Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, has denied social media reports that she is negotiating a pathway for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.The reports, authored by Jackson Ude, had alleged that Peter-Odili, was regularly meeting with the Appeal and Supreme
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Suspected herders on Tuesday defied the peace accord and ceasefire order by Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State and killed three farmers at Yangtu development area in the southern part of the state.The governor had on Monday while receiving a report from the peace committee set up by his administration
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Men and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are to henceforth attend mandatory continuous professional development programmes to qualify for promotion in line with the career progression policy document of the federal government.The commandant-general, Dr Abubakar Ahmed Audi, stated this yesterday in Abuja during his 2nd
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Nigerian Army has restated commitment to strengthen partnership with Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) for formidable communication infrastructure.This resolution was reached yesterday when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja received the management team of NIGCOMSAT, led by the managing director/chief executive officer, Engr Tukur Lawal at the
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Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of successful candidates for documentation into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) respectively.This was contained in a statement signed by the secretary of the board, Ja’afaru Ahmed.Ahmed said, "Candidates
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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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