President Bola Tinubu is expected in Abia State on the 24th of this month to commission the Geometric Power Company Ltd. plant in Aba.On December 29, President Tinubu, through Vice President Kashim Shettima, unveiled the Peace in South-East Project, initiated by House of Representatives deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu in Bende.The
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Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced the trio of Aisha Alkali Wakil (aka Mama Boko Haram), Tahiru Saidu Daura, and Prince Lawal Soyade to 10 years imprisonment.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement
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The Fulani Youth Association of Nigeria (FUYAN) has decried the continued detention of Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, the president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani sociocultural organisation in the country, describing it as illegal and unconstitutional.Addressing newsmen in Kano, yesterday, Ambassador Mohammed Tasiu Suleiman, spokesman of the group, who
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Nigeria’s crude oil production marginally dropped in January 2024 compared to what it was in December 2023.The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Nigeria’s crude production dropped from 1.422 million barrels per day in December to 1.419mbpd in January, decreasing by 3,000bpd, according to secondary sources.This was contained in OPEC’s
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A combined team of security operatives comprising the police and Ahmed Ali Kwara Hunters Squad has aborted a kidnapping plot in Giade, Giade local government area of Bauchi State, and killed five of the criminals.The neutralised kidnappers met their waterloo when they invaded Giade on a mission to abduct some
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Youths in Sokoto have protested against the high cost of living in Nigeria.The protesters took off in the Tudun Wada area of the state, marched through Emir Yahaya Road, and terminated the protest in front of Government House.Chanting "Beans is expensive," "Maize is expensive," and "Fuel is expensive", with
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Over 100 houses have been burned in a reprisal attack by suspected herdsmen on the Gurjaja community in the Fika local government of Yobe State.Witnesses said the herdsmen first attacked the residents of the community, killed one Abubakar Usman, and burned several houses.An official source said two weeks ago, some
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President Bola Tinubu has awarded the members of the Super Eagles national team and their officials the prestigious national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) for their impressive performance at the just-concluded 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament held in Cote d’Ivoire.In further recognition of
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially announced the appointment of a former President of the Senate, Adolphus Wabara, as the substantive chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).In a strategic move to bolster the party’s leadership, former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, has also been appointed as
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Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo
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