President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, briefed State House Correspondents after the President signed the bills into law. Prominent among the bills signed into law is the Legislative Houses (Power […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate at the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The president left the Presidential Villa, Abuja, via the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for Addis Ababa two hours after […]
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Real Madrid’s tormentors Leganes were rewarded for knocking the Spanish giants out of the Copa del Rey in midweek when they drew Sevilla in Friday’s semi-final draw. Holders Barcelona will face resurgent Valencia in the other last four tie. On Wednesday Real crashed to a humiliating exit when they were knocked out by little Leganes […]
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A coalition of militant groups in Ondo State on Friday gave oil companies operating in the state three days to leave over non-enrollment of their members in the Federal Government Amnesty Programme. General Akinfemi Raymond, the secretary of the coalition, gave the ultimatum in Akure while addressing journalists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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Income accruing to the country from rising oil prices in the international market will be spent on infrastructural development, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged. Receiving a delegation from Eni, led by the Chief Upstream Officer, Mr Antonio Vella, the President said extra funds outside the provision of year 2018 budget “will be deployed to infrastructure […]
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Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to imitate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conceding is if he loses in 2019. Speaking at the UK parliament, where he delivered a lecture titled ‘African Politics: The Dynamics and Lessons,’ Ekweremadu advised Buhari to be conscious of the fact that Nigeria is playing pivotal and […]
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Researchers unearthed a partial jawbone bearing seven teeth in a cave in Israel representing what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa. This, according to them, showed that “our species” trekked out of that continent far earlier than previously known. Researchers announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 […]
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The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the discovery of a warehouse where large quantities of Indian hemp are kept before being transported to buyers in different parts of the country. Mr. Wakawa Bubs, the State Commander of NDLEA, who announced the discovery in a statement he issued […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has directed security agencies to curb the propagation of hate speech, especially through monitoring the activities of some notable Nigerians on social media. This order was given when security chiefs held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. Mansur Dan Ali, minister of defence, had described […]
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President Muhamamdu Buhari on Thursday had a closed door meeting with security chiefs as part of efforts aimed at ending the spate of insecurity across the country. The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, led the […]
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