project’s first phase, which will run from Agbado in Ogun state to Oyingbo in …
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