Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is seeking support for Nigeria’s military intervention in Niger. In the letter read at plenary by the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, the president demanded a total blockade of the sea and air routes to the country following the military coup. Recall the military overthrew the democratically …
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In a display of unified support, a group of federal lawmakers from the National Assembly gathered on Friday, August 4, 2023, to confer with senior officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces, led by the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. The meeting, which took place …
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An official of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC ) Mr Fasasi Sarafa, on Friday, appeared before the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta metropolis, to present the certified true copy of governor Dapo Abiodun’s WAEC certificate to the panel. The examination council was subpoenaed to tender Abiodun’s O-level …
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated a business mogul and frontline businessman, philanthropist and Founder of the BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, as he attains 63 years of age. In a statement copied to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday, Tinubu praised the entrepreneurial ingenuity of the …
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Governor Hyacinth Alia has approved the implementation of the new retirement age and length of service for all categories of teachers in the state. This was contained in a press statement on Friday, signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, in Makurdi. According to the statement, the …
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An official of the Delta State House of Assembly, John Adjeke Akpoghene, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment over N14.5 million salary fraud. Akpoghene was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before the Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, the state capital. …
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the closure of Nigeria’s borders with the Republic of Niger is not a declaration of war between the two countries, as speculated. The acting Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, made the assertion while addressing the Illela border community of Sokoto State on Friday. …
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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that the Diphtheria outbreak has claimed 122 lives in Nigeria, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 8.7%. According to statement issued by UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, Dr. Cristian Munduate, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Bauchi State on …
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has informed the Senate of a proposed military operation by the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) against the military government in Niger Republic. The letter was read on Friday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. Recall that General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the …
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Maryam Shetty has reacted following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to withdraw her as a ministerial nominee from Kano State. Reports emerged that the President in a communication to the National Assembly, withdrew the nomination of Maryam Shetty, replacing her with Dr. Mairiga Mahmud. But in a tweet shortly …
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