Hundreds of civil servants from the 36 states of Nigeria who said they have been stranded at the Public Service Institute in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over the failure of the verification portal to verify their appointments are lamenting the suspension of their salaries by the federal government.The civil
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Israel's military has published what it described as evidence that a misfired Palestinian rocket, rather than one of its own munitions, caused an explosion at a Gaza hospital in which hundreds of people died.The bomb blast has wrecked a diplomatic mission by US President Joe Biden, who arrived in Israel
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Nigerian afrobeat star Tiwatope Savage, widely known as Tiwa Savage, has postponed all shows, including her first-ever headline Arena concert in London, due to an illness.On Tuesday, October 17, the artist took to her official Instagram page to announce that she had been battling a virus and had been placed
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jigawa State, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).Also appointed as the secretary for the commission is Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu, the presidency announced in a statement
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The Abia State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from the statement credited to Senator Adolphus Wabara, the acting Board of Trustee Chairman (BoT) of the party, endorsing Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, for a second term in office.In a statement by its Vice Chairman,
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The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has condemned the N160m official vehicle being awarded to each of the 360 members of the House of Representatives.While urging his party lawmakers to reject the gifts, Abure described the action as the height of insensitivity.He gave the charge in a
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Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Usaini Gumel, has reacted to reports on an online news platform that the Command recruited criminals into the force.He described the story as not only malicious but a calculated attempt to destroy the reputable image of the Kano State Police Command.Putting the record
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The Kano State chapter of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has shut down the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) over its failure to remit their pensions for the past six years.The northwest chairman of the union, Comrade Ado Riruwai, who led the picketing of the company yesterday, said
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The House of Representatives yesterday urged President Bola Tinubu that the country cannot afford to have a director or any official with whatever designation act as Auditor-General of the Federation, considering the importance of the office.The Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, stated this at the unveiling of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
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A former group managing director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, will know his fate on November 1 as the court rules on the suit he filed to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to him $9.8 million in cash seized
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