A former Benue State governor and current Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, has been tipped to take over from Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a Newspaper reported it.Adamu is said to be on his way out
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Federal government has approved two contracts worth N15.3 billion for the supply and installation of information and communication technology (ICT) components as well as digital assistance devices for the 2023 population census.The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this to State House correspondents
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Kaduna State government has approved the reinstatement of 1,266 primary school teachers who were earlier disengaged after the competency test of June 2022.Their reinstatement was necessitated after their cases were examined and verified.According to a statement issued by the public relations officer (PRO) Hauwa Mohammed, on behalf of the Kaduna
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Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished residential structures obstructing the Jabi-Dakibu road corridor in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).The senior special assistant to the FCT minister on monitoring, inspection and enforcement, Ikharo Attah, who led the demolition exercise at the Idu area in collaboration with the Department of Development
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Federal government has approved the sum of N320.345 billion as the 2023 intervention funds for public institutions across the country.The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, during an annual strategic planning workshop with all heads of beneficiary institutions.Echono said the
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The Owerri Municipal Labour Party (LP) candidate, Hon Clinton Amadi, has been arrested in Imo State.Amadi was arrested on Tuesday when he went to the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to collect the certified true copies (CTC) of the results.Rather than produce the CTC, the security
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Federal government has declared Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10, 2023, as Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively as public holidays to mark this year's Easter celebration.The minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja.Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the ministry's permanent secretary, Dr
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt which had awarded over N30 billion against Ebonyi State government and a garnishee order.The Federal High Court headed by Justice S.D. Pam had on 15th
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) recently called for the live broadcasts of court hearings on election petitions across the country, particularly the presidential election cases. The NBA made the call in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Birnin-Kebbi,
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The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has approved the extension of the close of application on the agency’s recruitment portal by another week.He said this would enable applicants having challenges submitting their applications to take advantage of the additional days
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