Year: 2025
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Tinubu’s Minister Resigns
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s government. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. Prior to his resignation, there has been controversy trailing his certificate said to be obtained from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State as well as the…
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Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Osun LG Funds
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case instituted by the Osun State government challenging the Attorney General of the Federation for withholding local government funds due to the state. Justice Uwani Abba- Aji, who led a seven- man panel of Justices, reserved judgement, to a date that will be communicated to the parties,…
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BREAKING: New acting INEC chair takes over
Punch Newspaper A National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission, May Agbamuche-Mbu, will take over as the Acting Chairman of the Commission. This followed the formal handover of duties by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who is proceeding on a terminal leave. The announcement was made on Tuesday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja during a…
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Warning Strike: ASUU Mobilises Chapters
Punch Newspaper Barring any last-minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday, October 13, 2025, commence a two-week nationwide warning strike to press home its demands from the Federal Government. This was contained in a memo tagged “Strike Bulletin One” sent to all branches and obtained by our correspondent on Monday in…
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CBN Rolls Out Guidelines for POS Operators, Sets Daily Transactions Limit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new set of guidelines for the operations of agent banking in the country. Agent banking is the provision of financial-related services to customers by a third party (agent) on behalf of a licensed deposit taking financial institution or mobile money operator. In a circular signed by…
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FULL LIST: Recent winners of Nobel Medicine Prize
Punch Newspaper Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the past 10 years: 2025: Americans Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi, for research into how the immune system is regulated and kept in check. 2024: US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery…
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Abdul Mahmud: Governor Amuneke is who he is
His is not just ordinary commentary. It is a political satire. A mirror held up to our country, its rulers, people and politics. His is the art of laughter and lament. Kevin Arua, who goes by the nom de guerre, Kevin Black, and the popular Governor Amuneke, an online voice that exposes folly, mocks power,…
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Court rejects Uche Nnaji’s bid to block UNN from releasing academic records
TheCable News A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a request by Uche Nnaji, minister of innovation, science and technology, to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), from releasing his academic records. Hausa Yilwa, the presiding judge, delivered the ruling on September 22, rejecting Nnaji’s application for an injunction. The minister had filed…
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Full list of cars made in Africa
Vanguard News When you think about car manufacturing, Africa might not be the first place that comes to mind. Most people picture Japanese or German factories, or even India’s Tata and Maruti, long before considering anything from Africa. But that’s changing. Across the continent, automakers are rolling out vehicles designed and built for African roads,…
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5 cities that experience sunlight all day
Vanguard News For most people, the sun rises and sets within 24 hours. But in some parts of the world, the sun refuses to go down, sometimes for weeks at a time. This unusual phenomenon, known as the Midnight Sun, occurs near the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, where the tilt of the Earth keeps daylight…