The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said there was no order restraining Senator David Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from acting as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary.The ADC in its statement declared that Honourable Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court refused the ex parte application filed
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Barely 48 hours after the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) suspended its strike action, the union has alleged that the management of the Dangote Refinery had reneged on the resolutions reached.In a statement jointly signed by its President and General Secretary, Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale,
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Traditional rulers in the South East have strongly condemned the coronation of individuals as Eze Ndigbo or Obi of Igbo outside Igboland, insisting that such practice is alien to Igbo culture and tradition.Reacting to the recent action of a self-acclaimed Obi of Lagos, Chairman of the Imo State Council of
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The Federal Government has revoked the 5% excise tax previously imposed on telecommunications services in Nigeria, with the step expected to ease cost pressures for millions of mobile users.Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu directed the removal of the tax
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced one of the two Ansaru leaders recently captured by the Department of State Services (DSS), Mahmud Muhammed Usman, aka Abu Bara’a, to 15 years for illegal mining.Bara’a, who hails from the Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, and Abubakar
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