Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has received the FIBA Women AfroBasket 2023 Tournament Champions, D’Tigress, in the State House today.UNITY TIMES reports that the president’s wife congratulated the team on their outstanding victory.The D’Tigress defeated Senegal 84-74 in the final of the FIBA Women AfroBasket 2023 Tournament to be crowned
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President Bola Tinubu and the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, met this afternoon at the State House, Abuja.Akpabio arrived the Villa at 2.25p.m., shortly after the Senate adjourned for a closed-door session, occasioned by the rowdy session over the screening of Festus Keyamo (SAN), one of the President’s ministerial nominees.Keyamo was
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President Bola Tinubu, currently the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in the Republic of Niger.“The Summit will hold in Abuja, on Thursday, August 10, 2023,”
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President Bola Tinubu has filed a motion seeking to prevent a federal court in the United States from releasing his university academic records to Atiku Abubakar, his principal opponent during Nigeria’s February 2023 presidential election.In a Documents obtained by Peoples Gazette, Atiku Abubakar, on August 2, approached the States District
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A former IPPIS desk officer at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, has admitted to collecting money from people in exchange for jobs at the commission.According to Politics Nigeria, Kolo told the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating mismanagement of the IPPIS that he collected over 75 million naira
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The Federal Government has donated free 50,000 doses of Anthrax vaccines to the Lagos State Government to curtail the spread of anthrax disease.This is contained in a statement issued by Ezeaja Ikemefuna, Assistant Director, Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Monday in Abuja.He said that this was
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River assured indigenes on Monday that no part of the state would be ceded to Cameroon any longer.Otu made the declaration at a public hearing organised by an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives.The committee is investigating a land tussle between Danare community in
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The national secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Oladipupo Olayokun, has been suspended from the party over alleged anti-party activities.Mr Olayokun, who is also a member of the National Working Committee of the party, was suspended by the executive members of his Ward 5, Abeokuta South Local Government
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President Bola Tinubu, has commended the Super Falcons on their performance at the at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.Tinubu’s commendation is contained in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Monday.He said, “I must commend the effort by our Super Falcons @NGSuper_Falcons at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Your
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Niger's military leaders announced shutting down the country's airspace following ECOWAS's threat of military intervention from France and other African neighboring countries.The leaders of the coup were given one week by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday to free and reinstall the nation's democratically elected President,
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