The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has placed the Lagos residence of Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) under investigation. In separate tweets on Friday, the anti-corruption agency announced that it has placed Pinnick’s house in Lagos and that of Dikko in Abuja under investigation. The residence under […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cleared 51 candidates and their deputies to contest the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi. The names of the cleared candidates and their details were on Friday made public in Lokoja by the INEC. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that five of those cleared as governorship candidates […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said placing women in strategic positions of his government, like the financial sector, is to ensure effective management of limited resources available, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. President Buhari said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, Ministry of Finance, as […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, says unlike most of his counterparts who sneak to Aso Rock to see President Muhammadu Buhari, he decided to congratulate the president openly. Shortly after the tribunal dismissed the petition of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike congratulated the president. His party had earlier […]
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The chief executive officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday, said citizens who fled South Africa over xenophobic attacks will be empowered. Dabiri-Erewa told the returnees that besides stipends to help them get to their destinations; for ease of communication, they will receive SIM cards with N40,000 worth of airtime, plus […]
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Following the immense success of its drama series, The Men’s Club (TMC), REDTV is about to launch its own chat show, Red Hot Topics. The show follows a panel of young people discussing current and hot topics that affect everyday life. They will openly and frankly touch on topics ranging from equality to infidelity, sex, […]
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The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an increase in value added tax (VAT) rate from 5 percent to 7.2% percent Nigeria’s minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the cabinet meeting. However, this is subject to an amendment of the VAT […]
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The Air Peace flight conveying some Nigerians who left South Africa over xenophobic attacks touched down at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 9:30pm on Wednesday. The chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led officials to receive them. Also on ground to welcome them back home are officials of the […]
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Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed Wednesday. Eight times the mass of Earth and twice as big, K2-18b orbits in its star’s “habitable zone” at a distance — neither too far nor too close — […]
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Shortly after presidential election petition tribunal affirmed his victory at the February 23, 2019 election, President Muhammadu Buhari described the ruling as a victory for Nigerians who trooped out to elect him. The president said he was not worried about the petition filed to challenge the outcome of the election because he knew that Nigerians […]
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