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27 Sep
The Fidau prayer for the late Islamic singer, Alhaja Rukayat Gawat-Oyefeso, will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The prayer follows her passing on September 23, 2024, after a brief illness. Rukayat, widely known for her soulful voice and religious music that resonated with the Muslim community, was buried in her husband’s hometown, Ijebu-Aiyepe,…
28 Mar
Singer, Akinsanya Hammed. Aka SpiceBoy, has said his new single song, Grace, is inspired by the challenges he has experienced in life. He told journalist during press conference in Lagos. “My life story inspired my song, Grace,” he said in an interview with The Guardian. “The kind of life my parents and I led before…
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The Senate has announced plans to draft legislation aimed at imposing stricter penalties for power theft. The Senate Committee on Privatisation highlighted power theft, ageing infrastructure, and persistent grid collapses
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has expressed concerns over the worsening security situation in the country.
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The Federal Government, yesterday, handed over 15 Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses to three transport unions to ease the high cost of transportation in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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The Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, will tomorrow, Saturday, November 30, 2024, lay his late mother, Mrs Grace Ogoegbunam Onyia (née Achime), to rest at her country home in Udeji village, Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Council.
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The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has invited Shooting Stars Sports Club’s (3SC) Technical Manager, Gbenga Ogunbote, for an investigative hearing into an interview he may have granted to the media.
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disbursed N5.3 billion to about 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims who performed the 2023 Hajj exercise. While N4,479,362,880 was remitted to States' Pilgrims' Welfare Boards
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Alhasan Yahaya has emerged as the new National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Yahaya polled 436 votes to defeat his opponents, Bamidele Atunbi, who garnered 97 votes, and Garba Mohammed, who got 39 votes.
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House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Board over the 2024 Hajj exercise has queried the allocation of 50 per cent airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabian airlines.
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As part of efforts to empower young girls and women in Nigeria, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Generation Unlimited
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified security measures for the festive season, arresting seven street beggars and cracking down on “one chance” robbery operators in Abuja.