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30 Mar
The deputy spokesperson of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, says the country's legislative arm is now the toast of the international community and development partners around the world. Agbese said the House of Reps' focus on transparency, citizen participation, and accountability has made other nations stand up and take notice. The Ado/ Okpokwu/…
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Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday. Hasina fled in August to neighbouring India, where she remains, as her government collapsed at the peak of a popular revolt. In the weeks before her…
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has approved N730 million in scholarships for 26,888 indigent students of the state. The approval was announced on Monday by the Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Lawan Wakilbe, who represented the governor yesterday in Maiduguri at the presentation of the symbolic cheque at the Quality Assurance office…
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The Kano State Government has begun the demolition of illegal structures erected on government land across the state. The operation, led by the Kano State Task Force on Development Control, targets buildings constructed without the necessary permits on government-owned properties. Speaking on Wednesday at Kwankwasiya city, the secretary of the task force, Hameed Sidi, said…
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Mr Anthony Agbas, the president of the Ex-Service Men and Family Welfare Association of Nigeria, has urged the government to pay all their pension arrears and other entitlements. Agbas made the call during a peaceful rally by the ex-servicemen at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that military pensioners in…
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Several travellers met a tragic end on Wednesday when bandits reportedly planted explosives along the Dansadau-Gusau road in Zamfara State. Lifeless bodies were repordely scattered by the roadside as stunned passersby looked on in horror. The development comes just two days after a bandit-planted explosive blew off a bridge in Zamfara State's Maru Local Government…
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A tragic road accident claimed the lives of twelve individuals, including ten men, one woman, and a female child, on Tuesday night along the Bayamari-Geidam road in Yobe State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Yobe, Corps Commander Livinus Yilzoom, confirmed the incident in a press release issued in Damaturu, the state…
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An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate court has remanded a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, for authoring and publishing a book titled Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, in which he alleged that the founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, corrupted the Supreme Court to procure a fraudulent judgment…
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Dressed in a white singlet with a scarf tied around his head, Frank crouched near a muddy pit, preparing to plunge his hands into the soil in search of gold. Around him, shirtless men, their bodies smeared with dirt and glistening with sweat, worked tirelessly under the blazing sun, near Ghana's capital Accra. Some shovelled…
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The Oyo state government has doubled the gratuity payment to retirees and pensioners in the state to ₦1B from the former ₦500M to speed up payments. This was revealed by the state government through its official ‘X’ handle, adding that the ₦1B will be divided between the state and the local government retirees. In August…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa’s interest in collaborating with Nigeria to harness lithium to drive the green energy transition and support the development of electric vehicles (EV) batteries. Ramaphosa said this on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Nigeria -South Africa Business Roundtable. He proposed leveraging Nigeria’s vast lithium reserves as…