Category: Politics
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Since then, more than 4,300 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed in relentless Israeli bombardments, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. Israeli troops on Saturday raided the West Bank home of a senior Hamas leader and detained members of his family, witnesses said. Saleh al-Aruri is the deputy to Hamas’ overall leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and…
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Nigerian activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan is over the moon as Davido surprises him with a luxurious apartment. In a trending video, he flaunted the interior of the apartment and showered accolades on Davido for the kind gesture. According to him, Davido promised to make his life in Lagos enjoyable, the reason he…
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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 General election, Atiku Abubakar has described President Bola Tinubu as a serial forger and liar. The former Vice President, in a statement signed on Sunday, by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said the world knows President Tinubu as a forger-in-chief on account of…
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The Trade Union Congress on Saturday said the suspension of its October 1 nationwide strike was a temporary move. It noted that it remained conditional upon the fulfillment of the promise by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to fulfill the conditions enlisted in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Federal Government and the Organised…
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President Bola Tinubu has pulled the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, out of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, effectively paving way for the Nyesom Wike-led FCTA to utilize the territory’s Internally Generated Revenue IGR for the development of the nation’s capital. At a news conference Friday in Abuja, Wike also disclosed that the President has…
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Former minister, Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf, has died aged 76. Yusuf, a former Senator from 1999-2007, died in the early hours of Friday at his residence in Kano after a brief illness. A family member, Alhaji Hussani Dalhatu, confirmed his death to newsmen. He said the late Sardauna of Dutse’s funeral prayer would take place…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed an immediate Action Plan to halt the impending flood crisis nationwide. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, Tinubu, represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, made…
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The Coalition of Ex-agitators of Niger Delta says it is preparing for a showdown with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for allegedly excluding Niger Deltans from the recent award of pipeline maintenance contracts. The ex-militant leaders said it was insensitive and provocative for the NNPCL to award pipeline maintenance contracts to only northern companies.…
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The Senate on Friday, October 6, said it would give the proposed new minimum wage bill from the Executive arm of government expeditious consideration towards ensuring improved welfare for Nigerian workers and industrial harmony in the country. The Chairman Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang (APC – Plateau Central), disclosed this…