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16 Feb
The wife of detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye said on Sunday she was "very worried" about his health, nearly a week after the ex-presidential candidate began a hunger strike. Besigye, 68, is a leading opponent of the country's President Yoweri Museveni, in power for nearly 40 years, whom he has unsuccessfully challenged in four…
2 Feb
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, who later underwent emergency surgery to remove 81 wraps of cocaine from his stomach. According to the agency's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Igbokwe was apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on January 26 during the inward…
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The Edo State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly killing an artisan and setting his corpse
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Estate surveyors and valuers have urged the federal government, states and local councils to reposition the tenement rate administration as a pivotal tool for achieving economic growth and development in the country.
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Amid his contentious suspension by the House of Assembly, the Chief Judge of Benue State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese, has vowed to remain in office until the expiration of his tenure. He addressed the people in Tiv at the burial of his mother-in-law over the weekend.
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The Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State has said that state creation is the only thing that can assuage their grudges of neglect, marginalisation and part of the conditions for the resumption of oil exploration in the area.
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Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata, has threatened to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if Abdullahi Abba emerges as the party’s chairman in Kano State.
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The Guardian in its publication of Tuesday, 18th February 2025 entitled: “Lagos Assembly crisis worsens, reveals deeper cracks in state’s power dynamics” (subject publication) reported the presence of officers of the Department of State Services
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Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has criticised Nigeria’s tax system, stating that it is not conducive for economic growth as it disproportionately taxes the poor and capital instead of focusing on profits.
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Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have dismantled 18 illegal refining sites and arrested 17 suspected oil thieves in a major operation against oil theft in the Niger Delta region. The operations, conducted between February 17 and 23, 2025, led to the recovery of over 25,000 litres
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Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has called on the Federal Government to take urgent action to curb the influx of counterfeit drugs into the country.
He stressed the need for stricter control of the supply chain to prevent dangerous products from reaching local markets.
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for enhanced security measures for the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye