THE Sultanate Council of Sokoto has called on Muslims across Nigeria to look for the new moon of Ramadan on Friday, February 28, 2025, corresponding to 29 Sha’aban 1446AH in the Islamic calendar. In an official statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on …
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Emmanuel Nsan, a former Minister of Health under the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari, has died at the age of 77. Nsan, who also served as Minister of Works and Transport during Buhari’s administration, died on Thursday, December 12, 2024, in a protracted illness. His death was officially confirmed …
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THE ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, stormed the Assembly complex in the Ikeja area of the state. Obasa, who was impeached and removed by his colleagues for alleged fraud, arrived at the legislative building about 12 noon and made …
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As part of its mandate to propagate the continuing relevance of the ideas of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation will hold the 2025 Awolowo Memorial Webinar on March 6, 2025. The webinar, whose theme is “Our 21st Century World: Reflections and Projections”, will be chaired …
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NIGERIAN billionaire Folorunso Alakija has lost her sight, according to medical sources involved in her care. A report by SaharaReporters said that the 73-year-old founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil began experiencing health issues after a near air mishap. She was travelling with her husband, Modupe Alakija, Chairman …
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The Tenth Prosecuting Witness, PW10, Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m ( Eight Hundred and …
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Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on February 26, 2025 refused an application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, asking the trial judge to recuse himself from the case on the allegation of bias. Emefiele is standing trial …
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A coalition of 17 Ogoni women groups in Rivers has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland. The coalition, which made its opposition known in a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, comprised of thousands of Ogoni women. It insisted that the implementation …
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● Judge adjourns case till March 13 A former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Anamekwe Nwabuoku, who is facing trial over alleged N1.96 billion fraud, on Wednesday, begged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to give him time to negotiate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, …
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THE Police Command in Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday, confirmed the death of a youth in a crisis that erupted in Ette, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of the state. DSP Timfon John, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of …
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