Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in the United States on Sunday for the African Development Bank’s World Food Prize.Shettima will participate in the AfDB World Food Prize-facilitated Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, which will commence on October 24 in Iowa.This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman to
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Another justice of the Supreme Court, Musa Dattijo, will officially retire from the bench on Friday, October 27, 2023.This is coming after the retirement of Justice Amina Augie on September 22, 2023, and the death of Justice Chima Nweze on July 31, 2023.With this development, the apex court has been
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The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation has fully covered the medical expenses of the renowned Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu.This was made known in a statement shared on the foundation’s Facebook page on Friday.The statement said, “The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation is honoured to have extended support
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The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the roles played by its Legal Department in the Appeal Court ruling filed by LP Candidate, Hon. Amobi Ogah, against All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Hon. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, in Lagos State.The LP
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has secured the release of one of the eight Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) abducted in Zamfara State, with the help of security agencies.The Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Eddy Megwa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.The News
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Dike Chukwumerije’s performance, titled “Man-made Gods,” headlines this year’s Life in My City Art Festival in Enugu.The annual event, which is stomping into its 17th edition, is south-east Nigeria’s biggest cultural fiesta. Its becoming Nigeria’s biggest and longest-running youth art extravaganza, with total available prizes now worth over N6 million
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The Supreme Court will on Monday, October 23, begin to hear the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement, Chichi Ojei, to challenge the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which affirmed the
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disassociated itself from the allegations by Social Democratic Party (SDP) that its staff were maliciously reconfiguring Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in Kogi state Government House in Lokoja to manipulate the forthcoming governorship election.Describing the report as untrue, the commission expressed shock over
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The European Union (EU) has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers in the Northwest.The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known at the official launch of the 4O million Euro intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN, has disclosed that the Institution has a total of 36 Research Patents with the Federal government.Speaking on Saturday, during the awards of degrees to the graduating students of the institution at the 37th and 38th combined convocation ceremony of
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