The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the request by the Federal Government to borrow $973,474,971.38 from China Development Bank. This followed the decision by the China-Exim Bank to reject Nigeria’s $22,798,446,773 loan request earlier approved by the National Assembly. The Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata, moved a motion […]
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National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, who stepped aside from his position on Tuesday, is set to fight his suspension by a Benue State High Court, Makurdi on Monday. Ayu’s Special Assistant on Communication, Simon Imobo-tswam, disclosed this to our correspondent shortly after the party announced the appointment of the Deputy […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday morning, swore in the new chairman of the Service Commission, former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase. He took his oath of office at 10:05 am at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SGF Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to […]
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, gave the assurance that the transition of power from President Muhammadu Buhari to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would be smooth and peaceful. This was as the government said the refurbishment of offices for the President and Vice-President elect had been completed. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chairman of […]
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Organised Labour has suspended its proposed strike and picketing of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices over scarcity of naira notes. The industrial action was to begin today. President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, and his Trade Union (TUC) counterpart, Festus Osifo, yesterday, in Abuja, said the movement would monitor the situation for another two weeks […]
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By David Olusoga Fayemi The Diya name is made popular in Nigeria by a young handsome boy born some 79 years ago to a family that hails from a small but historic town of Odogbolu in Ogun State with the name Donaldson Oladipupo. The parents, especially the father must have known that the young man was […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State said it would issue Certificates of Return to the 26 newly elected members of the state’s House of Assembly on Thursday. In a statement signed by the state’s INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Mutiu Agboke, on Wednesday, he said the event […]
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By Banji Ayoola The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who clocks 71 today, has urged his countrymen and women to mark his 71st birthday with special prayers for the country, as he canceled this year’s annual colloquium of the anniversary. While disclosing the new turn, his spokesman, Tunde Rahman, said: “To mark his 71st birthday, Tinubu […]
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South African Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius (C) reacts at the High Court in Pretoria, on July 6, 2016, after being sentenced to six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago. Pistorius was freed from prison in the South African capital Pretoria last October after serving one year of a five-year […]
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Credit: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo Peruvian prosecutors said late Tuesday they were investigating President Dina Boluarte and her ousted predecessor Pedro Castillo for alleged money laundering and illegal campaign financing during the 2021 presidential election. The probe is an expansion of an investigation against the pair over allegations of illegal financing. Boluarte, Castillo, and his former […]
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