President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart Abuja for Paris, France, for a private visit.Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday titled ‘President Tinubu travels to France.’Although the statement did not state the reasons for the visit,
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Fintech company OPay, has said all accounts not linked with the National Identification Number (NIN) of the owners would be blocked by March 1, 2024.OPay’s Director of Partnerships, Ikponmwosa Odiase, disclosed this during an interactive session with the media in Lagos on Wednesday.Already, the fintech said all its tier 1
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The FCT Police Command has dismissed the alleged bomb explosion in Maitama in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) saying the incident was a result of an overheated metal refuse container activated under intense heat.Social media has been awash with reports of bomb explosions in the area, creating panic and confusion
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President Bola Tinubu has received the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.Blinken, who arrived at the State House at about 6:53 p.m. local time on Tuesday, was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and ushered into the President’s diplomatic room
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja.Obiano faces charges of alleged money laundering involving a staggering sum of N4,008,573,350.The former governor is expected to face nine counts
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Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have rejected the planned sale of Shell’s onshore assets, insisting that the group being speculated to acquire these assets is unknown to it.This was made known in a statement jointly signed by PENGASSAN’s
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has confirmed the registration of oil marketers as its distributors.Dangote Group said on Tuesday that it had registered three associations of marketers in the Nigerian oil sector.In a statement on Tuesday, the Dangote Group listed the marketers as members of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, commended the authorities at the Supreme Court of Nigeria for releasing the Certified True Copy (CTC) of its December 15, 2024 judgment on the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People’s of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Recall that
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The Arochukwu Lawyers Association, the Aro Bar, has elected new executives for the organization.The umbrella organization of lawyers from Arochukwu extraction elected Oscar Chukwuma Okoro, Esq, as the new president in an adjudged peaceful election.Others elected include: Vice Chairman-Dr Nce Njaka Esq, Secretary-Kenneth Ogbonna Esq, Assistant Secretary-Adiele Nnenna Sandra Esq,
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Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Niger State, will graduate 187 first-class degree students in its combined 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 sessions next week.The vice chancellor of the university, Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, disclosed this at a press conference yesterday as part of the activities scheduled for the 31st and 32nd
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