PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Saturday congratulated Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’Adua on his 60th birthday. In a statement by his Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the president commended Yar’Adua for his dedication and services to the nation. Yar’Adua is a former military officer, now Senator representing Katsina Central Senatorial District. The president applauded …
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has once again called on the President Bola Tinubu-led government to dialogue with the #EndBadGovernance protests conveners instead of the clampdown on them by the security agencies. The union said that it also had its protest, which was set to demand the implementation of the …
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BORNO State Governor, Babagana Zulum has alleged that 95 per cent of the youths that participated in Thursday’s violent protests in Maiduguri were children under 14 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zulum made this known in a broadcast to the people of Borno where he also …
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Immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is still on the run 107 days after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. EFCC had on April 18, 2024, declared Bello wanted in connection with an alleged case of money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88. Saturday …
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Rwanda authorities have closed 185 churches in Musanze district as part of a nationwide crackdown on places of worship failing to meet legal standards, a government official announced on Friday. Jean Claude Musabyimana, Rwanda’s local government minister, stated that the closures followed an inspection conducted earlier this week. The affected …
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Captain Ibrahim Traore, head of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta, inaugurated the country’s first state bank, Burkindlim, on Friday. The bank, located in the capital, Ouagadougou, aims to enhance Burkina Faso’s economic and financial independence. ‘With integrity as its compass, this bank is a tool and a symbol of Burkina Faso’s …
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THE Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination on Friday. Newsextra24 reports that the development confirms Harris as the party’s standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote …
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REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump announced late Friday that he has agreed to debate his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, on Fox News on September 4. “I have agreed with Fox News to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. It was …
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SOME protesters in Jigawa returned to the streets in continuation of their protest in spite of the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government on Friday. The Jigawa Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that no fewer than 50 suspected hoodlums …
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Friday, described corruption as a deadly cankerworm that lays great nations in ruins. While speaking at the 26th Annual Wole Soyinka Lecture organised by the National Association of Seadogs, known as Pyrates Confraternity, to mark his 90th birthday, Soyinka stated that corruption put people at …
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