President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that efforts have been intensified to deal decisively with issues of kidnapping and disruption of schools by criminals across the country. He said this at the National Security Seminar organised by the Alumni Association of the National Defence College (AANDEC) on Tuesday in Abuja. The seminar with the theme, […]
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The two serious accusations against Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, signpost a personal tragedy to him, but of larger and unpleasant implications for the reputation of Nigeria police and the country. Kyari was first indicted in the U.S. in a case of money laundering by one high flying, big spending Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas […]
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The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to reserve special seats for Women at the National and State Houses of Assembly. This followed the rejection of the bill at the electronic voting on the amendment of 1999 Constitution on Tuesday in Abuja The bill entitled,” A Bill for an Act to Alter the […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the progress report over the on-going negotiation between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had embarked on one month warning strike on February 14, to press home their demands for about N1.2trillion. The union also want […]
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Equatorial Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbon, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, (left); Ghana Deputy Minister of Energy, William Owuraku Adoo; Petroluem Minister of State, Silva Timiprye and the US. Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb, Mary Beth Leonard at the One day Revitalizing the Industry the Future fuel and Energy NEIS 2022 at the State House in Abuja…yesterday. […]
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Nigerian women in a peaceful protest at the Russian Embassy over attack on Ukraine in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko • Nigeria condemns reports of racism at Ukraine border • 256 Nigerians moved out of Ukraine, says Onyeama • First round of talks ends as Ukraine holds off Russia’s advance •Afe Babalola blames FG’s […]
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A father shot dead three of his children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the incident near Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a “domestic incident.” All three children who died […]
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Senior Advisor Global Affairs to H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy, kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Nasser A. Al-Dossary (left); CEO/GMD, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari; General Manager for International Relations, Raed Althukair, and Group General Manager, NAPIMS, Mr. Bala Wunti at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian International Energy Summit 2022 […]
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The lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has concluded another three days training and empowerment programme in Ibadan, where over 200 constituents reportedly benefited. According to a statement by her S.A Media & Publicity, Mr Olamilekan Olusada, in Ibadan, “the constituents were trained to prepare them for entrepreneurship or to improve their entrepreneurship […]
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One of the most promising journalists based in Ondo State, Mr Sola Ilesanmi, has passed on. His passage was announced on Tuesday by the state’s council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, which regretted that it “received the untimely death of Sola Taiwo Ilesanmi, one of the Brightest journalists in the state, with a rude […]
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