Year: 2024
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Tinubu’s Minister Clears Air Over Alleged ‘Re-budget’ of N200b Project Executed by Buhari
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake is fighting to clear his name following allegation that he has budgeted N200b for a project executed by the previous government of Muhammadu Buhari. The allegation came to the fore during the one year scorecards being reeled out by ministers in the government of Bola Tinubu. Tinubu…
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Flash: Scores of Worshippers Feared Dead in Lagos Mosque Collapse (Photos)
Scores of worshippers feared dead on Sunday afternoon when a mosque collapsed in Papa Ajao area of Lagos State. The mosque collapsed during afternoon prayer (ZHUR) , The Nation learnt. Many dead and injured bodies have been moved from the rubbles with many more feared trapped.
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FG Drags Governors To Court Over Alleged Maladministration
The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas, LGAs. FG, in the suit marked: SC/CV/343/2024, which was filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef…
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Just In: Former EFCC Chairman is Dead
The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde died about three hours ago of kidney stone. It was learnt he gave up in a hospital in Egypt during a procedure to remove the stone. His remains will be flown to Nigeria on Monday, May 27, for burial in line…
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Varsity Student Dies After ‘Long Hours’ Beating Over Phone Theft, Suspect Expelled
Punch Newspaper A yet-to-be-identified male student of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, in Oyo State, has allegedly been clubbed to death inside a hostel known as Shepherd Inn on the school premises by a group of other students for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. PUNCH Online gathered that the deceased was also said to have…
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FG Starving Nigerian Lecturers – ASUU Cries Out
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), said Nigerian academics had their last pay review in 2009, saying that this had led to the pauperisation of academics in Nigeria compared to their counterparts elsewhere across the world. The Zonal Coordinator of the Ibadan Zone of ASUU, Prof Oyebamiji Oyegoke, disclosed to journalists at a press…
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New Kano Emir, Sanusi States President Tinubu’s Position on Emirship Tussle
The new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not stand in the way of his reinstatement by the Kano State government. According to Sanusi, the President resisted the pressure of using federal might to stand in the way of his reinstatement and instead, chose to ensure law…
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Just In: Deposed Emir Ado Bayero returns to Kano
Punch Newspaper The deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has arrived in the ancient city. The whereabouts of the monarch had been unknown since he was deposed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday. The state House of Assembly repealed the law that ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had signed on December 5, 2019. After signing…
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FG Lists Eligibilities For Students Loan Application
The federal government has said convicted certificate forgers, drug offenders, and cultists, amongst others, are not eligible for the federal government’s student loan scheme. Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was disclosed in a post by the administrator of the student loan scheme on its official X handle on Friday. The post addresses some of the…
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ICJ Orders Isreal To Halt Rafah Military Offensive in Gaza (Video)
The head of the International Court of Justice, rendered a decision on South Africa’s request to halt Israel’s military offensive in Rafah. The lead judge Nawaf Salam made the order on Friday at the Hague. With a vote of 13 in favor and 2 against, the International Court of Justice orders Israel to immediately cease…