The apex Igbo socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday dissociated itself from the purported visit by some members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the organization to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.In a statement by the Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Okey Emuchy, the group said those
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Healthcare officers in Kaduna State and environs have commended Zipline on the improved medical services since it commenced commercial flight delivery of medical supplies to health facilities in the state via drones.Zipline made its first commercial delivery in Kaduna on June 3, 2022. Since then, the centre has made more
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Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared former governors of the state as looters and threatened to expose them if they continue to criticise his administration.El-Rufai alleged that the former governors during their tenures milked the treasury dry and took the stolen public funds abroad.The governor during a Hausa interview
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The 2023 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) earlier scheduled for Thursday,16th March, 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, 30th March, 2023.The shift in date is partly due to the change in the date for the gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday,11th March,
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The Nigerian military has been ranked 36th in the world and fourth in the African continent by the recently released global firepower index.The Nigerian military dropped one place in the latest global military ranking but no reasons were provided for the development.Recall that the Global Fire Power had rated the
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A former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutor, Nkereuwen Anana has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the Akwa-Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, to give details of how the 13 percent oil derivation refunds aid received from the federal government was utilised.Anana is asking the court
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Inspector-general of police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered commissioners of police in charge of state commands to ensure that investigations in all cases of violations against the 2022 Electoral Act during the February 25th 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections are swiftly concluded and the case files forwarded to the
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Ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to hold Saturday, March 18, the House of Representatives has extended its plenary resumption by one week.The governorship and states Assembly elections, which was initially scheduled for Saturday, 11th March 2023, was postponed by the Independent National Electoral
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PMB Mourns Nigeria’s First Female Senator, Franca AfegbuaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family, friends and associates of Senator Franca Afegbua, first female Senator of Nigeria, whose adventure into political leadership lifted the glass ceiling for women in the legislature in the Second Republic.Elected under the National Party of Nigeria
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The Court of Appeal (Abuja Division) has reserved judgement in an appeal filed by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, challenging the January 27, 2023 decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which sacked him from office. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Mohamed Lawal
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