The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has announced the new principal officers for the 10th House of Representatives.Julius Ihonvbere, an All Progressive Congress (APC) member from Edo State, has emerged House Majority Leader.Halims Abdullahi, a representative of Kogi State and a member of the APC, has been
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, named Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central as the Senate Leader for the 10th National Assembly.Akpabio, who read an official communication from the majority caucus of the red chamber said it was a concensus and unanimous position of the All Progressives
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is currently meeting with all the Resident Electoral Commissioners at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.The meeting is the first of such open for coverage since the 2023 General Elections were concluded.On the agenda, the meeting is expected to review
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Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has appointed Mr. Ladi Akeredolu-Ale, Managing Director of Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS).Until his appointment, Ladi was the controller of current affairs at Channels Television in Lagos State.His appointment was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere
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The former governor of Zamfara State, Sen Sani Yerima, has asked President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with terror gangs operating in Zamfara State and other parts of the North-west of the country.Yerima who was addressing journalists after meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja on Monday said the government should negotiate
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A Civil Society Organisation, Coalition of West African Investigative Journalists, (COWAFIJ), has called on President Bola Tinubu to initiate an investigation into the spending of over $550m (N426 billion) repayable grant by Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP).NEP, a unit in Rural Electrification Agency (REA), according to COWAFIJ at a press conference
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, tasked the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, to deploy his tactical team to assist the Oyo Police Command in unmasking the killers of Professor Opeyemi Ajewole of the Department Social and Environmental Forestry Development of the University of Ibadan.Professor
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) has announced the breakout of Ditheria in parts of the city of Abuja.Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahman, the FCT Director, Public Health Department, announced the outbreak, at a news conference on Monday, in Abuja.Abdulrahman, while addressing the news conference, said the disease had already killed a four-year-old,
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result being paraded by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma ”is patently fake.”It has also barred Mmesoma from sitting for its examination for the next three years.The board made this known in a statement, signed by Dr
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The first set of Nigerians that took part in this year’s pilgrimage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will, today, return to the country after a successful exercise.Ninety-five thousand Nigerians joined over two million Muslims from across the globe to converge on Mount Arafat and other sacred places of devotion
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