Some federal lawmakers may have commenced the process of mobilising to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s apparent rejection of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, it was learnt yesterday. Buhari who is currently out of the country has up till 12 midnight today to give or decline assent to the bill. Many Senators and Representatives contacted yesterday […]
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Twitter has revealed that it has removed a tweet by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo following complaints by copyright owner Beyoncé Knowles. The social platform said that the tweet made on March 8 violated the American singer’s copyright. Osinbajo had posted a video with Beyoncé’s song Run the World playing in the background to mark the […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island command on Saturday confirmed the interception of a container suspected to be laden with arms and ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme, confirmed the interception in a statement. According to Ejesieme, the container was intercepted on Friday in one of the port’s […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia (former British Southern Cameroons), Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako, has disowned the allegation that his country was responsible for the recent attack on Taraba community, describing the situation as unfortunate. Recall that on November 17, 2021, about 11 persons, including the traditional ruler, were confirmed dead in an […]
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Photo/ facebook/GovernorNyesomEzenwoWikeCON Former Deputy Speaker, Nwuche rejoins PDP Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is strong, firm in its resolve to offer better governance, and willing to take over power in 2023 to change the fortune of Nigeria. The governor made the assertion at a special reception on […]
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Densely-populated Lagos State is driving Nigeria’s COVID-19 surge as the country registered 1,584 new infections on Friday. Lagos, the smallest state in Nigeria has a land mass of 1,171.28 square kilometres and an estimated population of between 17.5 million and 21 million as of 2020. About 6,871 people live in every square kilometre of Lagos […]
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L-R: Principal, Idogbo Secondary School, Mr. Sunday Osaretin; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, during an assessment tour of the damages caused by hoodlums in Idogbo Secondary School, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, on Wednesday, December 8, 202 Edo State government has indefinitely shut Idogbo […]
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Lagos State Police Command said yesterday it had released the remains of Sylvester Oromoni, the Dowen College, Lagos student allegedly bullied to death, to his family for burial. Spokesperson for the command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, said the release followed the conclusion of autopsy on the corpse to ascertain the cause and nature of death. But the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday tasked Nigerian universities to come up with a cure for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Represented by Mr John Mairafi, a Director with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Buhari gave the charge in Oye-Ekiti, at the 5th and 6th convocation ceremony of the Federal University (FUOYE). He charged scholars in universities to engage […]
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that loans from China to Nigeria, which presently stood at 3.59 billion dollars, constitute only 9.4 per cent of the country’s total foreign debt stock of 37.9 billion dollars. Ms Patience Oniha, the Director-General of DMO made this known in an interview on Saturday in Abuja. She also […]
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