President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every official and public engagement.This is to ensure absolute respect for the national symbols, strengthen allegiance and fidelity to the country, and preserve Nigeria’s ethos and defining character.Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of
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At least four people died on Wednesday while watching the semi-final match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d'Ivoire.The deceased include a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Cairo Ojougboh, Deputy
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The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to see reasons and not embark on a nationwide strike.Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, said it was not in the Federal Government’s interest for labour to continue embarking on
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President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of 3,112 pilot housing project under the Renewed Hope Housing Scheme in the Karsana area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The president, in his keynote address, emphasised the importance of housing to mankind and analysed it as a fundamental right that every
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The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are currently in Abuja, Nigeria, to deliberate on critical regional issues following the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and the Niger Republic from the regional body.The meeting is expected to address the implications of the withdrawal and
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Nigeria's Super Eagles will face the host nation, Cote d'Ivoire, at the final of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara.The teams, which were grouped in the tournament’s Group A, met at the group stage match, which Nigeria won
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Former Vice President and the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Cairo Ojuogboh, a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Executive Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).Ojuogboh tragically collapsed and passed away while
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has moved against persons issuing invoices in dollars and mutilating the naira.The move is in a bid to prevent the free fall of the Nigerian currency, the naira.EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday.Oyewale also revealed that the commission has
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to pay a fine of N5 million over the unlawful arrest and detention of an Abuja-based commercial driver, Sanusi Shuaib.The court ordered that the N5 million must be paid to the detainee, while it also ordered
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The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, to explain measures being put in place to keep the peace in the FCT.Also summoned by the House at the plenary presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abass we’re the National Security Adviser, Malam
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