Lagos state house of assembly (LAHA) has cleared Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker, of corruption allegations levelled against him. Recall that Obasa was accused of embezzling public funds and abusing his office. SaharaReporters had carried out an investigation on the speaker who allegedly owns more than 60 bank accounts. He was accused of using his office […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed additional 315 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified twitter handle on Monday. According to the NCDC the cases are, Lagos- 128 FCT-34 Rivers- 32 LEdo- 28 Oyo- 22 Kaduna- 20 Gombe- 13 Ogun- 8 Plateau- 5 Delta- 7 Kwara- 7 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the Appeal Court President. The spokesman to the president, Garba Shehu made this known in a statement made available on Monday. According to him, President Buhari, “in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Acting […]
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The Federal Government has declared Friday, 12th June as public holiday to mark the year’s Democracy Day Celebration. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Interior Minister, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians both home and abroad for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. The Minister commended the heroes […]
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Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has dismissed rubber stamp tag on the 9th senate. Senator Lawan disclosed that the had on senate on several occasions disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari. However, the Senate President noted that the Senate and Executive had a way of going behind the scene to settle their differences. Buhari had a […]
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Six staffs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC have tested positive for the coronavirus infection. The commission disclosed this via its official Twitter handle on Monday 8th June. The NDDC said, the six persons were part of the 33 staff members in the Office of the Executive Director (Projects), Cairo Ojougboh, asked to self-isolate. […]
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Adamu Atiku Abubakar, Son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father will again contest the presidency in 2023. Atiku’s son made this statement while he was presenting the score card of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in the state of Adamawa as the administration of Governor Ahmadu Finitiri, […]
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Ace Nigerians singers, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido have topped American entertainment media brand, “Billboard” as the most streamed Nigerian Musicians in 2020. The entertainment media brand released its list for the year and the artistes listed out are the ones pushing different genres of music across the world. Topping the list is Burna Boy […]
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A 3m (10ft) great white shark has killed a surfer in Australia, police have confirmed. The attack took place off Salt Beach at about 10:00 local time on Sunday (midnight GMT Saturday). The shark bit the leg of the surfer, aged between 50 and 60, off Kingscliff, 800km (500 miles) north of Sydney. Several “heroic” […]
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The glowing reviews and commendations have not stopped coming in since Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, recently upgraded its Mobile Banking app. Over the past few weeks following the upgrade, social media sites including twitter, Instagram and even Facebook have been agog with excellent comments about the ambience, functionality and […]
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