President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Jamila Bio Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The president has further approved the nomination of Ayodele Olawande to serve as the Minister of State for Youth, pending his
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed nine Justices of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, September 20, at the main court auditorium of the Supreme Court.This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday, by the Director, Press and Information at
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The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna has climbed to 11,300, the United Nations said in an update on Saturday, citing the Libyan Red Crescent.Another 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, using
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The Senate yesterday described as a ruse the rumour making the rounds in a section of the media that some Senators were planning to impeach the Senate President Godswill Akpabio.The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja.Adaramodu’s clarification came hours
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The Vice President Kashim Shettima-led Nigerian delegation to the G77+China Summit, in Havana, Cuba, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba to strengthen collaboration on Innovation, Science and Technology. According to a statement issued Saturday evening by the Director of Information in the office of the Vice President, Mr
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of sixteen new aides, including the current Lagos State Head of Service (HoS), Hakeem Muri-Okunola, as his Principal Secretary.Muri-Okunola, a lawyer, was a former personal assistant to Tinubu.Also appointed by the President is Moremi Ojudu, the first daughter of Babafemi Ojudu, former Special
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Nobel Laurel, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, insisted that both Labour Party candidate in 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not win the election.In a doubling down on his earlier assertion made on Wednesday during an event titled, ‘The Lives of Wole
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The Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s directive that traditional rulers in Iseyin, Oyo State should stand up and greet him and Governor Seyi Makinde, as sacrilegious.This is as the former president yesterday described as fake, a purported video of him meeting with President Bola Tinubu
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The British High Commission has promised to explore partnerships with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.The Second Secretary (Political), British High Commission, Abuja, Mr. Hamish Tye, unveiled the plan when he led a delegation that visited the NDDC
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Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, on Saturday, emerged the new Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria.At the national meeting of the conference held in Abuja, Ogundoyin emerged following the withdrawal of the Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Taiwo Oluomo.Ogundoyin’s
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