THE investigative panel set up by the Federal Government on the collapsed two-storey school building in Jos, Plateau State, has released a preliminary report on the incident. The two-storey building housing Saint Academy, located at the Busa Buji community in the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, collapsed …
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THE Niger State Government has clarified a viral video of the state governor, Mohammed Bago, seen ordering security personnel to slap a man during the Fidua prayer for the late wife of the deputy governor, Zainab Yakubu. The video which went viral on Saturday captured Bago speaking in Hausa and …
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A member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, and Chairman House Committee on Sports, Ekene Adams, is dead. He was aged 39. He reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday. The cause of death had yet to be disclosed as of publication time. Different …
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FORMER U.S. President Donald Trump has made his first public appearance since an assassination attempt, appearing at the Republican National Convention with a bandage over his right ear. Trump, who was confirmed as the Republican presidential candidate earlier on Monday, entered the convention to a standing ovation. He then posed …
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GERMAN Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has banned the magazine Compact, considered as a “mouthpiece of the far-right extremist scene” her ministry said on Tuesday. According to a statemenT, Affiliated production company Conspect Film GmbH has also been banned. Police raided the outlet’s premises in Falkensee, just outside Berlin, as well …
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KUWAIT Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Sunday it had made a “giant” oil discovery in the Al-Nokhatha field east of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka, with oil reserves estimated at 3.2 billion barrels. KPC’s CEO Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah said in a video posted by the company on X …
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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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A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents, dealing the former president another major legal victory as the Republican seeks a return to the White House. Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated by Trump, ruled that Special …
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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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THE Naira on Monday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,577.29 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira lost N13.49. This represents 0.86 per cent loss when compared …
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