To sustain the steady appreciation of the naira against the dollar, which hit a record low on Tuesday, reaching a record $1,310/$, the Federal Government has begun moves to bridge the dollar supply gap fuelling the free fall. It was learnt from top government sources that the government was reaching out to individuals hoarding the […]
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Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that it is not ideal for the judiciary to decide winners of elections. Falana stated this in an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today. According to him, determining winners of elections is an exclusive reserve of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. He said, “No […]
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President Bola Tinubu has described the departed Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, as an enterprising, courageous, astute, distinguished businesswoman and leader, whose death is a painful loss to the nation. Lawson, a former National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, NACCIMA, and founder of the popular Alaba […]
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By Abdulrahman Zakariyau The Supreme Court, which is the final arbiter of all courts in Nigeria, on Thursday laid to rest the claim by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; that the 2023 presidential election was rigged in favour of the All Progressives Congress. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of […]
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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds toward the Gaza Strip from a position in southern Israel across the border on October 28, 2023. – (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) Saudi Arabia on Saturday warned Israel against any further ground operations in the embattled Gaza Strip over […]
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Protesters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags as they walk over Westminster Bridge with the Palace of Westminster, home of the Houses of Parliament behind during a ‘March For Palestine’ in London on October 28, 2023, to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. – Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and […]
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By Murtala Adewale • How State Spent N3 billion On 5,000 Kano State Government recently sponsored the solemnisation of the marriage of 1,800 new couples. The elaborate two-day Mass Wedding ceremony started with the wedding fathia (Islamic rites) at the Kano Central Mosque, where an array of Islamic scholars, led by the Chief Imam of […]
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Alaba International Market Lagos State Government has reopened the Alaba International Market and some sections of the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos, which were shut down due to issues related to improper waste disposal and other environmental violations. This was made known in a statement on the Lagos State Waste Management Authority’s Facebook page […]
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President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday felicitated with his long-time ally, friend, and confidant, Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos State, on his 80th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, described the revered monarch as a fountain of wisdom and knowledge. The president also said that the […]
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This image grab from an AFP TV footage shows balls of fire and smoke rising above Gaza City during an Israeli strike on October 27, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue. – The Israeli army on the evening of October 27 carried out bombings of “unprecedented” intensity since the start […]
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