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Vice President Kashim Shettima is presiding over the second National Economic Council (NEC) meeting for this month at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those in attendance at the meeting are the 36 governors of the Federation, the Minister in charge of Finance, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, […]
A few weeks back there was a claim on social media that President Bola Tinubu had a phone conversation with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola over what will transpire at the presidential election petition court. To refute the claim, the Supreme Court released a statement on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Dr. Festus […]
26-year-old women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan has been charged by the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) for missing her doping tests. According to AIU rules any athlete that misses tests within one year is guilty of anti-doping rule violation, therefore a two-year suspension will be slammed the athlete but can […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to investigate the stray bullet that killed two-year-old Ivan Onose Omhonrina, at Okpanam in Oshimili North, Delta State. The president in a statement through his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, said those officers that cause such tragedy […]
Singer Akon has described Nigerian as the smartest people on earth. The Senegalese-American singer made this assertion on a podcast by N.O.R.E and DJ EFN. According to Akon Nigeria has more billionaires than anywhere in the world however he admitted that there are a few bad eggs who are tarnishing the image of the […]
It has been revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has increased its pump price of petrol from N537 per litre to N617. This information was revealed by the Sun paper on Tuesday morning. According to the above source, there were queues at some fuel stations along the Murtala Mohammed express road, […]
Following the verification of civil servants in Abia State on supposedly ghost workers, over 200 million naira have been saved by the state government on monthly wage bills. According to a statement made by Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, the State Accountant General, through Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, they were able to […]
The deputy national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Abubakar Kyari, is presiding over the meeting held by the party’s National Working Committee. Kyari who is the son of the late Brig. Abba Kyari, a former military personnel took the chairmanship position after Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the party resigned office. The […]
It was a wild celebration on Sunday night after the gospel singer of the Nigerian Idol season 8, Victory Gbakara, emerged as the winner. The Delta state, Warri-born singer came into the spotlight with his melodious voice giving him a chance to win the N100 million grand prize. 25 years old Gbakara defeated […]
Femi Falana, SAN and human rights activist has held to his opinion on how the N500 billion palliative and how N110 was allocated to the National Assembly without thinking of the masses. The controversies surrounding the disbursement of N70 billion to members of the National Assembly with an additional N40 billion for the […]
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