The Labour Party, LP, caretaker committee set up by stakeholders has announced plans to appeal Tuesday’s judgment affirming Julius Abure as the National Chairman.The move comes a few hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declared the contentious national convention that returned him and his National Working Committee
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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has refuted claims that citizens are required to obtain permission from the Agency before using the National Anthem.Paul Odenyi, the Deputy Director of Press at the agency, made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday.The statement reads: “The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has dismissed as
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Covenant University has once again secured the Nigeria No 1 spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025.The ranking, which evaluates universities across various performance metrics, placed the Ota, Ogun state-based institution ahead of other leading Nigerian universities, reaffirming its position as a model in university education.On the
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President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).The UICC on Tuesday announced the election of the former First Lady of Kebbi State as its president-elect for the 2024-2026 term.Dr Zainab who is from Nigeria is the first
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The Federal Government announced on Tuesday that a consortium of South Korean investors is set to build four refineries in Nigeria, each with a capacity of 100,000 barrels.This development was revealed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, during the inaugural summit organized by the Crude Oil
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Wednesday increased the official pump price in its retail outlets to N1,030 per litre in Abuja from the N897 it announced on September 3.With the latest price adjustment, it means that in the less than 17 months of the current administration, the price
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday departed Abuja for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation.The vacation is “part of his yearly leave,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement he signed Wednesday.The statement was titled ‘President Tinubu goes on annual leave.’“He will
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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has announced a ban on United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering Israel.The announcement was made via Katz’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter.The decision follows what Katz described as Guterres’ failure to condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel.The attack was reportedly in retaliation
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4, 2024, as public holidays to allow residents travel to their communities and fully participate in the Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday, October 5.In addition, the Governor announced a restriction on vehicular movement from midnight on
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The 10th House of Representatives has alleged discrimination in the conferment of national honours on the leadership of the National Assembly and rejected the conferment of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the occasion of the 64th
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