Babatunde Omotola
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A coalition of trade unions and civil society organisations through the Campaign for Transformative Governance (CFTG) in Lagos State are mobilising stakeholders across the board to hold political leaders accountable for good governance and better welfare of the citizens.
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Eight people lost their lives in a traffic accident on an infamous road in western Cameroon, local authorities said on Wednesday, with 62 more taken to hospital with injuries. READ ALSO:Cameroon: President Biya to contest again at 93 The accident in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday took place on the…
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed all the states to submit details of damages caused by the recent flooding in the country by Monday. Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa made this known while briefing state house correspondents at the end of the 144 NEC meeting held at the Presidential Villa Abuja, on Wednesday. The…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, said it rescued two children, found wandering about in Osogbo and got them reunited with their parents. The State Commandant of the corps, Mr. Michael Adaralewa, disclosed this in a statement issued in Osogbo and made available to newsmen on Wednesday. Adaralewa explained that the…
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A Tunisian court on Wednesday remanded in custody presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending an investigation into suspicions of forging ballot signatures, his lawyers said. READ ALSO:Tunisia election body ignores court in presidential vote Zammel, 43, is one of only two candidates approved by the electoral authority, ISIE, to challenge President Kais…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday explained that it granted approval in principle to two crypto exchanges recently to give Nigerian youths the opportunity for capital market participation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that SEC, on Thursday, granted Busha Digital Ltd., and Quidax Technologies Ltd., “approval-in-principle” to commence operation under the…
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No fewer than six suspected oil thieves have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy in Bayelsa State. The suspects were caught with 109 sacks of illegally refined petroleum products, four fiber boats, and two wooden boats along the Ogboinbiri-Kasama-Azama-Isoni axis of the state. In a statement on Wednesday, Navy spokesperson Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu confirmed that…
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Ahead of the 2027 general elections in Kaduna, the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, has visited former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, to lure him to return to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and possibly to the Senate. Besides, sources said that part of the reasons for the visit…
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Eight people lost their lives in a traffic accident on an infamous road in western Cameroon, local authorities said on Wednesday, with 62 more taken to hospital with injuries. The accident in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday took place on the outskirts of the city of Dschang, on a stretch of road dubbed "the…
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US billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, on Wednesday in Abuja, announced a $2.8 billion investment aimed at enhancing the country's healthcare, nutrition, and agricultural sectors. Speaking at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Gates emphasised the critical need to invest in Nigeria's greatest resource, its…
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Afenifere, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to stick to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, that President Bola Tinubu administration did not instruct the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to increase the fuel pump price by ordering the corporation to reverse the announced increment. In a…