Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
14 Sep
Supporters and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo were in high spirits on Saturday at the grand finale campaign rally of the party in the state. The rally took place at the Garrick Memorial Grammar School grounds in Benin, the state capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that party members…
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President Donald Trump said Monday he may impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico as early as February 1, while promising punitive measures on other countries as part of new US trade policy. Trump rekindled his threat against the two major US trading partners hours after taking the oath of office -- accusing…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has made a significant arrest, bringing an end to the terror reign of an alleged notorious gang leader Abubakar Idris (a.k.a Nishi) and his accomplices, Buhari Saidu and Musa Ahmadu Suleiman, who reportedly murdered one Ibrahim Danfulani.
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Last week, Senator Eyinanya Abaribe restated his offer to stand as surety for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Not long after in the same week, Senator John Azuta-Mbata was elected as the President of Ohaneze Ndigbo.
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In a rekindled bickering over the airline's financial status, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Arik Air shareholders have traded fresh accusations over the embattled airline's debt of over N455 billion.
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US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programs Monday, definitively breaking with what he decries as "woke" culture. On the campaign trail, Trump vilified diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government and corporate world, saying they…
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President Bola Tinubu yesterday resumed work at Aso Villa after participation in the 2025 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) in the United Arab Emirates. The President returned to Abuja on Saturday evening.
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Joy enveloped the Idotun Community Junior High School, a suburb of Lekki, last Thursday, when Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, in partnership with Dangote Fertilisers Limited, awarded scholarships to 473 students from 10 secondary schools and seven tertiary institutions.
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has said he wasn’t sure of the statistics of employment in Nigeria, but vowed that his ministry is making frantic efforts to tackle unemployment in the country.
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration. Asked by a reporter as he returned to the White House whether the two sides would maintain the truce and move on in the agreement, Trump said,…