Nigeria
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged privileged Nigerians to help in tackling water scarcity and provide Almajiri children access to Western education.
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The probe instituted by the Kaduna State House of Assembly against former Governor Nasir el-Rufai has begun, as the lawmakers directed the Ministry of Finance to supply documents relating to financial transactions between May 29, 2015 and 2023.
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A joint committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to appear before it on May 8 over a probe on environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil-producing communities.
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said his successor in 2027 from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) must be between the age bracket of 50 and 52 years of age.
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Worried by challenges confronting developing countries, United Nations has called for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stimulus of at least $500 billion yearly to scale-up affordable long-term financing for countries, alongside series of structural reforms to institutions and rules that make up the international financial architecture.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme, commencing with civil servants.
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Namtira Bwala, the bullied student of Lead British International School, Abuja, has urged the school authorities to immediately investigate and pronounce stiffest possible sanctions in the student’s rule book on the perpetrators, identified as Maryam Hassan, Miss Faliya and nine other students.
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National oil companies in Africa, financiers and global players, yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa moved to unlock barriers to existing oil and gas projects across the continent amid a $1.5 trillion investment portfolio.
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Due to its strategic function as an interventionist agency in the South-South region, the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the commission is marred with so much distrust and suspicion by residents.
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Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang of Plateau State has underscored the importance of strengthening strategic alliance between United States and Nigeria to tackle security challenges in some regions of Nigeria.
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Stakeholders , comprising select Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the media in the fight against corruption, converged on the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja, yesterday, and began the validation process of the 2022-2026 Action Plan of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) document.
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Shop owners in a commercial building near Ekiosa market in Benin City, Edo State capital have counted their losses following a fire outbreak that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday and destroyed goods worth billions of naira.
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No fewer than 627 delegates will elect the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) tomorrow, April 25, ahead of the November governorship election in Ondo State.
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that various policies put in place by President Bola Tinubu-led administration aimed at putting the country on the right economic trajectory have started yielding positive results.
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The Police in Delta State have arrested 47-year-old notorious car snatcher, Dickson Omage, and two others for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla Saloon car along Eku/Warri road by Oha Junction in Okpe Local Council of the state.
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One of the governorship aspirants that contested for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa during last Saturday's primaries, Mayowa Akinfolarin, has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that he stepped down for the governor during the shadow election.
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Oil producing communities in Niger Delta have called for transparency and accountability in the ongoing divestment in the oil and gas industry.
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Smarting from the serious incident recorded by Dana Air on Tuesday, the Federal Government, yesterday, suspended the operating licence and operations of the airline, pending the outcome of the investigation.
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The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Plc (PHED) has announced the commencement of the implementation of the April 2024 supplementary order to the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) in its franchise, assuring customers of improved service delivery.
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The Nigeria Police have requested the public to help in identifying two officers caught in a viral video bashing a driver’s car in Lagos and ordered their arrest.
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Rivers State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor and his Finance counterpart, Isaac Kamalu, who rejected their redeployments by the Governor Siminialayi Fubara administration to the Ministries of Special Duties (Government House) and Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment, have resigned from the cabinet.
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Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has revealed that about 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023, showing a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year.
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A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi, Odugbemi I, Olufi of Gbongan, has officially announced the indefinite suspension of three chiefs, who occupy different positions within the Gbongan Chieftaincy hierarchy.
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Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), John Asien, and Executive Secretary, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Emmanuel Abimbola, have appealed to the media and security agencies to collaborate with the commission in the fight against piracy.
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Ogun State government has sealed three religious centres over alleged contravention of the state laws on noise pollution as well as defying government’s repeated order on the menace.
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More than 50 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).