President Bola Tinubu has condemned in strong terms the barbaric and cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwan Rukuba district, Jos, Plateau State. The president, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, equally condemned the attacks on Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government …
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Mother Africa shone brightly at the weekend in the United States of America when the Indianapolis-Marion City-County issued a formal declaration in honour of Nigeria’s iconic socio-cultural organisation, the Kegites Club. In the declaration, the county said it fully identified with the pivotal roles that the Americana Archaivar Plus Convergence …
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A senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has blamed some state government’s neglect for the basic education for the alarming rate of out-of-school children in the country, which is estimated at 20 million. A document he obtained from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in response to his …
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Monday charged the Nigerian media to be partners in progress with the government by utilising their platforms to strengthen the nation’s democracy through constructive journalism and critical thinking. He observed that a society is destroyed not by the absence of ideas but by the “absence of …
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In a landmark judgement, the Tapa Commercial Division of the Lagos State High Court on Wednesday, dismissed a multi-million Naira debt recovery suit filed by United Bank for Africa Plc against its customer, Arueyingho Gbemi Mac, finding that the bank acted in breach of regulatory and fiduciary obligations. Justice A. …
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned the bail application of businessman Joseph Ufoma, facing charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a $1.5 million oil fraud, to today, March 31, following his absence in court. Ufoma, who is being tried alongside Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, faces a …
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A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, has been handed down a jail term of eight years, over offences bordering on fraud and corruption. He was sentenced on Monday by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who found him guilty in all the nine …
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved N10,000 monthly transportation support allowance for civil servants in the state. Makinde announced this on Monday during the supervision of the YEAP-SAFER support disbursement and stakeholder engagement programme at the Fashola Agribusiness Hub in Oyo town. He said the initiative would be …
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With attacks shifting decisively toward critical oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf, the Iran war has entered a dangerous new phase, one that is already reverberating through global energy markets and military calculations. To this end, oil prices surged sharply yesterday, with Brent crude briefly climbing above $119 per …
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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has declared his support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general election, stating that he has no regrets about his position. Soludo made the remarks during a television interview in Awka, where he described the president as a friend …
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