THE Imo House of Assembly has passed a bill repealing the Imo Waste Management Act No. 5 of 2020 and enacted a bill establishing the Eastern Waste Management Incorporated. The bill, sponsored by the Majority Leader, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (Owerri West), was presented and read for the second and third …
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CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Rep. Adebayo Balogun, has called for measures to strengthen the electronic accreditation system used during elections. Balogun made the call at the Situation Room Advocacy Meeting on the criteria for appointments into Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the credibility threshold for the 2027 general …
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THE police in Rivers have confirmed the death of a couple who reportedly died from inhaling generator fumes in their apartment. The unidentified man and his partner powered a generator inside their home, which led to their untimely demise. A witness identified as James told the News Agency of Nigeria …
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THE senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, on Wednesday, explained his heated verbal altercation with the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, during the Senate Ethics Committee’s hearing. Nwebonyi had a verbal clash with Ezekwesili at the Senate committee proceeding into the sexual harassment allegations made by the …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has signed the South-South and South-West Development Commission Bills into law. Tinubu signed the bills on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The development commissions are expected to improve governance, security, law, and order, as well as engendering more efficient and effective use of resources. They are also expected …
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THE Ogun State Government has announced the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state, with the confirmation of the death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Ogun State Commissioner of Health, Dr Tomi Coker, announced this in a statement on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. …
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KOGI Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has apologised to former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, following a heated exchange between her [Ezekwesili] and Ebonyi North Senator, Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, during a Senate committee hearing. The confrontation occurred on Tuesday during a session of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, …
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Cote d’Ivoire have pulled out from hosting the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, In a press release, the president of the Ivorian Football Federation, FIF, Yacine Idriss Diallo, stated that ‘by official letter, the Government notified the body of the withdrawal of Côte d’Ivoire as host country of the …
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BRAZIL’s supreme court on Wednesday decided to put the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial over an alleged coup plot. All the five judges accepted the charges against Bolsonaro which is related to an effort to claim power after his presidential election defeat in 2022. Recall that Brazil’s prosecutor …
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THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced the implementation of zero tariffs, excise duties and value-added tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs for two years. Newsextra24 reports that the latest development follows President Bola Tinubu’s approval. In a statement on Wednesday, Customs said the implementation commenced after Tinubu directed comprehensive guidelines …
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