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FG To Shut Third Mainland Bridge For Repairs
The Federal Government on Thursday announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will be close to traffic from Saturday, October 21, 2023 to Sunday, ...
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Police Commission Explains Recruitment Of ‘Repentant Thugs’ To Fight Crimes
The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Thursday, explained the recruitment of ‘repentant thugs’ as Police Constables in Kano State.
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Tinubu Appoints Chief Executive Officers For NTA, NBC, NPC, ARCON, NOA, NAN, Others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Chief Executive Officers for parastatals and agencies under the
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Authority Reacts As Correctional Service Van Reportedly Rams Into People In Kwara
There was pandemonium in the Ilorin metropolis on Thursday following a fatal accident involving a vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Correctional
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Abuja lands revocation order: Wike extends deadline for mosques, churches
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has extended the ‘develop or revoke’ order issued religious bodies in the
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Nigeria lost N2.9trn to contract, procurement fraud in 2 years – EFCC Chairman
Newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has revealed Nigeria lost N2.9 trillion between 2018 -2020 to contract ...
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Police Detain Inspector For Celebrating Ladipo Market Reopening With Gunshots
The Lagos State Police Command says it has identified the person in a viral video shown shooting an AK47 rifle at the Ladipo ...
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Uproar in Senate as Akpabio, Ndume clash
The brewing crisis in the Senate came to a head, yesterday, as the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, stormed out during plenary to ...
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Tinubu Dissolves NAHCON Board, Appoints Jalal As New CEO
President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), appointing a new Chief Executive Officer for the ...
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Why Akeredolu Is Governing Ondo From Ibadan And Not Akure – Aide
Doyin Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, says his principal is not working ...
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Tinubu Appoints Aliyu As ICPC Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jigawa State, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new Chairman of ...
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Gov. Makinde Approves Promotion of Over 7,000 Oyo Civil Servants
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the promotion of all civil and public servants whose promotions were due in 2022. ...
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Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer For 15 Million Households
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households. The event, which coincided with the World ...
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Ex-PDP Scribe Names Son After Late Governor Lawal
Former secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alh Rasaq Lawal, on Tuesday, named his newborn son Lawal Olohunlalaro Alabi, in ...
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5 persons jailed 60yrs in Niger over possession of human skull
A Minna Chief Magistrates Court 2 has sentenced five persons to 60 years jail for being in possession of Human Skull. They were ...
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FG proposes N26.01trn for 2024 Appropriation
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday proposed the sum of N26.01 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to be submitted to the National ...
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No Plans By FG To Stifle Press Freedom – Minister
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi on Monday said the Bola Tinubu administration has no plans whatsoever to stifle ...
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Tinubu Presides Over Second FEC Meeting, Swears In New Ministers
President Bola Tinubu has presided over his second Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and sworn in the three newly appointed ministers. The brief ...
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Appeal Court President Asks Parties To Transfer All Election Appeals To Abuja, Lagos
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has asked parties and their counsel to move all appeals arising from election ...
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Kwara Govt Engages 20 Special Taskforce Officers To Checkmate Indiscriminate Dumping of Refuse
The Kwara State Government has inaugurated 20 people special task force officers to checkmate the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state. This ...
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Ecuador elects youngest-ever president, Daniel Noboa, to fix ‘destroyed’ country
Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 ...
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Naira under pressure, Nigeria may seek dollar loan –IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the naira is currently under pressure and Nigeria is free to seek loan from the Fund ...
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Lagos Govt Vows To Prosecute Night Club Staff For Assaulting LASEPA Officials
The Lagos State Government has vowed to prosecute employees of a nightclub in the Lekki area of the state for assaulting officials of ...
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Reject Bill To Regulate Social Media, SERAP Tells Akpabio, Abbas
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, have been urged to “reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation ...
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Seven Killed, Properties Destroyed In Plateau Electric Cable Fire
No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead and some others injured during a fire incident that occurred at Kabong, Gada Biyu ...
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Reps approve sign language interpreters at plenary
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has approved the engagement of a sign language interpreter during plenary and other ...
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Unilorin VC Egbewole Commends Gov. AbdulRazaq’s Move To Open Up Tanke Flyover Bridge
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has commended the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, over ...
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Tinubu Appoints New Governing Board, Management Team For FERMA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Governing Board and Management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a ...
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We’re Monitoring Impact Of Israel-Hamas War On World Economy – IMF
The International Monetary Fund says it is closely monitoring the impact of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war on the world economy. The Managing Director ...
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Gratuities: Oyo Govt. Warns Pensioners Against Swindlers
The Oyo State Government has alerted the general public that some unscrupulous elements have been swindling pensioners in the state, with a promise ...
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Gov. AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Gen. Bello, Adigun, Others As Special Advisers
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday inaugurated four new Special Advisers to strengthen the government’s efforts to deliver on its mandate to ...
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Tinubu Appoints New CEOs For ITF, SON, CAC, 11 Others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, ...
