Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has derided the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for attempting to present the $460,000 forfeiture case as tax evasion related matter and not drug charges.Atiku, in a statement by his special assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has denied news making the rounds that its Chair bailed out the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi of detention ordeal in London, United Kingdom last week.Recall that Obi was briefly detained at Hearthrow Airport in London over a mistaken identity
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has formally presented Ibom Air with its Operational Safety Audit Certificate (IOSA).A statement by Aniekan Essienette, Group Manager, Marketing and Communication, Ibom Airlines, said that Mfon Udom, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ibom Air, received the certificate on behalf of the carrier at
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaA member of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly, representing Bende federal constituency, Abia State, Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu has been tipped as the most suitable to become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is currently the spokesperson of the House
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Kogi State deputy governor, Edward Onoja, and the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Pharm. Mohammed Abdulkareem Asuku, have withdrawn from the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Other aspirants including David Adebanji Jimoh; a former Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Ashiru Idris; Okala Yakubu, and Momoh
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The National Assembly has transmitted the harmonised version of the bill on Nigerian Peace Corps, to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.It will be recalled that the harmonised version of the bill had separately been passed by the two Chambers of the National Assembly.Sani Tambuwal, the Clerk to the National Assembly
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Benue State governor Samuel Ortom has asked the federal government to suspend the conduct of National Population Census until all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are returned to their ancestral homes.This is even as the governor emphasised that if the IDPs are still in camp "it seems the proposed
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Almost 2 million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the federal government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022.A progress report presented at the NPRGS Steering Committee meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday also indicated that about 1.6 million smallholder
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The Bauchi State government is targeting two million children for treatment under its 2023 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign. The state commissioner for health, Dr Sabi'u Abdu Gwalabe, disclosed this during the 2023 SMC state level kick-off meeting for stakeholders in Bauchi.Gwalabe said the SMC intervention has reduced the burden of
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A former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu said she will not hold the Nigerian passport if the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is inaugurated on May 29th.Ojikutu, disclosed this while addressing the press at her Lagos residence on Wednesday.The former Lagos deputy governor said the process of renouncing
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