The Senate has asked the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) to transmit a bill seeking to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies and local government councils’ elections to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act.The proposed legislation
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Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the February 25 presidential election, met for four hours in Paris, France, on Monday, according to a report by TheCable, an online newspaper.The report said the discussion between the two centred on
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Following the failure of the government to meet its demands, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike from 8am on Wednesday, May 17 to 8am Monday, May 22.The decision was reached at the NARD's extraordinary National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held virtually on Monday.The
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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and former Minister of Finance, has noted that “a lot of trust” was broken following the 2023 general elections, maintaining that no government can achieve growth and progress without first of all building trust.”Okonjo-Iweala who spoke on Monday at an
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President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, the chairman Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and governors of Lagos, Rivers and Plateau, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Nyesom Wike and Simon Lalong are billed to unveil a book on Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday.The book titled:
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the retiring assistant inspector-general of police (AIG), Garba Baba Umar, as a senior security adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the Office of the Minister of Police Affairs.His appointment came 18 days to the terminal date of the Buhari administration on May 29,
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Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commissioned the N3.8 billion Inyere Flyover Bridge in Afikpo South local government area of the state linking Ebonyi State to Abia, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states.Jonathan also commissioned the 23.5km Amasiri/Owutu, Ekoli/Nguzu Road constructed by the Ebonyi State government in conjunction with the
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The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has announced that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will on Thursday, May 18, 2023, conduct a computer-based aptitude test for recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) nationwide.The board, in
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Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the federal government has witnessed a rise in school enrollment nationwide but did not provide specific numbers to support her claim.She disclosed this to State House correspondents after the Extraordinary Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by
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Justice Inyamg Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has fixed the May 18, 2023 to hear the suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the next president of Nigeria.During the proceedings yesterday,
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