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18 Sep 2023
The Head Of Service (HOS) of the Lagos State Government, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has retired and confirmed his presidential appointment. The presidency on Sunday appointed Muri-Okunola as Principal Secretary to President Bola Tinubu. Muri-Okunola in a statement announced he would be stepping down from his role as the 21st HOS of Lagos while also retiring from…
18 Sep 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in New York, United States of America for the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
18 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has again invited the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for another meeting over its planned indefinite strike.
18 Sep 2023
A statement from the Presidency has officially announced the appointment of Hakeem Muri Okunola as President Bola Tinubu's Principal Secretary.
18 Sep 2023
A month after inaugurating his cabinet made up of 45 ministers cleared by the Senate and three weeks after he presided over his first and only Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yet, President Bola Tinubu yesterday nominated Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim
18 Sep 2023
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu over failure to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from drawing life perks.
18 Sep 2023
Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, berated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for ordering Oke-Ogun monarchs to stand up and sit down at an event organised by the Oyo State Government in Iseyin, Oyo State.
18 Sep 2023
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will, on Wednesday, September 20, administer oath of office on newly appointed justices of the Court of Appeal.
18 Sep 2023
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to recover loans it granted some Nigerians to ameliorate harsh socio-economic realities.
18 Sep 2023
The Federal Government is poised to implement stringent measures that would soon end activities of banditry and terrorism that has forced the closure of 400 schools and 11,000 children out of school in Niger State.
18 Sep 2023
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement.
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The Oyo State Government says it demolished the building belonging to the Yoruba Nation agitators in its capital, Ibadan, over alleged illegal and nefarious activities in the house.
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Cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance said it is working very closely with the Nigerian government over its detained executive. The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, disclosed this on Thursday with the company's head of financial crime compliance still in detention in Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Binance for laundering…
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Landmark Group said the Lagos State government is yet to consult it on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction and beach sand filling. Landmark made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday and said the issue of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road passing through Landmark Beach remains a topic of wide-reaching discourse. The Group said it wants…
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment, and ensure the academic security of the nation's children. The approved policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill Development & Acquisition. According…
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and others to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fagbemi also hit out at Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, for obstructing the EFCC from arresting his successor, Bello…
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Police in Lagos State have arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, for alleged unlawful possession of two locally-made pistols in the Maroko area of the state.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. The adjournment, set for April 23, 2024, was prompted by the pursuit of substituted service and the possible arraignment of Bello for…
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NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over alleged harassment and attack on northerners conducting their legitimate businesses in southern Nigeria by criminal elements in the past three months. NEF clarifies that it had never engaged in any discussion regarding the politics of 2027 or decided on whom to support or not to…
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KANO Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has concluded plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement of power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano State. The Head, Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, stated, yesterday, that the network expansion and power generation were some of the company's major plans to improve power supply…