Alhaji Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano, has met with the coup leaders in Niger.The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) met the military leadership after the junta aborted a meeting with representatives of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, met with former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his counterpart in Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Both Wike and el-Rufai are ministerial nominees of President Tinubu.UNITY TIMES reports that the nomination of the former Kaduna governor was, however, stepped down by
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Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has met with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.Okonjo-Iweala while addressing newsmen on Tuesday after meeting at the State House, Abuja in the company of former Minister of State for Health and Minister-designate, Dr. Mohammed Pate, said that the reason for
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a total of 1,534 cases of diphtheria in the country.The NCDC said a total of 4,160 suspected cases have been reported from 27 states across 139 Local Government Areas in the country.The NCDC disclosed this in its diphtheria situation report
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 10-year-old girl for being in possession of hard drugs.The girl who was intercepted in the Agege area in Lagos, claimed she had been a drug courier for her aunt named Taiwo Abass since June 2023.She lived with her mother in Ilorin, Kwara
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The police authorities in Sierra Leone have confirmed a plan to disrupt the peace of the West African country, pointing accusing fingers at senior military officers and others, who are now in detention.A statement dated Monday, July 31, 2023, and issued by the Media and Public Relations Department, Sierra Leone
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Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has relaxed the curfew in 17 of the 21 local government areas of the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Fintiri imposed the curfew on the affected areas in the wake of Sunday’s looting of government’s warehouses by unidentified hoodlums.The measure is
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared that N30,000 minimum wage is too meagre and called on the National Assembly members to cut down their pay.The unions said everyone was aware that things were hard, adding that the removal of fuel subsidy had caused
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Students of Federal Government Girls College, Sagamu, Ogun State have built a humanoid robot that can move some distance, stretch its hand, shake hands and interact with people.The robotics innovation project was presented to the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adejo, in Abuja yesterday.The robot, named Okikiola-Sagamu
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Founder of Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya is dead.Taiwo died in the United States of America on Monday at the age of 67.The church broke the news of his death on its Facebook page on Tuesday when they wrote: “The Fountain of Life Church family, in total submission
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