President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the passing of Professor Mosobalaje Oyawoye, Nigeria’s first Professor of Geology, describing him as a prolific scholar and thinker who stood for national aspiration and progress.“He was steadfastly committed to the progress of the nation,” said the President in a statement by his media aide,
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Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the sack of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness General Aliyu Iliyah Yammah, respectively.A statement signed by the commissioner for local government, Hajiya Umma K. Ahmad, stated that the two traditional rulers
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Federal government has donated relief materials to hundreds of persons displaced by the 2022 flood in some local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The succour came through the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs which flagged-off the distribution of relief materials to the beneficiaries to cushion the effects of the disaster.The
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A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has accused the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Yushau Dogara, of leading a campaign of calumny against the governor-elect of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, in the discharge certificate saga that ensued since the beginning
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The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said the Dangote Oil Refinery is expected to generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity and over 135,000 permanent jobs.Emefiele said this on Monday at the official launching of the Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos State by President Muhammadu Buhari.“Then, we
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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday inaugurated Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have surplus for export.Speaking at the occasion attended by Heads of State from Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal and a representative of the President of Chad,
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The Supreme Court has scheduled Friday May 26 for the judgment on the issue of vice president-elect Kashim Shettima’s alleged double nomination, which was raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The verdict, set just three days before the presidential inauguration, holds the key to determining whether Mr. Shettima will assume
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Sunday suspended its five-day warning strike.Its president, Orji Emeka Innocent, said that work would resume 8am today.The association had embarked on the strike last Wednesday following the inability of the federal government to meet its demands.The NARD president said: “Progress made will be reviewed
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that the federal government has plans to launch a home delivery service for passports.Aregbesola made the announcement at the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State.The minister noted that the launch of the passport office
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A significant gathering of protesters has surged into the premises of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, where the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is currently in session.According to Politics Nigeria, the protesters, brandishing placards adorned with various powerful messages, demand justice and the “restoration of their stolen mandate” from the
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