The Kano State chapter of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has shut down the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) over its failure to remit their pensions for the past six years.The northwest chairman of the union, Comrade Ado Riruwai, who led the picketing of the company yesterday, said
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The House of Representatives yesterday urged President Bola Tinubu that the country cannot afford to have a director or any official with whatever designation act as Auditor-General of the Federation, considering the importance of the office.The Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, stated this at the unveiling of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
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A former group managing director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, will know his fate on November 1 as the court rules on the suit he filed to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to him $9.8 million in cash seized
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The Director-General (DG) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Professor Mohammed Sambo, has charged the state offices of the agency to ensure that no Nigerian is left uncovered under the health insurance scheme.Sambo, who spoke in Kaduna yesterday when he received the Award of Excellence from the Kaduna State
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The Kebbi State government has commenced vaccination against anthrax disease in nine local government areas of the state.Governor Nasir Idris, who flagged off the exercise yesterday at Ruggar Malam Yaro village in the Dandi local government area, said Kebbi State remained the second-largest state with a large number of animals
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Nigeria's Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Chief Whip of the 10th Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, were engaged in a shouting match and heated exchange of words on Tuesday.According to reports, the shouting row between the two senate leaders was over the conduct of Senator Akpabio, which does not sit
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed in its forecast that South Africa may topple Nigeria as Africa’s biggest economy.According to the IMF World Economic Outlook, South Africa, the most industrialized country on the African continent, is reaching toward achieving $401 gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024.The global financial institution,
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The Kano State Police Command has trained and converted 50 hardened criminals into police constables.The idea behind the development, according to investigations by a newspaper, was to use the repentant criminals against their colleagues who have refused to repent and shun criminal activities.The Commissioner of Police, CP, Mohammed Usaini Gumel,
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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun has announced that President Bola Tinubu's administration has secured $1.5bn zero-interest World Bank loan.Mr Wale Edun, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday.Mr Wale Edun said that
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A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, won the February 25 presidential election and not Bola Tinubu, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Lawal made the declaration in a statement on
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