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The Federal Government has announced that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will begin implementing the contactless biometric solution process for passports and visa applications to ease challenges associated with the process and curb corruption. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this while presenting a scorecard of his achievements within one year in office, over…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged localized thunderstorms over parts of Kebbi and Zamfara States in the northern region during the morning hours. According to NiMet, localized thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of Zamfara, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kebbi,…
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Ahead of the country’s 64th independence anniversary, the Federal Government on Sunday handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). It said that when deployed for commuter service, the buses will significantly reduce transportation…
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Some Lagos-based lawyers on Sunday said that leveraging technology would lead to quick dispensation of justice in Nigeria and called for elimination of hindrances to it,The lawyers said this in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. They reacted to the decision of the newly-confirmed Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat…
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Controversial activist Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, has responded to social media star and Nigeria’s foremost crossdresser, Bobrisky’s threat of a N1 billion lawsuit for alleged defamation, revealing that the integrity of many people will go down. Today, Bobrisky’s legal team accused VeryDarkMan of sharing an AI-generated audio recording aimed at ruining her reputation. They…
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Your heart is the engine of your body, tirelessly keeping everything running smoothly, yet it often goes unnoticed—until it’s too late. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. If you’re under 50, now is the perfect time…
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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere has expressed its disapproval of the proposed move by the federal government to establish the National Independent Local Government Electoral Commission (NILGEC) to conduct local council elections in the country. While describing the proposal as a ploy designed to further push the country into a unitary state, the mainstream Yoruba…
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South East), Bar. Mrs. Chioma Nweze, said over the weekend that President Bola Tinubu has succeeded in addressing most of the challenges facing the Southeast, noting that without the coming of Tinubu as President, the Southeast economy would have collapsed. In a statement which the…
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Hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend, defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State ahead of the forthcoming November 16 governorship election in the state. While leading the defectors to the opposition party, a chieftain of the APC in the area, Alhaji…
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Worried about the way Nigerians are losing confidence in the electoral and judicial process, ActionAid Nigeria has warned that Nigeria is building a castle of anarchy. They stressed that the best mechanism for a nation is for people to decide who governs them, but if that is taken away from them, "then we are building…
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Apparently responding to the boastful comments and attacks on him by the former governor and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who spoke in Port Harcourt at the weekend, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed that he would never give away his kidney or liver just to be loyal to anybody. Fubara declared…