*States insist World Bank’s $800m support should be through cash transfersAnietie Udobit, AbujaThe federal government has approved N5 billion for each of the 36 states of the federation for procurement of food items and fertilisers as part of efforts to alleviate the suffering associated with fuel subsidy removal in the
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Nigerian track queen Tobi Amusan has been cleared of doping violations with the provisional suspension on her lifted.“A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period,” the Athletics
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu is expected to swear in his newly appointed Minsiters on Monday, August 21.Director of the Information Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.The event is scheduled to start at 10:00 am at the
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Our ReporterThe arraignment of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Thursday on a 20-count charge of illegal procurement was however stalled due to the absence of the first and second defendants who are said to be indisposed.Following an application for adjournment, the Presiding Judge, Justice Hamza
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a security alert over a grand plot by bandits to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train service anytime from now.Recall that an Abuja–Kaduna bound train was attacked in Katari village, Kaduna on March 28, 2022, prompting the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to briefly halt
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The President of the National Union Road Transport Workers, Prof. Tajudeen Baruwa, has been released from police detention.Baruwa, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Thursday, cautioned members of the union against making “inflammatory statements that could undermine the union’s stability.”While clarifying the events that followed his detention alongside former Lagos
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The Kano State Government has expressed concern over a bribery alert raised by the Chairman of the Kano State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge.Recall Mrs Azinge had said that there was an attempt to bribe a member of the tribunal with money
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd and Afreximbank have jointly signed a commitment letter and term sheet for an emergency three billion dollars crude oil repayment loan.The signing took place on Wednesday in the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, according to a statement by the NNPC Ltd.The News
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President Bola Tinubu, former President Goodluck Jonathan are among distinguished Nigerians who have celebrated with the former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida on his 82nd birthday.In separate statements yesterday, they eulogised the former president.President Tinubu in a release issued by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, congratulated the former military President,
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, announced plans to demolish about 500 illegal houses and structures in Dutsen-Garki, Apo District, Abuja.Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, disclosed this after a meeting with the leaders of the community in Abuja.Galadima, who was represented by the Deputy Director,
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