All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State has suspended the embattled Roni local government area party chairman, Alhaji Sale Idris.He was arrested for alleged rape and for impregnating a 14-year-old girl.The suspension was contained in a letter signed by the state’s party chairman, Hon Aminu Sani Gumel and made available
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight (8) new Chief Executive Officers for Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National OrientationSpecial Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.The statement read, “President Bola Tinubu has
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The House of Representatives has asked all tiers of government to ban a popular children’s book, Queen Premier, due to its content.The resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved by Sulaiman Gumi, on the floor of the House on Thursday.Moving the motion, Gumi said the book contains words like
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed Monday, October 23, 2023 for the hearing of the appeal filed by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court, which upheld the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate,
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The naira sustained its downward trend against the United States dollar on Monday as it weakened to an all-time low on the parallel market where it sold at N1,100 per dollar.This was far lower than the N1,060/$1 it traded on Thursday.But the nation’s currency traded lower at N1,130 to a
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday said the Federal Government (FG) paid a total of N135.23 billion to subsidized electricity consumption in the second quarter of 2023.This was made known in the Commission’s Q2, 2023 report pasted on its website in Abuja.NERC said the N135.2 billion was spent
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The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works, is set to close the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos to traffic on Sunday, 22nd October 2023, in preparation for the comprehensive repair works.This is to allow palliative works to be carried out on the most critically failed sections of the
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A member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Grace Chalya Silas, has been stabbed to death by criminals suspected to be armed robbers in Kaduna State.The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, who confirmed the incident, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday.According
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council has continued to be divided as members again disagreed on the proposed humanitarian pause in the ongoing war between Gaza and Israel on Wednesday.The resolution, which proposed a humanitarian pause to deliver aid to people in Gaza, was vetoed by the United States, leading
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Minister of defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has expressed the willingness of the Federal Government of Nigeria to deepen defence collaboration with the government of India.The minister stated this when he received the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Balasubramanian, at the Ship House, Abuja.In a statement by the Director Press,
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