The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (retd), has officially pulled out of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.Irabor was appointed CDS in January 2021 and retired alongside others on June 19, following the appointment of new service chiefs by President Bola Tinubu.He bowed out at a ceremony
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti was asked to resign over his alleged lack of capacity to sustain the security and peace supposedly bequeathed to Abians by the last administration.The demand was made by the Abia Renaissance Movement (ARM) in a statement signed by its convener, Comrade
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday in Lagos said he could have chosen to maintain the hitherto multiple foreign exchange systems and benefit from it, but instead opted to unify the official and parallel market rates to save the country from financial hemorrhage.Speaking at a civic reception organised in his honour
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has vehemently denied claims circulating on social media suggesting that he requested his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to refrain from investigating certain former officials from his government.Labelling the reports as "fake news," Buhari's spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement urged the public not to engage
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that the commission has provided all the documents required by political parties that applied through the required process in relation to the ongoing election petition tribunals.INEC national commissioner on voter education, Festus Okoye who appeared on the Channels Television programme, "Politics Today
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Farmers in Benue State have been enjoined to use the knowledge acquired from the recent training by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture on cassava processing, packaging, value addition and utilisation to improve on the product to avoid rejection at the international market.The state coordinator, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Boniface Tongov
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Following the naming of a non-journalist, one Nkereuwem Udom, as the chief press secretary (CPS) to the speaker of the 8th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon Udeme Otong, the leadership of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by the chairman, Comrade Amos Etuk,
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Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara has charged Muslim clerics in the state to caution herdsmen against harassing residents of communities, killing farmers, and damaging crops in the state.Fubara gave the charge yesterday when the leadership of the Muslim community in the state paid him a courtesy visit in the spirit
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Chairman, King’s College Parent Teacher Association (KCPTA) Mr Sunday Ameh has reassured parents of the association’s commitment to providing standard amenities that would not compromise the welfare of the students.Ameh gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.The chairman spoke against
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public over a batch of contaminated Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in the country.The agency, in a statement, said the contaminated product was discovered following a consumer’s complaint and the investigation of the particular batch of
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