Five gunmen suspected to be armed robbers yesterday attacked the palace of the Emir of Minna in Niger State and shot some guards and vigilantes. The hoodlums allegedly carted away N3.3 million from the palace.They were said to have trailed Minna Emirate Councils' cashier Ibrahim Sani to the palace gate
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The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to lay Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme’s alleged results falsification case to rest by conducting another examination for her.Miss Ejikeme, a former student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Nnewi in Anambra State, had celebrated her emergence
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As the federal government plans to grant leverage to states to generate and distribute electricity, Akwa Ibom State government has ordered effective auditing and overhaul of the state-owned Independent Power Plant (IPP).Governor Umo Eno, who handed down the order during his familiarisation tour of the firm at Ikot Abasi local
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Enugu State government has warned that it will shut down schools, markets and other businesses that obey the one week sit at home order issued by faceless persons.The government gave the warning in statement signed by the secretary to state government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia.The statement disclosed that reports on social
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Katsina State government has directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to adopt the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in all their transactions.Governor Umar Dikko Radda, gave the order in a circular dated 3rd July 2023, he signed directing the state accountant general to prescribe the framework within which Ministries, Departments
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Car dealers in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital are having a field day as civil servants who are hit hard by the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government and the accompanying fuel price increase rush to sell their cars, Leadership reports.The affected civil servants attribute their actions to
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To reduce the high cost of living caused by the withdrawal of fuel subsidy, Borno State governor Babagana Umara Zulum, has released 80 luxury buses and pick up vans for free transportation of farmers from their communities to farmlands.Fifty of the luxury buses will be allocated from the fleet of
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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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