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1 Sep 2023
Following the seizure of power by Gabonese military junta on Wednesday, making the country the 7th in the wave of countries to succumb to military coup in the continent, Rwanda and Cameroon yesterday unveiled significant shifts in their security forces, impacting senior military personnel.
1 Sep 2023
Nigeria’s three tiers of government – the Federal, States and Local Government Councils, shared a total of N4.37 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations between January and June this year, a report by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said yesterday.
1 Sep 2023
Soldiers on counter-insurgency and other security operations nationwide have killed 39 terrorists and arrested 157 others.
1 Sep 2023
National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has advised President Bola Tinubu to establish an energy security centre of excellence or national agency for energy security.
1 Sep 2023
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said abuse of tax incentives and waivers is an act of economic sabotage, which must be discontinued.
1 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been given a marching order for repository of accurate data on expatriates and dismantling of observed bottlenecks to ensure seamless issuance of international passports.
1 Sep 2023
The Delta State government, yesterday, said that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, did not overturn the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, following its ruling on the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Ken Pela.
1 Sep 2023
In a swift response to a distress call, the operatives of Nigerian Navy NNS Beecroft’s patrol team, stationed at Forward Operations Base (FOB), Lekki, have foiled an attempted oil theft operation on the waterways in Itolu community, Lekki, in Lagos State.
1 Sep 2023
Kaduna State government may have lost not less than N10 billion to ginger fungal infection, as the farmers cry out for immediate intervention.
1 Sep 2023
President Bola Tinubu has sent condolences to the government and people of South Africa, following a tragic fire incident at a multi-storey building in Johannesburg's central business district.
1 Sep 2023
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, yesterday, ordered the immediate relocation of all foreign airlines to the new but deserted Chinese terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.
1 Sep 2023
House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing alleged job racketeering and gross mismanagement in federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) has petitioned Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over bribery allegations against members of the committee.
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…
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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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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…