Agency Report A Miss South Africa contestant whose Nigerian heritage sparked a national controversy and a government investigation withdrew from the beauty pageant Thursday. Chidimma Adetshina’s announcement that she would not take part in Saturday’s final came a day after the Home Affairs ministry accused her mother of fraud and identity theft. “After much careful […]
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Troops of the Nigerian military attached to Operations Hadarin Daji Agency Report The Nigerian military said it eliminated in one week 108 terrorists and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said troops also […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has affirmed that Dr. Asue Ighodalo is its candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. It mocked the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for allegedly failing to articulate any purposeful campaign manifesto, ideas, or plan that can benefit the people of Edo State; the reason he […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that the net foreign exchange flows into the country increased to $25.4bn in the first six months of 2024, marking a 55 percent increase from the figure recorded year-over-year. It said the evident progress is a result of its policy measures, as the naira closed at N1,596 against […]
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The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, constituted the State Caretaker Committee for the Ondo State chapter of the party. A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the caretaker committee was constituted according to Section 29 (2) (b) of the party’s Constitution. In Ologunagba’s words: “The National Working […]
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Agency Report Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described as “arrant nonsense”, recent calls by some groups asking Igbo people to leave Lagos. “That type of campaign is ‘arrant nonsense’; it is ‘sheer stupidity,” George told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. The retired army officer, a Lagos indigene, spoke […]
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The Federal Government has withdrawn the circular directing civil servants to register for the purchase of a N50kg bag of rice at a subsidised rate of N40,000. The withdrawal of the circular was communicated in another circular by the Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Aderonke Jaiyesimi. The […]
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Opposition parties in the country, on Thursday, condemned Wednesday’s raid on the Nigeria Labour Congress national headquarters in Abuja by security agents. The armed men, allegedly from the DSS, invaded the NLC office and carted away several documents. According to the Congress, the raid took place around 8:30 pm, with operatives reportedly breaking into the […]
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The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has stated that his $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery was built to use Nigerian crude and add value to it within the country. Dangote, who stated this in a statement issued by the refinery on Thursday, asked why should the plant deviate from this focus, […]
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NNPCL MD, Mele Kyari The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has demanded a refund of N4.71tn from the Federal Government to settle outstanding debts used to import Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into the country. The claim was listed as “Exchange rate differential on PMS and other joint venture taxes” on petrol products imported […]
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