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Commandant hails passage of Peace Corps bill by Reps
National Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akor, has commended the House of Representatives for passing the establishment Bill of Corps. Thursday’s ...
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Kwara Gov. Directs Lade, Olododo To Supervise Youth, Works Ministries
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed Commissioner for Water Resources Usman Lade to oversee the Ministry of Youths Affairs. He also directed ...
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Kwara Poly Disowns Suspected Killers Of Nightclub Owner
The management of Kwara State Polytechnic has distanced the institution from Adama Joseph and Oreoluwa Davies, who were paraded by the Nigeria Police ...
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Tinubu Appoints Ola Olukoyede As EFCC Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this ...
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Police Arrest Two Female Students Over Death Of Nightclub Owner During BDSM Sex
The Nigeria Police have arrested two female students identified as Joy Adanma and Vandora Favour, over the death of Adeniyi Ojo, a nightclub ...
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100 of us raided, kidnapped FGC Yauri students — Bandit
Operatives of the Police Special Tactical Squad and the Intelligence Response Team of the Department of Force Intelligence, yesterday, paraded a total of ...
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Boy buried alive for stealing N1,000 in Kogi
Apamisede community in Adavi local government area of Kogi state was on Wednesday thrown into confusion as a boy of eight years old ...
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No Soldier Is Complete Without Killing Boko Haram Terrorists – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged troops of the Nigerian Army to get rid of terrorists as the nation ...
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Tinubu makes fresh appointments
President Bola Tinubu has made five new appointments of Chief Executives for some of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, ...
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Court Convicts Two Vandals For Murder Of Seven DSS Officials
The Lagos State High Court sitting in the Ikeja area has convicted two members of a group of pipeline vandals for the 2015 ...
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Insecurity: NAF Takes Delivery Of Additional Fire Fighter Aircraft ‘Diamond-62’, As Gov. AbdulRazaq Hails COAS
The Nigerian Airforce on Wednesday took delivery of the last 2 sets of four Diamond 62 multi-purpose platform special mission aircraft to the ...
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FG to cut number of taxes to 9
The administration of President Bola Tinubu is working to reduce taxes from the current 62 to a maximum of nine, to create a ...
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Japa: Residents live in cemetery, streets as rents soar in Canada
Many people are experiencing homelessness as housing prices and rents have increased in Canada’s real estate markets. Reports said tens of thousands have ...
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Israel-Hamas war: FG halts pilgrimage as Lagos airlifts 310 from Jerusalem
Following the raging war between Israeli armed forces and the Hamas terrorist organization, the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, yesterday announced the suspension ...
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Insecurity: Gov. Radda launches Katsina community watch corps
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina state has launched the Katsina State Community Watch Corps, which will complement efforts by security agencies to ...
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Tinubu orders immediate action to tackle flooding, Yahaya Bello chairs committee
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed an immediate plan of action to mitigate the impact of any disaster and the need to stem the ...
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Police Parade Suspected Killers Of Journalist, Two Others
The Zamfara State Police Command has paraded two suspects, Mansur Haruna and Ibrahim Nababa, over the killing of a veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, ...
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Kwarapoly Hails AbdulRazaq Over Rice Palliatives, Others
Management and staff of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin have expressed their gratitude to the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the rice palliative extended ...
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How Obasanjo, Soyinka, Akintoye, Adebanjo, others secured my release — Sunday Igboho
AFTER two years of incarceration in Benin Republic, Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, yesterday, commended Yoruba leaders and ...
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FG not paying fuel subsidy, NNPC insists
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said Monday that the federal government is not paying fuel subsidy as is being speculated in ...
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Killer Police Drambi Vandi Sentenced To Death For Bolanle Raheem’s Murder
The Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex, Igbosere, Lagos island has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, ...
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Insecurity and the plight of kidnap victims, part one
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Temitope Oladipo Fayehun must be passing through hard times. A native of Ilesa in Osun State, Fayehun’s ordeal started on ...
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FG To Restart TradeMoni Scheme November, Earmarks 50,000 Per Beneficiary
The Federal Government will restart the Tradermoni scheme in November with each beneficiary getting N50,000 to support their business. While the interest-free loan ...
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FG To Launch Conditional Cash Transfer To 15m Households October 17th – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu says the Federal Government will launch the conditional cash transfer policy for 15 ...
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Minister gives more update on suspended N-Power
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has given more reasons as to the indefinite suspension of one of the ...
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Flood Ravages Taraba Community As Residents Cry For Help
Farmlands, domestic animals and residential buildings worth millions of naira have been swept away by flood in the Mayo Selbe community of Gashaka ...
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Akpabio, Other Ex-Govs Sued Over Salaries, Pensions
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in ...
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Over 200 Killed In Israel As Hamas ‘Massacred Civilians’ – Army
The Israel death toll from the Hamas surprise attack Saturday has surged to more than 200, the army said, accusing the Palestinian militants ...