Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, requested the House of Representatives to consider and pass three anti-corruption bills pending before it namely “Proceeds of Crime Bill, Whistle-Blower Bill and the Witness Protection Bill.” The request was contained in the President’s letter, dated January 14, 2022, which was read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila at the plenary. […]
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Police in Ogun State have arrested a couple for allegedly invading Toyon High School, Ere Village, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area with thugs to beat up their son’s teacher. The teacher, Abel Thomas had beaten the couple’s ward, Joshua Joseph, a Senior Secondary School(SS3) who later went home to report to his parents. The couple, Oyedele […]
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Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday passed a Bill seeking to establish the National Rice Development Council. The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at plenary on Wednesday. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa West), in his presentation, disclosed that the Bill […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, 20th January visit Kaduna for a two-day working visit. The development was made known on Wednesday in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, the Spokesman to Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Adekeye said the president “will commission several important projects” during the two-day visit from Thursday to Friday. According to the statement, […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, has said he will declare his intention to contest in the 2023 presidential election after the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress. This is as he disclosed that youths and women including Nigerians abroad are urging him to run for president and build on the achievement of […]
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A high court sitting in Umuahia, Abia state, has ordered the federal government to pay N1 billion to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It could be recalled that Kanu had approached the Court demanding N5 billion over the invasion of his father’s house by the military on September 10, 2017. […]
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday defeated the Nigerian government at the Abia State High Court. Justice Ben Anya of the High Court sitting in Abia State, rejected the Nigerian government’s challenge of its jurisdiction to hear Kanu’s fundamental rights suit. Kanu, through his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, had […]
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Ghana are out of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in the group stages. This follows a shock 3-2 defeat to debutants Comoros on Tuesday night. The Black Stars came into their final Group C clash with one point and needing a win to progress.
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The ex-Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will give its presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Speaking on Tuesday at the ongoing 2022 annual lecture of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kano State, the former governor while referring […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to exercise some patience as the growing food production in the country, especially expansion in rice farming, will eventually bring down prices of food, making it more affordable for all. Buhari spoke on Tuesday at the official commissioning ceremony of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)/Rice Farmers Association of […]
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