Former Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard will leave Nottingham Forest at the end of his contract. Lingard joined Forest last season following their promotion to the Premier League but failed to make an impact at the City Ground. The 30-year-old turned down West Ham, where he impressed on …
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The National Executive Council, NEC of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is currently going on at the Labour Headquarters, Abuja. The meeting is in respect of the recent announcement by President Bola Tinubu after his inauguration on May 29, where he said that subsidy is gone. Although the immediate past …
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Governor Hycinth Alia of Benue State yesterday swore in some of his new appointees. Those sworn in were Prof. Joseph Alakali (Secretary to the State Government), Dr. Emmanuel Chenge (Principal Private Secretary), Paul Biam (Chief of Staff) and Moses Agbogbo Ode (Head of Service). Performing the ceremony on Thursday at …
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The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arraigned two persons before a Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, over sale and distribution of fake and substandard drugs. The suspects: Emmanuel Ejidike, 49, of Tommaj Investment Limited, Bridge Head, Onitsha and Anayo Okoye, 42, of …
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The governorship election petition tribunal in Oyo State has dismissed the petition of the Action Alliance (AA) and its gubernatorial candidate, Babatunde Samson Ajala against governor Seyi Makinde. The three-man tribunal led by Justice Ejiro Emudainohwu delivered the judgement on Friday. Other members of the tribunal who sat in …
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The House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring has approved that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency can continue the disbursement of $700m from the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund. The House had on May 2, 2023, asked the NIMASA to stop its plan to disburse …
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SOME stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have commended President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement on removal of fuel subsidy. They made the commendations in seperate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos on Monday after Tinubu’s inaugural speech as Nigeria’s President. Mr Mike Osatuyi, the National Operations …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has made his first set of appointments as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the appointments, he named Ambassador Kunle Adeleke as the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP) to the President. He also appointed former Lagos State Commissioner of Information, Dele …
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UN- Habitat (https://UNHabitat.org/) will on Friday 2nd June announce the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly which is scheduled to be held in Nairobi between 5 – 9 June, 2023. The Assembly’s theme is “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of …
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GOVERNOR Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has ordered all government bank accounts frozen. Alia made the declaration in his inaugural speech shortly after taking the oath of office as Governor of Benue State at the IBB Square on Monday. The governor said a ‘Post No Debit’ instruction shall remain in …
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