The United States has named six Nigerians as sponsors of the terrorist group Boko months after their convictions in the UAE. The U.S. Department of State made this known in a statement on Friday. It announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the citizens to the terror-support […]
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The joint action committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU), have declared a two-week warning strike. According to the committee the strike was necessitated by the failure of the Nigerian government to react to its earlier letter threatening to commence an […]
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The government of Ukraine has sent a message of gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria and other countries for their support during the United Nations resolution over the invasion of the country by the Russian forces. The Defense attached to the Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria, Colonel Andrii Vasyliev disclosed this in a statement […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that political appointees, elected as delegates for the party’s national convention scheduled for Saturday, 26th March, 2022, will not be allowed to vote. However, the Party in a statement issued on Thursday via the official Twitter handle of the APC National Convention, said, the affected delegates would be allowed […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said he is running for President of his home. The Ex-Governor of Lagos State stated this while distancing himself from vying for the presidency in 2023. Fashola disclosed this when asked by a journalist on his plans for the presidency in 2023. This was disclosed in […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday, upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The parties were scrapped in the year 2020 by the electoral body following their dismal performances in the previous elections. Justice Ejembi Eko, who delivered a landmark judgment in the matter on Friday, voided […]
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As the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Convention draws near, the Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, on Thursday, met with the Senate APC caucus, led by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. Mamman Mohammed, Director General Press and Media to Gov. Buni made […]
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Thursday expressed concern over the state of the nation’s insecurity. The NGF, in a communiqué signed by the it’s Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Thursday in Abuja after the NGF teleconference meeting, expressed concerns about the impact of the state of insecurity on Nigerians , right […]
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The duo of Mercy Aigbe and Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi, are soliciting financial support for one of their sick colleagues, Kemi Afolabi. It could be recalled that, Afolabi had earlier revealed that she was suffering from Lupus, and the doctor has told her that she has only five years to live. “I have Lupus and it is […]
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Group of friends led by Aree Olumiyiwa Akinboro (SAN), have purchased Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, to contest the 2023 Presidential Election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This comes few days after the PDP commenced sales of nomination and expression of interest […]
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