Following the commencement of an impeachment notice against deputy governor Philip Shaibu by the Edo State House of Assembly, the embattled deputy governor, who is currently having a running political battle with Governor Godwin Obaseki, has approached the court in Abuja to obtain a restraining order against the impeachment move. The
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Over 260,000 candidates have written this year's Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock UTME) across 793 computer-based test (CBT) centres in Nigeria.The registrar/chief executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made this known after monitoring the examination yesterday in some centres in Abuja.Oloyede, who expressed
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The chairman and chief executive officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen. Mohamed Marwa (rtd), has commended the British government for offering to undertake the provision of a headquarters house and personnel accommodation for the marine unit of the anti-narcotics body at the Eko Atlantic City
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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the N200 billion spent on the suspended 2023 Population and Housing Census to determine how the huge sum was utilised and managed.This resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Clement Akanni from Osun at plenary yesterday.Moving the motion, Akanni
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has justified the interception and arrest of 21 trucks loaded with food items allegedly being smuggled into neighbouring countries. The commission described the act as economic sabotage.The justification was made in Abuja yesterday by the spokesperson of the commission, Dele Oyewale, who fielded
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Nigeria has become the first country to receive the new MenFive vaccine from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, with a shipment delivered by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).Gavi, in a statement made available to journalists said the doses will be used to respond to an on-going meningococcus C outbreak, targeting
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project is 95 percent complete and will be ready for inauguration in May.Wike, who stated this on Wednesday when the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand, visited him in Abuja, explained
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President Bola Tinubu has given policy directives to improve the investment climate and position Nigeria as the preferred investment destination for the oil & gas sector in Africa.Specifically, following extensive engagements, analyses and benchmarking with other jurisdictions, the President has initiated the amendment of primary legislation to introduce fiscal incentives
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The Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, says he is “deeply concerned about the deteriorating electricity supply across the country” and has thus summoned the chief executives of three electricity companies to a “crucial meeting.”Mr. Adelabu, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, said he has summoned “the Chief
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The Senate has ordered the service chiefs to end the killings in Benue State communities.The Senate told the service chiefs including the Inspector General of Police, and other security agencies to as a matter of urgency deploy security personnel to address the continuing and ongoing attacks in Benue communities by
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