Urges applicants’ counsel to amend processes A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, granted an application for amendment of names on the court process in fundamental human rights suit brought against the Department of State Services (DSS) by the detained aides of Sunday Igboho. The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, granted the request following an […]
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‘We will ensure full compliance with new rules’ The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured the public that it will monitor the deposit money banks (DMBs) to ensure they comply with set rules and meet the legitimate foreign exchange needs of Nigerians. This came as the apex bank dismissed reports of the planned conversion […]
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Nigeria’s Ese Brume competes in the women’s long jump final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP) Long jumper Ese Brume has won Nigeria’s first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after clinching bronze in the final event of the […]
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PSP operators, traders differ on N17 million debt Traders at Ladipo International Auto Spare Parts Market, Mushin, yesterday, seem to have woken up to their environmental duties to avert total closure of the multi-billion-naira market. The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), had on Friday, announced the closure of the popular market over sanitation infractions. […]
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Former National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Muiz Banire, SAN, on Sunday faulted the party for proceeding with Saturday’s ward congresses across the nation. The exercise, he said, may be nullified by the court because of the hanging legality burden on the National Caretaker Committee headed by Yobe Governor Mai Mala […]
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A six-year-old boy, Wealth Doubra Ekiye, who is diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, needs a total of N4.5m naira for surgery. The mother appealed to kind-hearted Nigerians for urgent financial assistance to enable her son undergo the surgery. The baby’s medical report, signed by the consultant, a paediatrician and paediatric cardiologist at the Lagos University […]
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A female student of Tai Solarin University of Education(TASUED) Ijagun in Ogun State has died after accidentally taking a substance suspected to be sniper. Her male colleague with whom she reportedly took the material fell unconscious. Their identities are yet to be established but it was gathered the incident occurred on Sunday night at a […]
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faults Buhari’s anti-graft fight as one-sided Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has warned Nigerians against reelecting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and current opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into office in subsequent elections. Jega, INEC’s chairman between 2010 and 2015, gave the warning in an interview with […]
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Nigeria to receive 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines today Twenty-five prospective corps members, including a nursing mother, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Gombe State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp located in Amada– Akko Local government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Habu Dahiru confirmed this to Channels Television […]
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Kaduna State government, under the leadership of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, tried to frustrate the release from prison, of Shittes’ leader, Mallam Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, lead counsel, Mr Femi Falana alleged on Sunday. In a statement, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) recounted the alleged underhand tactics employed by the state actors, to […]
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