The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E Prof Yemi Osinbajo will lead a team of distinguished experts in observing the general elections in Sierra Leone on 24th June 2023.The Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, confirmed today that Vice President Osinbajo has accepted her request
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoolaa on Thursday swore-in 39 additional members of the election petition tribunals for the 2023 general elections.Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony held at the main court room of the Supreme Court in Abuja, the CJN tasked the Judges to submit willingly to
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The Department of State Services says it has uncovered plans by some disgruntled individuals to disrupt activities lined up for a peaceful transition ceremony on May 29.But the security agency warned sternly that it would not allow such unpatriotic Nigerians to scuttle the handover ceremony in any part of the
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President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the National Honour of Grand Commander of Order of Federal Republic, (GCFR) on the President-elect of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Grand Commander of Order of Niiger, GCON on Vice-President elect. Kashim Shettima at the Investiture Ceremony in Abuja on Thursday.President Buhari will hand over
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The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has revealed that the CBN had given out about N8 trillion in interventions to the private sector in the last five years.Emefiele made this revelation while speaking at the end of the 291st Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meeting in
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Plane for Nigeria Air will arrive the country on Friday ahead of commencement of operations, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has confirmed.The Minister of Aviation insisted that the national carrier will be unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari before May 29.Sirika in a recent interview said that a Nigeria Air
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Aisha Buhari, wife of outgoing Nigeria’s president, has handed over to the incoming First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu.A newspaper reports that the eight-year tenure of President Muhammadu, which commenced on May 29, 2015, will come to an end on May 29, 2023.The handover ceremony took place at the Presidential Villa in
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the Federal Government to ensure that the country allocates between 45-50 percent of the nation’s education budget to primary and secondary education.Chief of Education, UNICEF Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, who made the call in Abuja during a one-day seminar on Foundational Literacy
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Federal government has approved multi-billion naira contracts to boost power supply in Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari's hometown in Katsina State, Yobe State and other parts of the country.The minister of power, Engr Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday after the federal executive council meeting presided over by
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Achieving Universal Health Coverage for all Nigerians is the focus and essence of the Health Reform Report and Draft Bills proposed by the Presidential Health Reform Committee, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who chaired the group.Osinbajo stated this yesterday in his remarks at the presentation of the report of
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