Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2022 appropriation bill. Buhari signed the bill into law at an event at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The appropriation bill was presented to Buhari by his Senior Special Assistant (Senate) on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare. It was flanked by the President of the Senate, Ahmed […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said they hired Jose Peseiro as the new boss of the national team because of his impressive resume. The Portuguese coach has signed an initial two-year contract and will be at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as an observer. Interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, will still be in charge […]
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Lai Mohammed, the Minister of information on Thursday, identified the major challenge of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. Mohammed noted that insecurity was the biggest challenge of the Buhari government in 2021. Giving a rundown of the achievements of President Buhari in 2021, Mohammed said the major challenge has been that of insecurity. He, […]
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Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Nigerian military ruler, General Sani Abacha has stated that rich people with access to weapons and hard drugs were behind the insecurity bedeviling different parts of the country. To deal with the present situation holistically, Major Al-Mustapha stated that it required the contribution of all […]
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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to return Nigeria to the situation it was during administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Alhaji Ismail Musa, CNG’s Director of Strategic Communications, while featuring on Vanguard Live on Wednesday, expressed dismay with the incessant killings, kidnappings, and general insecurity across the country. […]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Jose Peseiro as the new Super Eagles coach. This was made known in a communique on Wednesday after a virtual NFF executive committee meeting. Part of the Communique reads, “After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed […]
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A district head identified as Alhaji Umaru Bawan Allah has been gunned down in an attack on Gada community in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. According to reports five other persons were killed in the attack which happened in the wee hours of the day. Residents said dozens of armed men stormed the […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has recovered from COVID-19. Shehu disclosed this in a post on social media on Wednesday thanking God for his speedy recovery from the virus. It was reported that Garba Shehu was self-isolating after he contracted the virus. He had said, “What […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has made clarification that candidates and visitors below the age of 18 years are not required to present COVID-19 vaccination cards before being granted access into JAMB examination halls and facilities. According to a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the head of JAMB’s media and protocol […]
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Dozens of people have been killed in the collapse of a defunct gold mine in Sudan’s West Kordofan province, according to the country’s state-run mining company. Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited said in a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday that the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine took place in the village of Fuja, […]
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