The former Kaduna State governor and ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed that he will not be attending the NEC meeting. Speaking on Arise Television’s ‘PrimeTime’ show on Monday night, El-Rufai cited lack of proper notification as his reason for absence.“Unfortunately, I will not be [at
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The Federal Government has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) training program aimed at equipping 6,000 selected senior secondary school teachers from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.Organized by the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), this initiative intends to incorporate AI into the educational framework, improving teaching methodologies
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Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.4 percent in 2024 representing a 0.66 percentage point year-on-year( YoY) growth when compared to 2.74 percent recorded in 2023.The improvement in GDP growth in 2024, followed the 3.84 per cent growth recorded in the fourth quarter, Q4’24, which represents 0.38 percentage points
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The senate has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of frustrating its efforts to investigate the N30 trillion ways and means facility granted to the federal government.Ways and means is a loan facility through which the CBN finances the federal government’s budget shortfalls.The N30 trillion ways and means facility
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, adjourned the money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to March 6 and 7, 2025, to continue the trial.The court adjourned after the prosecution counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, called
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The Rivers State caucus in the National Assembly has reminded Hon. Martins Amaewhule and 26 other members of the State House of Assembly that they lost their seats after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, leader of the
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, has been asked to declare the Delta North Senatorial seat vacant, after the defection of Senator Ned Nwoko to the All Progressives Congress, APC.In a suit marked FCH/ABJ/CS/325/2025, the court was also asked to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a
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The Chairman and chief executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brigadier General Muhammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has disclosed that the 2018 National Drug Use Survey conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed that 14.3 million Nigerians aged 15–64 use psychoactive substances.Marwa said
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The President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has enough Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, in storage to sufficiently meet the local needs of Nigeria.Speaking at the weekend, Dangote disclosed that the oil refinery has “more than half a billion litres
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The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council on Monday played down the recent decision of the Ministry of Interior to scrap the Visa-on-Arrival policy, which seems to be generating mixed reactions among investors and the international community.Recall that, on Friday the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, revealed plans to discontinue
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