President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation today, Monday July 31, 2023 at 7 pm.This was disclosed in a statement from the presidency signed by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President (Special duties, Communications & Strategy) on Monday morning.Alake urged television, radio stations and other
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President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mr Yakubu Maikyau SAN on Monday, described the death of Supreme Court Justice, Gentus Nweze, as a huge loss to the Nigerian legal community.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late jurist was reported to have passed on, July 30 (yesterday)
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The Oyo State workers, on Monday, locked the state secretariat at Agodi in Ibadan, as they protest against issues affecting them.The workers are demanding palliatives, an upward review of pension allowances, and payment of salary deduction among others.They are also demanding payment of leave bonuses, payment of gratuities to retirees
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The Obi-Datti Media office has been drawn to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) political prediction on the eventual outcome of the 25 February presidential election, titled, “When Brigandage Meets Merchantalism.”We find the report as yet another transactional work poorly done. We are taken aback that after a long silence, it
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President Bola Tinubu has moved to Aso Rock, two months after his inauguration.His move is coming days after Abuja residents complained about having to endure traffic gridlock caused by the president’s daily movement.Tinubu, however, moved to the Glass House, usually a transit accommodation, pending the completion of the renovation of
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The Nigerian Senate has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees from President Bola Tinubu’s list on Monday. Among the nominees facing scrutiny are former governors Wike, El-Rufai, Umahi, and several others, drawn from 25 states across the country.President Tinubu submitted the list of 28 nominees to the upper legislative chamber
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government has given General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the supposed coup in Niger Republic, seven days to return power to Mohammed Bazoom.The decision formed part of resolutions reached at the emergency meeting of ECOWAS Authority
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to undergo an independent medical examination.Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said the IPOB leader underwent a medical examination in an unnamed hospital in Abuja on Friday.According to a statement by Ejiofor: “We
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a special investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).Tinubu named Jim Osayande Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), as the investigator.The development comes in the wake of the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as CBN governor
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Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state after hoodlums looted warehouses of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and others.“The Governor of Adamawa State, the Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has declared a 24-hour curfew on the state, effective immediately Sunday 30th July
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