President Muhammadu Buhari Monday inaugurated Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have surplus for export.Speaking at the occasion attended by Heads of State from Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal and a representative of the President of Chad,
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The Supreme Court has scheduled Friday May 26 for the judgment on the issue of vice president-elect Kashim Shettima’s alleged double nomination, which was raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The verdict, set just three days before the presidential inauguration, holds the key to determining whether Mr. Shettima will assume
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Sunday suspended its five-day warning strike.Its president, Orji Emeka Innocent, said that work would resume 8am today.The association had embarked on the strike last Wednesday following the inability of the federal government to meet its demands.The NARD president said: “Progress made will be reviewed
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that the federal government has plans to launch a home delivery service for passports.Aregbesola made the announcement at the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State.The minister noted that the launch of the passport office
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A significant gathering of protesters has surged into the premises of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, where the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is currently in session.According to Politics Nigeria, the protesters, brandishing placards adorned with various powerful messages, demand justice and the “restoration of their stolen mandate” from the
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Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja not to harmonise the three pending petitions challenging his victory.Mr Tinubu’s victory at the 25 February presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is being challenged in three separate petitions pending before
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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have unanimously reelected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, as their National President to lead the union for another two years.Osodeke was reelected during the 22nd National Delegates Conference of ASUU, which was held at the University of Jos, Plateau State, from May 19
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Justice Haruna Tsammani, chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, on Monday, dismissed the application for live coverage of court proceedings.At the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja on Monday, the justice said the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) lacked merit.The
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Society for Family Health (SFH) Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), towards accelerating Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the country.The managing director of SFH, Dr Omokhudu Idogho, while signing the MoU at the NHIA Headquarters, in Abuja, said the MoU is
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Officials of the Federal Ministry of Works have been fingered in a N692 million purchase of vehicles, computer accessories, photocopying production and airing of special video documentary scandal by the Senate. The Senate ordered the refund to nation's purse, Leadership Reports.The fictitious contracts were uncovered in the 2018 Report of
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