EXCITED by the performance of Super Eagles so far in the ongoing African Cup of Nation, AFCON competition, former Senate President, David Mark, on Friday, charged them to win the trophy in Sunday’s final. He said, as a sports enthusiast, their victory over Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the …
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OPERATIVES of the Nasarawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended a 21-year-old female suspect, identified as Zainab Umar, with 1.2kg of Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana. She was arrested in Mararaba during an operation conducted by the Karu Area Command of the agency …
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NAIRA will now be the currency for international transfers facilitated by international money transfer operators, IMTOs. This is in line with the recent directives from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. A recent notice from Ecobank Nigeria said several IMTOs including Western Union, MoneyGram, Rapidtransfer, Ria, and other IMTOs approved …
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THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the National Assembly to probe President Bola Tinubu’s presidency over the leaked one billion memo. A leaked memo had disclosed that Tinubu approved N500 million as first installment of a N1billion for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on New National …
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POLICE said it has arrested an ex-convict and five others for alleged armed robbery in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This was disclosed by FCT Police Commissioner Benneth Igweh, who said that the suspects were arrested during a coordinated raid of an uncompleted hospital building in Utako village on Thursday. …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2024 into law. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The House of Representatives passed the bill on July 27, 2023, and the Senate followed suit on November 14, 2023. The bill was …
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THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has given assurance of stability in the naira-dollar exchange rate. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso said this at an interface with the Senate Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance in Abuja on Friday. “In terms of the volatility of the exchange rate, we are using …
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NO fewer than sixteen people have been abducted in a meticulously planned attack by armed bandits in Katsina State. Trojan News revealed that the assailants stormed Kogo in the Faskari Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, February 8. The raid, which took place at approximately 8:20 pm, reportedly …
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THE Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has raised alarm that rampaging bandits terrorising some parts of the state are threatening to attack him. Newsextra24 reports that Radda made this known during an expanded emergency security council meeting at the Government House on Friday. The security meeting had in attendance the heads of …
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MADAGASCAR justice ministry has ignited controversy with a new bill proposing castration for child rapists, a measure that has drawn sharp criticism from Amnesty International for being “cruel, inhuman, and degrading.” The bill, which allows for both chemical and surgical castration, was passed by the Senate on Wednesday, following approval …
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