Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe House of Representatives will begin the 2025 budget defence session with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) today (Tuesday) January 7, 2025.According to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, the harmonisation of reports from the exercise will take place on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The
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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested the proprietor of Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari Area Council, Adamu Ashimu, following an Improvised Explosive Device explosion that occurred at the school premises on Monday.The incident, which took place around 11 am, involved an IED allegedly brought
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President Bola Tinubu has approved $20,000 foreign medical treatment, bullet-proof SUVs and cooks, among other benefits, as a retirement package for service chiefs and generals, Punch reports.According to the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers and Enlisted Personnel in the Nigerian Armed Forces, signed by President Bola Tinubu
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, January 6, left for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to explain how the funds budgeted for the repairs of the Nigerian refineries were spent.SERAP is specifically asking the organisation to account for the whereabouts
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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued four kidnapped victims after the operatives received a distress call reporting their abduction in Umuokanne, Ohaji LGA, Imo State.Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the operation was carried out on Saturday, January 4, 2025, after the operatives received a distress call and
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Okoro K., AbujaThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, in her mansion in the Okota area of Lagos, following the interception of a truckload of illicit drug consignment from her
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced a new initiative, known as WASSCE PC1, to allow students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January and February 2025.Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi, while answering questions on JoyNews’ AM Show on Tuesday, December 31,
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Okoroafor A., LagosThe Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed a total of N23 billion to several individuals and 128 tertiary institutions in Nigeria.Speaking in Lagos recently, Akintunde Sawyerr, managing director, NELFUND, disclosed that N18 billion has been channelled to the institutions while about N5 billion has been disbursed for
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Anietie Udobit, PHA group of elders in Rivers State, under the aegis of Concerned Elders of Rivers State, have called for an unreserved apology from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, following his recent derogatory remarks aimed at former Governor Peter Odili, a respected elder statesman
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