The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa Ari.The action followed the REC’s controversial pronouncement on Sunday after the supplementary election.Although only Returning Officers have the responsibility of announcing results, Ari declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru
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The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure on Monday arrived at the National Secretariat of the party amid tight security.Newspaper reports that Abure is expected to meet with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero and his team, who arrived at the secretariat as well.Abure
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted registration approval for R21 Malaria Vaccine (Recombinant, Adjuvanted) manufactured by Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL).With the Malaria Vaccine and Regulatory Approval Process, NAFDAC is fulfilling one of its mandates as stipulated by its enabling law,
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The World Bank has said that Nigeria's constant fiscal deficit has worsened the nation's public debt stock, with 96.3 per cent of government revenue spent on servicing debt in 2022.The Bretton Woods institution disclosed this in its recently Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2023 brief.“The fiscal position deteriorated. In
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Dino Melaye, a former Senator who represented Kogi West in the National Assembly, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Kogi State Governorship Election scheduled for November 11, 2023. Dino emerged victorious after polling 313 votes, defeating his closest rival, Jabiru Usman, who polled 127 votes.The announcement
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Twenty nine-year-old Akarachi Amadi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the election for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State after the supplementary election held on Saturday.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made the declaration late Sunday night.Announcing the votes polled by the respective candidates
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Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100.The violence erupted Saturday after weeks of power struggles between the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, Sudan’s
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The National Agency for the Great Green Wall, NAGGW, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, in the Netherlands with GROASIS B.V and Boplas Industries Limited Nigeria on the production of ‘waterboxx’ in Nigeria.A statement issued by Pauline Sule, NAGGW’s Head, Information and Corporate Communications Unit NAGGW on Sunday in
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FCMB, a leading financial institution in Nigeria, recently announced its partnership with Brains & Hammers Limited and Brooks Assets & Resources Limited to provide affordable housing for salary earners and self-employed residents of Lagos State.This collaboration between the banking giant and two real estate firms is part of FCMB’s commitment
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The Lamidi Apapa-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) has cautioned the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, the governor-elect of Abia State, Alex Otti and legislators elected on the platform of the party, to stay away from the suspended National Chairman of the party, Julius
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