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Insecurity: Senate Committee lauds NAF deployment of Super Tucano
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Airforce, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has commended the Nigerian Airforce for effective deployment of the Super Tucanos ...
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IGP Orders Arrest Of Any Movie, Skit Maker Who Portray Police In Bad Light
Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered that movies and skit makers who portray the Nigeria Police Force officers in bad ...
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NURTW, RTEAN Laud KWSG’s Initiative To Uplift Transport Sector
The duo of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employee Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have lauded the ...
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N109bn Fraud: How Ex-AGF Idris Compromised TSA, GIFMIS, IPPIS – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said fresh facts have emerged on how former suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris ...
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That El-Rufai’s message to President Buhari!
Bad news they say, spreads like wildfire and so was the news of the plan by terrorists to abduct Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari ...
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Police Dismiss Reports of Bandits in Kwara
The Commissioner of police in Kwara state, Mr Tuesday Assayomo has dismissed reports that some forests in the state have been occupied by ...
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EFCC Raids Bureaux de Change As Naira Dips Against Dollar
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday raided Wuse Zone 4, home to most bureaux de change in Abuja. ...
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Hotelier, Worker Abducted In Ogbomosho
Gunmen on Thursday allegedly abducted a hotelier and a staff member in Ogbomosho area of Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
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Continuous Voter Registration: INEC Staff Not Arrested In Lagos — REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Saturday debunked reports of arrest of its officials over alleged creation of illegal ...
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Fuel price hike: Workers seek salary increase
Following the increase in the pump price of petrol, some federal and state civil servants have appealed to both governments to increase workers ...
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Tell Nigerians Your Plans To End Insecurity, Hijrah Body To Muslims Office Seekers
Muslim politicians seeking elective office across the country have been challenged to tell Nigerians the strategies they will employ to solve the nation’s ...
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Amiru Hajj Expresses Concern Over Delay In Airlift Pilgrims Back Home
Kwara Amirul Hajj urges Federal Government to prioritise allocation of aviation fuel for the smooth airlift of pilgrims The Kwara State 2022 Amirul ...
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NHIS Announces Free Health-Care Services For Katsina Corps Members
The Katsina State Coordinator, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Abubakar Dabo, says the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream II corps members in the state ...
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Nigerian Govt Threatens To Sanction BBC, Trust TV For Airing Interviews With Bandits
The federal government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing documentaries that allegedly glorify and fuel terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. ...
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If not for me, Buhari won’t know bandits have vowed to kidnap him – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was not aware of bandits’ threats to abduct him. “This is why ...
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Hunters Handover 320 PVCs in Forest to INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday received 320 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) found in Bayelsa forest. Receiving the voters cards on behalf of ...
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KWSG Flags Off 2022 Anti-Rabies Vaccination Exercise
The Kwara State Government has flagged off this year’s State-wide Anti Rabies Mass Vaccination Campaign Exercise in Ilorin, the State Capital. In the ...
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Nasarawa Govt Orders Closure Of Public, Private Schools Over Security Threat
Nasarawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of both public and private schools across the state as a proactive step to safeguard ...
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Oyo Govt. Reinstates 129 Sacked Primary School Teachers
The Oyo State Government has reinstated 129 public primary school teachers, who were unlawfully sacked by the previous administration. Dr Nureni Adeniran, the ...
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Kwara NUJ Holds 32nd Media Parliament
All is set for the 32nd edition of the Media Parliament of Kwara State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) holding on ...
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Senators Call For Impeachment of President Buhari Over Worsening Insecurity
Senators across party lines on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. Some set of ...
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Court Remands Man For Allegedly Stealing N11.27m From Fidelity Bank
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Sedeliu Iziomo, in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing N11.27 million from ...
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SSS Presented 44 Reports To Buhari Before Kuje Prison Attack, says Deputy Speaker, House of Reps
The State Security Service (SSS) forwarded 44 security reports to the Muhammadu Buhari regime before the July 5 attack on Kuje prison. Deputy ...
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FRSC Laments Increasing Cases Of Unclaimed Corpse Of Accident Victims
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decried the rising cases of unclaimed corpses of victims of auto-crash in Nigeria. Mr Idris Yahaya, ...
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Reps Amend CBN Act To Stop Governor From Partisan Politics
The House of Representatives has passed a bill after the second reading to stop the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ...
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Terrorism: IGP Deploys Additional Personnel to Protect Abuja
Following the escalating security in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja Inspector General of Police IGP Usman Alkali have ordered deployment of additional personnel ...
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Gov. Masari takes over education sponsorship of children of late ACP killed by terrorists
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari on Tuesday has taken the responsibilities of sponsoring the education of children of the late Dutsinma Police ...
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EFCC Arrests Herbalist For Allegedly Defrauding House of Reps Aspirant N24m
Operatives of the Lagos Command of EFCC have arrested two self-acclaimed spiritualists, one Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, who along with one ...
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ASUU Strike: Kwara NLC Joins National Solidarity Rally
The Kwara state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday joined its National body in a solidarity rally in support of ...
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SGF Decries Unhealthy Relationships Between CEOs And Governing Boards of Parastatals
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha, has decried the poor and unhealthy relationships between governing boards and chief executive ...
