The President, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to flush out bandits ravaging the country’s North-West region, saying the government has already taken steps in that direction. Buhari had made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Channels Television which was aired on Wednesday. “So, I think the only language they understand – we have discussed it […]
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The President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday dismissed the possibility of supporting a preferred candidate to succeed him when his tenure ebds on May 29, 2023. Buhari made this known on Wednesday while responding to questions during an exclusive interview aired on Channels Television, monitored by THEWILL. However, he said if he discloses any candidate of […]
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The Government of Lagos State has vowed to provide 549 plots of land to Shangisha landlords as compensation to end the land dispute between them and the Magodo Residents Association. The move is an agreement reached by parties following Wednesday’s meeting presided by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Governor Sanwo-Olu had on Tuesday visited […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has gazetted a court judgement that ordered it to declare bandits as terrorists. Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, gazetted the court judgement on Wednesday. Reports had it that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had in a judgement on November 25, 2021, granted […]
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President of Poland, Andrzej Duda has tested positive for the COVID-19 and is self-isolating, his chief of staff Pawel Szrot said on Wednesday. “The president is fine, has no severe symptoms and is under constant medical care”, Szrot said. Szrot said the president had received three Covid vaccine doses in April, June and December of […]
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Some kidnappers suspected to be bandits have abducted two Chinese workers at the Zungeru Hydro Power Dam project in Niger State. Secretary to Niger State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, made confirmation of the incident in Minna on Wednesday, saying the bandits also shot a Chinese worker and a Nigerian. Spokesperson of the Niger Police Command, […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammad Buhari on Wednesday appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. This is in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act he signed on August 16, 2021. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this […]
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Ahead of the general elections, a large sized presidential campaign billboard of President Muhammadu Buhari’s deputy, Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja. The campaign banner had the inscription, “Join us, Nigeria asks for Osinbajo 2023.” Though no party’s name or logo was inscribed on the large banner, it had the name of a group, ‘The […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has introduced an excise duty of N10/litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known during a public presentation of the 2022 Appropriation Act in Abuja on Wednesday January 5. Ahmed said the excise duty was introduced in line […]
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The Zamfara State office of an online newspaper/TV station in Gusau, on Monday night was attacked by armed thugs in their quest to teach one of the staff, Abdul Balarabe a bitter lesson. In a statement released by the station, Thunder Blowers media, it revealed that “the hoodlums said they were sent after one of […]
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