The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the country’s anti-corruption agency, has reportedly extended invitations to eight former ministers who served under the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.Politics Nigeria reports that these former ministers have been called in for questioning regarding allegations of corruption.The invitation letters sent to these
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said its investigation revealed that Indomie Noodles implicated in the recalls in Malaysia and Taiwan is not in Nigeria.The agency, therefore, assured Nigerians that indomie and other noodle brands in the country are safe for consumption.The director-general of NAFDAC,
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The fourth witness of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Mr Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, that he discovered a total of 18,088 blurred result sheets uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing (IReV)
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday made history as he approved the inclusion of the Fire Service Rapid Intervention Truck to his convoy. He has therefore become the first president to ever do so.The controller -general of the Federal Fire Service ( FFS) Engr. Abdulganiyu Jaji made the announcement in Abuja
Read MoreThe European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) programme has called for the appointment of persons with disabilities in government positions across the country.It said there cannot be strong, effective and legitimate democratic institutions without the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities.EU-SDGN also noted that while the
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National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said it is evolving strategies to ensure credible mobilisation of corps members in the forthcoming 2023 Batch 'B' mobilisation exercise.NYSC director-general, Brigadier General Yusha'u Dogara Ahmed stated this in Abuja, yesterday, during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Batch 'B' Pre-Mobilisation Workshop.Speaking on the theme,
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has paid a total sum of N1,478,416,000.00 to owners of Non-JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for services they rendered during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).This was disclosed in a statement by the director of public affairs and protocol of the board,
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A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) yesterday urged President Bola Tinubu to remove the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, from office, Leadership reports.Agbakoba, who made the call in a statement he released through his media assistant, Niyi Odunmorayo, said
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House of Representatives has set up seven special committees for the effective take-off of the 10th session of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly.The speaker, Hon Tajudeen Abbas announced the composition of the committees on the floor of the House during plenary, yesterday.The committees are Selection chaired by the
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Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe as well as other operations in the South-South zone discovered and destroyed 57 illegal refining sites, 27 wooden boats, 158 storage tanks, 149 ovens and eight dugout pits.The director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa
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