President Bola Tinubu has approved N18 billion for group life assurance benefits and other entitlements for families of fallen heroes of the Nigerian Armed Forces.President Tinubu announced the approval on Wednesday during the launch of the Emblem Appeal for the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, which was held at the
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment on Thursday in the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, and the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi.Atiku and Obi are challenging the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which dismissed their
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that electronic ticketing (e-ticketing) for the standard gauge network will officially launch next week.The eagerly awaited e-ticketing system is expected to bring increased convenience and efficiency to rail travel in Nigeria.The announcement was made by Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director of NRC, during
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, directed staff members of the commission to immediately declare their assets in line with civil service regulations and procedures.He gave the directive at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja while addressing senior staff of
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Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to review the Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.He asked that under the review, three states namely: Abia, Imo and Ondo should be removed from the commission.He said the inclusion of
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Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) visited Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday at his Jericho residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.Prior to the visit to Akeredolu, the governors of Ogun, Lagos, and Ekiti paid a courtesy call
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has called for specific constitutional roles for deputy governors in order to keep them busy.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ganduje made the call on Tuesday while speaking at the annual conference of the Forum of Former Deputy Governors
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The Senate has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) over the N11.35 trillion spent on the nation’s four moribund refineries between 2010 and 2023.Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, announced the composition of the committee following the adoption of a motion
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The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece when the minor was 15/16 years old.In his judgment, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government,
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Nigeria has introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization system, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls, the largest number in a single round of HPV vaccination in the African region, in a vaccination drive against the virus that causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer.Girls aged
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