STAKEHOLDERS in the maritime sector have commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho as the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), described Dantsoho’s appointment as merit- based because he was an astute …
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Senators unanimously voted on Thursday to reject a bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission. The lawmakers after an extensive deliberation on the bill stood it down following stiff opposition from northern senators. Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, stepped down the bill when he sensed that the mood in …
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A 24-year-old Nigerian, Oside Oluwole, has broken a world record by continuously playing a soccer video game for three days, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR). The GWR said Oluwole, with the nickname, “Khoded”, performed the longest videogame marathon playing a soccer game, registering a time of 75 …
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PRESIDENT Joe Biden said that former President Donald Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate was an indication that he would surround himself with people who “agree completely with him” in a second administration. In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt Monday, Biden went after the Ohio senator’s …
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THE Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has banned the procession of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria to commemorate the 2024 Islamic calendar day of Ashura in Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh …
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IN 2016, when Donald Trump picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, it was widely viewed as an effort to court evangelical Christian voters who may have been wary of supporting Trump, a thrice-married former Democrat. JD Vance This time round, he opted for JD Vance. And like …
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NIGERIAN Government has repatriated no fewer than 190 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A statement by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, said the returnees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 5:57 am. The Director, North Central Zone, Bashir Garga, said in …
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A former managing director of Nigerian Industrial Development Bank, now Bank of Industry (BoI), Abubakar Abdulkadir, has died. He was aged 84. Abdulkadir, who retired as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, died after a brief illness in an Abuja hospital on Monday evening. His son, Ibrahim …
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THE detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was on Tuesday, whisked into Federal High Court in Abuja in wheelchair. Gambaryan, who dressed in a black T-shirt with a blue jeans trousers, is facing a money laundering charge alongside the cryptocurrency firm. When the matter was called, Gambaryan stood up …
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THE Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the Nigerian Police Force, National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC), has launched an investigation into allegations against Linus Williams, the CEO of BLORD Group of Companies. The inquiry has been extended to several entities under the BLORD umbrella, including BLORD REAL ESTATE LTD, BLORD …
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