NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, stated that the the All Progressives Congress (APC) is back to life and has overcome the phase of litigations and intra-party strife. The president said the party has been revived, energised, and repositioned for its national convention and future elections. Buhari spoke on Friday at a meeting with members of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the first time since 2015. Recall that the EFCC has been without a board since 2015 when Buhari came into power. In a statement on Monday, Umar Gwandu, spokesperson of Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), said the […]
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates scheduled to take examinations in the 24 delisted centres to print their notification slips for new dates and time of examinations. The examination body’s Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the directive in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The board […]
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The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has fixed the runway lights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, enable international flights land in Lagos. Over the weekend, the dire state of the infrastructure caused British Airways (BA) to divert its Lagos-bound flights to Abuja airport. The BA075 Lagos had to divert […]
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In the words of Winston Churchill, “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” And according to Frank A. Clark, “Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying […]
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was on Friday conferred with the title of ‘City with Refugees’ to commemorate the 2021 International Refugees Day on June 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that conferment was performed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya-Umar Farouk. She was supported by […]
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Members of the press are invited to The Commonwealth Secretariat’s 11th Regional Conference for Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, from 21-24 June 2021. Heads of anti-corruption agencies in the region will meet to provide timely assessment, share experiences and discuss progress towards meeting the UN Social Development Goal 16 which incorporates specific targets relating to reducing […]
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NIGERIA – The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked the House of Representatives to include internet broadcasting under the control of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The minister’s request was contained in his submission at the public hearing into a bill to amend the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission Act organised by the House Committees on […]
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Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has joined the lengthy roll of Nigerians and Nigerians in the diaspora, aliens and diplomats alike, who have felicitated with the President Mohammadu Buhari/APC-led Federal Government for the giant strides it has continued to record in critical areas of governance especially, the revival of the nation’s moribund rail infrastructure, covering a […]
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The outspoken governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, says it is wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to abandon his constitutional responsibility of securing Nigerians for governors. Recall that during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, Buhari said he told two south-west governors, who came to meet him in Abuja, to return to their states and […]
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