President Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebrates the 61st birthday of the President of the 10th Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, CON, on December 9, 2023.Celebrating the political leader whose antecedents and achievements continue to attract recognition at home and abroad, President Tinubu affirms the outstanding leadership qualities of the former Governor of
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Members of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) have visited the Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, over the tragic accidental bombing of villagers at Tudun Biri community in the Igabi local government area of the state to sympathise with the state government.The Northern Senators also jointly donated the sum of N58
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FIFA on Saturday confirmed that three bids to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027 had been lodged “across three confederations” before the bidding process closed.From Europe comes a joint bid between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, while Mexico and the United States also teamed up as they submitted another
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Following a raid by a group of bandits in Kidandan community in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, locals in their numbers have moved out of their ancestral homes.The bandits reportedly spent hours shooting sporadically, killing some of the community members before abducting a number of them.According to a
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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dismissed the purported plot by the party and Kwankwasiya Movement to occupy the Supreme Court and foreign missions in Nigeria as a figment of the imagination of the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Democracy and its sponsors, the All Progressives Congress (APC).A
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The registrar and chief executive officer of the National Examination Council, NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, has unveiled the NECO e-verify App for verification and confirmation of students, and the 70 vehicles acquired by the council for logistics, to enable the smooth conduct of its examinations in the country.He reiterated
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The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has directed banks and other financial institutions to disconnect switches, payment solution service providers, and super agents from its Instant Payment Outwards System (fund transfer channels).NIBSS disclosed this in a circular dated December 5, 2023, with Ref: NIBSS/BD/NI/PO/005/051223 to Deposit Money Banks, merchant banks,
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Ya’u Jatau, the husband of Rhoda, the Bauchi woman who was detained for 18 months in prison for alleged blasphemy, has expressed joy over the release of his wife.Rhoda regained her freedom on Friday after being held in prison custody for 18 months for condemning the killing of Samuel Deborah
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Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, has asked Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State and his chief security officer to point out where the Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto, ordered the retrieval of 50 vehicles in its judgement.This was contained in a statement by Matawalle’s spokesman, Ibrahim Dosara,
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by detained Nnamdi Kanu, have expressed readiness to receive their leader on December 15, 2023, believing that the Supreme Court would deliver a favourable judgement.The group strongly maintained that Kanu did not commit any crime, both locally and internationally, and should not have
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