An explosion has left many dead and injured several others at Sabon Gari Quarters of Kano State. Although many people are trapped under the rubble of the affected house adjacent to a primary school, an eye-witness said he saw a young man walking on the road and suddenly something exploded whether on him or from […]
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Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has dismissed claims that he is running for the presidency. It could be recalled that a coalition of 28 groups had purchased and submitted the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on behalf of Adesina. But reacting, Adesina in a statement issued on Tuesday, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, has resigned. Enang made known his resignation in a statement he personally signed on Monday. According to him, he is resigning his position to contest the Akwa Ibom State governorship election, Tribune reports. Enang In his resignation letter addressed to Buhari on […]
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has postponed the Light Up Sokoto Crusade scheduled to hold physically in the North-West state from May 16 to 17, 2022. The well respected clergyman made the announcement on Monday in a social media post. Instead, the physical crusade was held […]
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The former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has been promoted to the position of assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). Magu’s promotion was confirmed in a statement issued by the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday. PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, in the statement, said Magu was promoted alongside some […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. It’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Okoye spoke against […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested, Ahmed Idris, Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation. The EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The anti-graft agency’s spokesman said operatives took Idris into custody for alleged massive fraud. The top official is accused of diversion of funds and […]
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Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and returned to work. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored development at the ministry in Abuja on Monday reports that Sylva said he withdrew his ambition having considered the enormous […]
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Suleyman Age Abdulkareem, has expressed total displeasure over the 12-week extension of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Nigeria’s public universities Professor Abdulkareem, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria’s Federal Universities, said the development […]
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Pastor David Ibiyeomie, Founder of Salvation Ministry, has alleged that some Nigerian politicians indulge in many evil acts, including rituals, just to win elections. Tye clergyman who spoke during a church service in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Sunday, argued that it is impossible to win an election in the country without spiritual […]
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