There was mild drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday when officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) briefly seized and later released the international passport of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Senator) who was travelling out of the country for what she described as “a one-week break.”The incident, which
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President Bola Tinubu has requested that the National Assembly approve a new ₦1.15 trillion loan from the domestic market to help cover part of the deficit in the 2025 national budget.The request, contained in a letter from the president, was read by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during Tuesday’s plenary.Tinubu stated
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President Bola Tinubu has asked for the confirmation of Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and current Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Enugu State, as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The president’s request for Udeh’s confirmation was contained in a letter addressed to Senate
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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has again appealsed to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to enter his defence in the ongoing alleged terrorism offences.The Judge told Kanu the implication of his continuous refusal to open his defence on Tuesday,
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday departed the nation’s capital, Abuja, for Brazil to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 30th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference tagged COP 30 holding in the South American country.The summit convened by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in collaboration with
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