President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as special adviser on political issues to Vice-President Kashim Shettima.Baba-Ahmed is the elder brother of Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in the February 25 election.Baba-Ahmed,
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Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has claimed her third consecutive title in the women's 100m hurdles at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in the United States.Amusan emerged the winner on Sunday night with a season-best time of 12.33.Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico finished second in 12.38 while American Keni
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The Lagos State Police Command has inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the sudden death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.This was disclosed by the Lagos Commissioner of Police Idowu Owohunwa, at a press conference on Monday, stating that the command will use the powers
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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.Tinubu arrived at the JF Kennedy International Airport in New York at about 6:45pm local time.The President is leading the Nigerian delegation to attend the scheduled events of
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled applications for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon.NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.Muoka said this was part of giving expression to its Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, to encourage the
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EStars, a pioneering esports education provider has partnered with Chrisland group of schools, Nigeria to boost learning, encourage development and cultivation of core skills such as teamwork, creativity, strategic thinking, and problem-solving ability among students in Africa, using online sports.The partnership, which is described as the first of its kind
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The Federal government has launched the National Food System Dashboard, NSFD, saying that it would provide actionable solutions that would facilitate the transformation of food systems in Nigeria.The Minister of Agriculture, Sen. Abubakar Kyari stated this, while launching the board organized by the global alliance for food nutrition at Transcorp
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Jamila Bio Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The president has further approved the nomination of Ayodele Olawande to serve as the Minister of State for Youth, pending his
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed nine Justices of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, September 20, at the main court auditorium of the Supreme Court.This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday, by the Director, Press and Information at
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The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna has climbed to 11,300, the United Nations said in an update on Saturday, citing the Libyan Red Crescent.Another 10,100 people are still missing in the devastated city, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, using
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