A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima, has spoken on the alleged suspension of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate during the recent elections.The party’s Board of Trustees suspended Kwankwaso and the other members of the National Working Committee on Tuesday for alleged anti-party conduct.However, Galadima
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed a purported national campaign council list for Nov. 11, 2023 governorship elections for Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States in circulation in sections of the media.Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the lists being
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The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Juliet Ehimuan as a non-executive director of the financial firm effective August 29, 2023.The appointment, announced in a corporate filing to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Tuesday, has been confirmed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).Ehimuan is the
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it has issued the National Identification Number (NIN) to 102.39 million Nigerians as of August 28, 2023.The Commission disclosed this in its NIN enrolment data just released.The data shows that enrolment for the ID number was yet to pick up after slowing down
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike said on Monday that the ministry will deliver the Millennium Tower project in the next two years.Wike stated this in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
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The Federal Government has said the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is finally scheduled to be completed by mid-September, many years after the reconstruction of the ever-busy highway commenced.This was made known by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, during a working visit to the sites of completed
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Management of Dangote Cement Plc has stated that Nigeria’s cement price is in line with or lower than prices across the West African coast.The company, according to Leadership Newspaper, made this clarification. According to Dangote Cement, the price of a bag of cement from its factories across Nigeria (as at
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Gombe State governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has ordered the immediate closure of all night clubs in the state.In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, said the measure followed series of complaints from the general public on the incessant immoral, criminal activities and security
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No fewer than 298 Nigerians have been repatriated directly from Libyan prisons to Nigeria in two separate chartered flights within a week.The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) made this known on Monday adding that the first chartered flight returned with 161 returnees on August 21, while the second chartered flight
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The police said its operatives arrested no fewer than 100 suspects during a gay wedding ceremony in Delta State.In a tweet on Tuesday, it said the suspects will be paraded shortly.It would be recalled that in January 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan enacted Nigeria’s anti-gay law, which stipulates a 14-year prison
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