Finidi George, Head coach of the Super Eagles, says his immediate task and priority is to qualify the nation for the 2026 World Cup slated for Canada, Mexico and U.S. The News Agency...
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INEC announces resumption of Continuous Voter Registration in Edo, Ondo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo and Ondo states, to enable eligible citizens who are not registered voters to do so. The...
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Electricity tariff: New tariff capable of destroying nation’s economy – NLC
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), in Kebbi State says the increase in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), is “capable of destroying the economic prosperity of the nation”. The state Chairman...
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Rivers lawmakers who defected to APC have lost their seats – Falana
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, says that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, last year, have forfeited...
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President Tinubu launches OAFLAD’s #WeAreEqual Campaign, says education key to Gender Equality
By David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday launched the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) #WeAreEqual campaign in Nigeria, joining 15 other African countries in the initiative. The campaign focuses...
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Tinubu congratulates Republic of Chad’s President-Elect, Mahamat Deby on election victory
President Bola Tinubu extends his warm congratulations to the President-Elect of the Republic of Chad, Mahamat Déby, on his election victory. President Tinubu affirms that the successful conduct of elections in the nation...
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Kogi gov’ship: INEC, APC, Ododo ask tribunal to dismiss SDP’s petition
By Taiye Agbaje INEC on Monday prayed the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against the...
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Gov Fubara orders relocation of Rivers Assembly sitting to Govt House
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has ordered the temporary relocation of the State House of Assembly to the Government House Auditorium, citing safety concerns after a fire incident damaged the assembly complex. According...
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Rivers crisis: Court bars Amaewhule, 24 others from parading as lawmakers
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has barred the Speaker of the state Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the other 24 lawmakers...
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President Tinubu confers Awujale, GCON, second highest national honour @ 90 (Full text of the speech)
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU AS READ BY VP KASHIM SHETTIMA ON THE OCCASION OF 90TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF HRM OBA SIKIRU KAYODE ADETONA, THE AWUJALE OF IJEBULAND ON MAY 10, 2024 ...
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