The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has invalidated the suspension placed on Senator Shehu Sani by the party executives in his ward in Kaduna State. In a statement signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja, on Sunday, the party directed the state APC chairman […]
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A major earthquake on the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok killed at least 37 people and injured dozens, officials said Sunday, damaging homes and triggering panic among tourists and locals. The powerful quake was also felt on the neighbouring island of Bali, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, where people ran onto the streets in […]
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Sergio Aguero spoiled Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri’s first taste of English football as the Argentine’s double gave Manchester City a stylish 2-0 victory in the Community Shield on Sunday. Blues boss Sarri, hired to replace the sacked Antonio Conte last month, endured a miserable debut in the prestigious friendly at Wembley as lacklustre Chelsea were […]
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In order to ensure efficiency in service delivery, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has redeployed 70 Comptrollers. According to a statement from the service’s Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, the reshuffle is to meet the challenges of fighting smuggling, revenue collection and trade facilitation. “In the face of challenging security situation and increasing inclination […]
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The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has lost accreditation for four of the courses offered in the institution, namely: Law, Dentistry, Botany and medical rehabilitation. The National Universities Commission reportedly suspended the university’s law, dentistry, medical rehabilitation, and botany programmes. Prospective students who selected any of the four courses in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary […]
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The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, is defecting from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a presidential aide has said. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, posted a message on Facebook, Saturday night, saying that Mr Akpabio will be received into APC on Thursday by […]
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The Senators representing Bauchi Central and Kwara South respectively, Isa Misau and Rafiu Ibrahim, have warned their counterpart from Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim, and others in the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to foment any trouble when the Senate resumes on September 25, as the Senate President, Abubakar Saraki, will never resign from the position. […]
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The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday made a comparison between President Muhammadu Buhari and other past Nigerian leaders and delivered a verdict: Buhari is a non-materialistic leader. “If you watch the life of President Buhari, he is not materialistically minded like the other people”, Akiolu said. The Lagos monarch made this remark when the […]
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The Nigerian military conducting Operation Sharan Daji to flush out bandits in Zamfara, on Saturday said it had neutralised 20 bandits and freed their captives in Zamfara. The Force Information Officer of the operation, Muhammad Dole, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna. “In continuation of the ongoing Operation SHARAN DAJI, the troops conducted several […]
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Senator representing Sokoto north, Aliyu Wamakko, says the governor of his state, Aminu Tambuwal, and others who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will regret the move. Before Tambuwal moved to the PDP, Senate President Bukola Saraki, several lawmakers and two governors had already defected from the ruling party. Wamakko commented on the defections […]
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