Category: News
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Just In: Former CBN Governor, Soludo Takes Oath of Office as Anambra Governor (Photos+Video)
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo has been sworn in as the fifth governor of Anambra State in a low-key event that took place at the Government House on Thursday. Soludo took over from Willie Obiano, he took the oath of office alongside his deputy, Onyeka Ibezim.There was heavy security…
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Popular Online Store, Konga Drags Man To Court For Allegedly Stealing Goods Worth Over N22 Million For 8 Years
Popular online store, Konga has dragged a 39-year-old man, Chijioke Okoro, before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ikeja, for allegedly stealing N22,046,695 worth of goods. It’s gathered that Okoro tricked the online company between October 2013 and August 2021 in Akilo, in the Ogba area of the state. He was arraigned on two counts…
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Flash: APC Cancels NEC Meeting
The National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been cancelled. The Secretary of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, announced this in a statement. The terse statement reads: “As directed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning (CECPC)…
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PDP Presidential Aspirants To Cough Out N40 Million To Obtain Interest Forms
Following its National Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party has pegged its nomination and expression of interest forms for presidential aspirants at N40m. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this to Correspondents shortly after the conclusion of the NEC meeting on Wednesday evening at its national secretariat, Abuja. For governorship…
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Davido To Give N20 Million To 20 Business Owners
Globally celebrated Nigerian musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed plans to donate N20m to 20 business owners. The OBO made the gesture known via his Twitter page on Wednesday. The popstar artiste called on business owners to send their well articulated ideas to him. “Nigeria is hard right now. Let’s give N20m…
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Why KWASU Is Not Participating in ASUU’s Strike, Salahu
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete chapter said members of the union in the institution are unable to participate in the ongoing strike owing to to some peculiar challenges the body is going through. The refusal to join the strike by the KWASU chapter had generated mixed reactions within…
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Reps Considers Bill To Secure Automatic Employment For First Class Graduates
The House of Representatives is considering bill to secure automatic employment for first class graduates from various Nigerian tertiary institutions. The lower chamber believes this will serve as morale booster for Nigerian students and enable graduates to maximize their potential. Representative Chinedu Martins, who moved the motion on Wednesday, said this will address the concerns…
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Kyari Accuses NDLEA Of Assisting Drug Traffickers, Demands Apology In Two National Dailies
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari has accused the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of assisting drug traffickers. Suspended Kyari added that a corrupt NDLEA officer framed him after he went to demand compensation for a whistle-blower who provided information that led to the arrest of a suspect by the IRT. He made…
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Latest Updates On Russia-Ukraine War
Explosions in Central Kyiv –Explosions rock Central Kyiv as Russia intensifies its attack on the capital, which is under a 35-hour curfew due to what its mayor called a “difficult and dangerous moment”. Two residential buildings were damaged and two people wounded, emergency services say. – Strikes on Southern train station –Russian strikes also target…
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Ukraine Not Joining NATO ‘Any Time Soon’, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that Ukraine is not joining NATO “any time soon,” following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s acknowledgement that Ukraine would not become part of the Western military alliance, the Associated Press reports. Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has long expressed worries over Ukraine’s NATO aspirations as a threat to Russia, something the…