The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he has no reason to resign over the frequent jail breaks across the country in the past one year. He said this Wednesday while responding to questions from State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over …
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The Nigerian government on Wednesday tried to walk back its earlier announcement on the removal of the management of the privately-owned Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, after facing criticisms over a decision it lacks the powers to carry out. Analysts accused the government of interfering in the country’s electricity distribution sector, …
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You Need Islamic, Not Harvard Education, To Lead Us Right, Ex-Commissioner Tells Ganduje Engr Muazu Magaji, a former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure in Kano, has advised Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to seek Islamic education as against visiting Harvard University for additional knowledge. Daily Trust reports that Ganduje travelled to …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over the unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered …
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Your tenure officially ends tomorrow as the spokesman of Nigeria’s major opposition party, PDP. Can you say that it was an eventful one? I can clearly say that the tenure of the Prince Uche Secondus and Elder Yemi Akinwonmi -led National Working Committee was very eventful. We came into office …
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Calls for urgent measures to remedy the endangered environment The Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has expressed deep concern over the massive oil spillage from OML 29 Well 1 Platform operated by AITEO Exploration and Production Company. Since the spill which occurred on …
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A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Tuesday, confirmed that the meeting on Sunday of members of his faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano with a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, was on the lingering party crisis in Kano. Mr Shekarau told BBC …
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The federal government has stated its readiness to work in collaboration with Israel on investment on youth innovative and research programmes to tackle poverty in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known in his address at the Innovative Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR-2) inaugural ceremony yesterday …
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Olaf Scholz has been sworn in by Bärbel Bas, president of the German Bundestag. He took the oath of office while omitting the optional final clause “So help me God,” unlike Merkel, but like the last Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
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The United Kingdom Parliament will, on Wednesday, debate a petition submitted to it which called for sanctions against the Nigerian Government and its officials over cases of human rights abuse during the #EndSARS movement. Members of the Parliament will hold a debate on Magintsky sanctions and human rights abuses today …
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