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Buhari Seeks Senate’s Confirmation of Ariwoola As CJN, Four CBN Directors
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola to the Senate for confirmation as the substantial Chief Justice of Nigeria, ...
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Proposed Protest: Ban On Public Procession Still In Force – Plateau Govt Warns NLC, Others
Plateau state government has warned the state chapter of the NLC and other affiliated unions planning to embark on the solidarity rally in ...
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Alleged Organ Harvesting: UK Court Denies Ekweremadu, Grants Wife Bail
A London Court has granted Beatrice, wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, bail. She was granted bail on Monday. Ike ...
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Kwara signs minimum wage agreement with Tertiary Institutions workers
Kwara State Government on Monday signed agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage and ...
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Kwara NLC set for mega rally over varsity workers’ strike
All is set for the mega rally of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) holding tomorrow (Tuesday) in solidarity ...
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AUPCTRE Rejoices As AbdulRazaq Okays Payment of Ex-Kwara Express Staff’s Outstanding Money
Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) in Kwara State has applauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for approving ...
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Insecurity: FG Orders Closure of FGC Abuja, Directs Security Beef-up In Other Unity Schools
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has ordered immediate closure of one of its unity schools the Federal Government College, ...
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Kidnapped Train Passengers: Relatives Of Victims Protest, Picket Transportation Ministry
Relatives of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack on Monday picketed the headquarters of the Ministry of Transportation in Abuja, following the ...
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Kidnapped train passengers: ‘Military Urge To Show Bravery, Secure Their Release’
The military have been urged to show bravery by securing immediate release of the hostages kidnapped in the Kaduna bound train from Abuja ...
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Gunmen Attack Ondo Police Station, Kill Inspector
Gunmen reportedly attacked a Police station in the early hours of Monday in Akure, Ondo state capital and killed a police inspector, Temenu ...
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Bank, Hospital, Electricity Unions Threaten Shutdown In Solidarity For ASUU
Workers in the health sector, banks, construction, public service and electricity sector have all threatened to down tools in protest of the Federal ...
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No going back on mega rally for ASUU, SSANU, others – Kwara NLC
The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is not backing down on its plan for a mega ...
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Governor AbdulRazaq Discloses Plans To Honour Distinguished Kwarans
The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq has disclosed plan to inaugurate a hall of fame to appreciate Kwarans who have distinguished themselves in ...
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Nigeria’s Security, Unity Beyond 2023 My Concern – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, met with stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), telling them that the ...
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Afenifere Takes Position on Proposed Ban of Okada, Says FG Manipulating Fight Against Terrorists
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, said that the plan by the president Mohammadu Buhari led Federal Government to ban commercial motorcycle otherwise called ‘okada’ ...
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Whistleblowing: Nigerians no longer interested in anti-corruption war — FG
Six years after it introduced the Whistleblower Policy to help in its fight against corruption, the Federal Government has lamented the growing disinterest ...
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NSCDC Issues Operating Licence To University of Maiduguri To Float Security Services
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has issued operating licences to University of Maiduguri and 18 other Private Guard Companies (PGC) ...
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Curbing the devastating scourge of religious intolerance in Nigeria
Recall that Deborah Samuel a 200 level Economics student of Shehu Shagamu College of Education in Sokoto was killed by her fellow students ...
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NBC signs MoU With Partners Over €1m Donation for community dev’t in Nigeria
Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd., the bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ...
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Edo SEMA Offers Financial Succour To Victims Of Fire Disaster
The Edo State Emergency Management Agency (EDOSEMA) on Thursday offered financial succour to the victims of fire disaster at Plymouth road in Benin ...
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Presidential Amnesty Commences Aviation Training For 116 Ex-agitators
Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has deployed 116 ex-agitators for training in aircraft engineering, maintenance and other aviation services in line with the Train, ...
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Wike to Amaechi: Point to one thing you brought to Rivers as Minister
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Thursday, mocked the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, saying his estranged political associate and ...
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Insecurity: Kano Govt restricts movement of tricycles
Kano State government has restricted the movement of commercial tricycle operators, called Keke NAPEP, after 10:00 p.m with effective from Thursday, July 21. ...
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Showcasing Achievements: Buhari directs MDAs to publicise 266 ecological projects
Impressed by the numerous projects implemented within seven years of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, instructed the government agencies to publicised a ...
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It’s illegal for NLC to protest in solidarity with ASUU – FG
The Federal Government has said the proposed protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) across the federation in solidarity with the striking members ...
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Gov Matawalle Bars Zamfara Emirs From Awarding Chieftaincy Titles Without Approval
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has barred Wmirs in the state from awarding chieftaincy titles without the state government’s approval. ...
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CSO Urge Buhari To Sign NYSC Trust Fund Bill Into Law For Economic Prosperity Of Youth
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has again urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign into law the National Youth ...
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Anambra Lawmakers Rain Curses On Killers Of Beheaded Member
The 7th Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, hold a valedictory session in honour of its member, the late Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, ...
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Plane Crash Averted in Abuja As Dana Air Crash-lands
What would have been a major plane crash was averted today after Dana Air passenger plane, a Boeing 737 aircraft, crashed-landed at the ...
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Buhari unveils new NNPC Ltd, assures Nigerians of energy security
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), affirming that the company is mandated by law to ...