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Yesterday, Niger’s military leaders rejected the latest diplomatic mission from African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after the July 26 coup. The military leaders, according to the BBC, said they could not accept a high-level diplomatic visit because there would be a risk to the visitors’ security. Delegates from the ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations had ...
August, 2023
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7 August
Anyim, others, set to dump PDP for APC
Some key members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, appear set to dump the opposition party. Many members of the party are said to be ready to accept appointments from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who promised a government of national unity. Ever since the PDP lost the 2023 presidential election to President Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ...
July, 2023
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28 July
Niger Coup Plotters Warn Tinubu, ECOWAS ,Others
Hours after the ECOWAS chairperson, President Bola Tinubu, warned that the West African bloc will not tolerate illegal removal of the democratically elected government of Niger Republic, the country’s recent coup plotters have warned against any foreign intervention. A group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the President of Niger ...
June, 2023
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20 June
Tinubu dissolves boards of NIMASA, NPA, others parastartars
Barelyan hour after he sacked all the service chiefs, President Bola Tinubu has once again approved the immediate dissolution of the boards of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA), the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), the Nigerian Shippers’ Council(NSC) and other “Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies”.In a statement signed by Willie Bassey, the Director, Information at the office ...
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6 June
Pastor to die by hanging…impregnates, murders choir mistress, others
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder. Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly based in Oyigbo, Rivers State was tried for killing his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, who he allegedly impregnated. He also faced murder charges for the killing of ...
February, 2022
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16 February
‘Abba Kyari used brother’ s account to receive N279m from Hushpuppi, others’
Police investigations have revealed how members of a syndicate led by international scammer, Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi paid N235, 120, 000 to a younger brother of a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari The probe also indicates that Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, equally funnelled N44m to his brother’s bank account in multiple transactions. However, the ...
May, 2021
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28 May
LCCI donates learning tools to UNILAG, others
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has donated four 3D printers to the University of Lagos, the Lagos State Polytechnic and the Lagos State University. The chamber LCCI said the printers were donated to the institutions to improve learning. The President, LCCI, Mrs Toki Mabogunje, said at the presentation on Wednesday that the 3D printers would improve the teaching ...
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21 May
PRESIDENT BUHARI EXPRESSES SHOCK, SORROW OVER DEATH OF LT. GEN ATTAHIRU, OTHERS
President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened over the air crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers. The President condoles with families of the deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.” While praying that God receives ...
April, 2021
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21 April
Petrol queues in Abuja, others, fuel scarcity spreading nationwide
Petrol queues is thick in Abuja and parts of Niger and Nasarawa states currently…and fuel scarcity is gradually spreading nationwide. Also, hundreds of black marketers who sell the commodity in jerrycans are currently in business in some of the affected locations. Many fillings stations were shut to motorists on Monday morning, while the few ones dispensing the commodity were flooded ...
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10 April
Expected!.. IG shake Police up, redeploys commanders, others
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Friday, announced new postings, appointments and reappointments of top police commanders. The IGP in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, announced the posting of AIG Hafiz Inuwa as the Force Secretary and member of the Force Management Team. The statement was titled, ‘IGP Appoints AIG Hafiz Inuwa ...
