President Bola Tinubu has concluded his visit to Guinea-Bissau, where he attended the 50th Independence Day commemoration of the country.The president departed from Bissau and is expected to return to Nigeria shortly.Prior to his visit to Guinea-Bissau, President Tinubu spent a week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he participated in
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On Thursday, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, presented Settlement Group Life Assurance and IGP Family Welfare Scheme benefits, amounting to N2.276,110,966.80, to 613 families of police officers who died in active service.The cheques were presented on Thursday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja to the beneficiaries.According to reports, the
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The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector.This is being highlighted as stakeholders across the sector converge in Ekiti State for the 64th National Council on Health where salient issues around the health sector are up for discussion.The opening ceremony on Thursday was an avenue
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election has told President Bola Tinubu to disclose to Nigerians exactly what he inherited from the past administration.The call followed the claim on Monday by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, that the present administration is faced with
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President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has departed Saudi Arabia and is en route to Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau.He is heeding the invitation of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo to join in the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Guinea-Bissau’s independence.According to a statement earlier in the day by presidential spokesperson
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Just a few minutes after meeting with the National Security Adviser, AIG Nuhu Ribadu, the organised labour in Nigeria has suspended the nationwide strike, which commenced on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, to protest the brutalisation of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo state capital.Blueprint
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The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it lost the sum of N1.3 trillion in 2023 due to waivers and concessions that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration granted to investors.It also stated that it was not privy to details of the Customs $3.2 modernisation project.The Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale
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The House of Representatives has called for the implementation of the N550 billion presidential palliative intervention fund announced to cushion the impacts of fuel subsidy removal initiated by the present administration.The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of Urgent Public Importance on the ‘Urgent need for intervention to address
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The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a Federal College of Aviation Technology in Ogun State.Senator Gbenga Daniel (APC, Ogun), who sponsored the bill, said the proposed legislation was to upgrade an existing Federal Technical College to a full-fledged aviation college to provide full-time
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The ECOWAS Court has ordered that the Nigerian government should cease using the Nigerian broadcasting code until it aligns with its international human rights obligations.This is according to a judgement delivered in a suit filed by an NGO- Expression Now Human Rights Initiative against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The court
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