Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed deep sadness over the sudden passing of the chairman of Daar Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who owns AIT and Raypower 100.5FM.In a statement by NGE president, Mustapha Isah and general secretary, Dr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, yesterday, in Abuja, the guild described Dokpesi as
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Presidential Election Petition Court has admitted in evidence, a United States of America (USA) District Court judgement which reportedly indicted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and ordered his forfeiture of $460,000 in drug related offences.The certified true copy of the judgement was tendered by a witness, Barrister Lawrence Uchechukwu Nnana Nwakaeti,
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Kwara State government has signed two major agreements with the French government on strategic partnership involving the use of an innovation hub for knowledge transfer as well as development of the Lata grazing reserve for large-scale livestock production.The state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on behalf
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Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has stepped down A Bill for a Law to Make Provision for A Contributory Pension Scheme for Employees in the Public Service of Nasarawa State and For Other Matters Connected Therewith, Leadership reports.This followed a protest by organised labour to the Assembly complex located on
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The senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Ashiru Oyelola Yisa has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari removed fuel Subsidy and not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.Speaking to journalists at the National Assembly, Yisa said Tinubu did not remove the subsidy on fuel rather he was saying that former
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Popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, has been found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging over murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who died between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife.Sentenced for same offence alongside Adedoyin are two
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President Bola Tinubu has directed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, to vacate the Lagos headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Ikoyi, Lagos.Men of the DSS had early in the morning barricaded access into the EFCC office area, claiming ownership of the office complex
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Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has directed the immediate freezing of all the State Government accounts and those of agencies domiciled in banks and other financial institutions in the country.Otti’s directive is contained in a statement issued in Umuahia on Tuesday by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand
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The National Industrial Court in Abuja has upheld the ‘no work no pay’ rule by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities.In a judgment delivered by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that it was within the right
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Following the announcement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday phasing out fuel subsidies, there have been panic buying, speculative hoarding, and increase of fuel price to the tune of N600 per litre in some states, causing return of queues nationwide and fare hike, Independent Nigeria reports.President Tinubu had shortly
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