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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed seven new ministers into his cabinet. They are Ambassador Bianca Odimegwu Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Sir Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; and Jumoke Oduwole, ex-Executive Secretary to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, as Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Others…
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President Bola Tinubu has sacked five ministers from his cabinet. The affected ministers are Uju Kennedy- Ohanenye, minister of women affairs; Lola Ade- John, the minister of tourism; and Jamila Bio Ibrahim, minister of youth development. Tahir Mamman was also relieved of his duty as the minister of education while Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo was let…
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President Bola Tinubu during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has dissolved both the Ministry of Niger Delta and the Ministry of Sports Development. The National Sports Commission (NSC) will now assume the duties previously managed by the sports ministry. Additionally, the FEC has approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of…
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THE Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, yesterday, disclosed that over 352 facilities including religious houses have been shut down across various parts of the state in the last year over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The General Manager of LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed this in his office, Ikeja, while giving one year…
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Former Nigeria Football Federation president and member of the FIFA Council, Amaju Pinnick spoke for Nigeria at the hearing of the Libya – Nigeria case in Addis Ababa on Tuesday. Libya on the other hand was represented by Abdul Hakim Al-Shalmani, a CAF Executive member and former president of the Libya Football Federation. Pinnick accused…
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JERUSALEM, Oct 19 (Reuters) – A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday, his spokesman said, adding that the premier was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties. Earlier, the Israeli military said that a drone was launched from Lebanon and…
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National Grid suffers a major setback. https://x.com/NationalGridNg/status/1847544336705057026
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Niger bans grain exports to Nigeria, other non-members of ASS Niger’s military authorities have banned rice, cereal and other food exports to all countries except fellow Alliance of Sahel States (ASS) members to protect local supply, the government has said. ASS is a confederation formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso as a mutual defence…
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The United States has imposed sanctions on two China-based drone suppliers and their alleged Russian partners, the first time it has penalized Chinese companies for supplying complete weapons systems to Russia for its war in Ukraine. Washington has long accused China of supporting Russia’s war effort by supplying dual-use goods and components that could be…