Guinness World Records (GWR) on Tuesday officially announced Hilda Baci the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual. The GWR in a statement on its website, said, “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially […]
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A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba, has knocked Adamu Bulkachuwa, a senator representing Bauchi north, over some of his recent comments. Recall that during the senate valedictory session on Saturday, Bulkachuwa said he often influenced the decisions of Zainab Bulkachuwa, his wife and a former president of the court of appeal, while she was […]
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The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the senate president. He defeated Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara Central, to win the election on Tuesday. Akpabio polled 63 votes, while Yari scored 46 votes. Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, was the preferred candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
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Below is a full text of President Bola Tinubu’s democracy day broadcast on Monday morning. In the speech, he addressed various issues affecting the country and also extolled the legacy of late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their […]
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Following the suspension of Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, questions of legality have been raised by some. While the provisions of the constitution may appear vague, there is however, a precedent. Recall that on February 20, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the governor […]
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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has said the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, denied the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the presidency. Omokri said Atiku would have been president, but Obi played the role of Judas. He insisted that President Bola Tinubu came third and […]
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The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has suspended its indefinite strike for 21 days. The suspension of the strike was made known to the media after a meeting between the leadership of the union and President Bola Tinubu, on Monday. Confirming the situation to TheCable, Obinna Ogbonna, JOSEHU’s acting chairman, said the union is suspending the strike […]
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The latest ranking of countries with the highest unemployment rate has shown Nigeria at the top of the chart for the wrong reason. The World of Statistics in its latest release on Sunday via its verified Twitter handle ranked Nigeria high, indicating the country has the highest level of unemployment in the world at 33.3%. […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was absent as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has presented the federal government (FG) with a list of demands to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal on citizens. The demands by the TUC included an increase in the minimum wage, tax holiday for certain categories of people as well […]
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South Korea has eliminated the Flying Eagles of Nigeria from U-20 World Cup after they won 1-0 to at the Santiago Del Estero in the quarter-final match on Sunday. It was an extra-time goal by Choi Seok-hyeon that made the difference as the Asians progressed to the semi-final of the U-20 World Cup in Argentina, […]
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