Category: News
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Alleged Insubordination: MC Oluomo Replies NURTW National Body
The chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has replied the query of the national body of the union over alleged insubordination. Akinsanya, in a letter, addressed to the union’s national headquarters expressed commitment to the laws guiding the union’s operations and vowed…
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Just In: President Buhari Approves N3.5 Billion For Evacuation of Stranded Nigerians From Ukraine
President Muhammadu Buhari , has approved N3, 535,150,000 ($8.5million) for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, announced the approval on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council meeting, the minister said the money was to evacuate at least 500 nationals…
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APGA Chieftain Berates Soludo Over Online Recruitment of Political Appointees, as ‘22,000 Applications’ Received
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra State, has berated the recruitment method for political appointees of governor-elect of the state, Professor Chukwuma Soludo. The former CBN governor had asked political appointees who would want to serve in his government to apply online. Some leaders of the party have reportedly rejected…
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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: World Court Fixes Hearing Date
Reuters The World Court on Tuesday said it will hold hearings on March 7-8 on whether to order “provisional measures” in a lawsuit brought by Ukraine against Russia seeking a halt to Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine. The U.N. court said in a statement it had sent Russia an urgent communication to prepare in case…
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Four Years After Languishing in Lagos Prison, Arabic Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault Discharged, Acquitted
Four years after languishing in detention, an Arabic part time teacher, Anisere Sulaimon, has been discharged and acquitted by Ikeja High Court in Lagos over alleged defilement and sexual assault filed against him. Justice RA Oshodi held that there was no prima facie case against Sulaimon, who was a final year student of the Adeniran…
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Strike: FG Reveals Billions of Naira Paid as Earned Allowances, Revatalisation To Public Universities
The Nation The Federal Government has said it had paid over N92 billion as earned allowances and revitalisation fee to government-owned universities across the country. The government also said it is not opposed to an upwards adjustment of the salaries of university teachers, despite the nation’s lean resources. But it stressed that due process must…
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Russian Attack hits Kyiv Television Tower, Ukrainian Official says
Major Updates on ongoing assault on Ukraine cities by Russian Forces A huge Russian military convoy is edging closer to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, where an alleged Russian attack has struck a television tower. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine and appealed for the European Union to admit his country as…
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Flash: Lawmakers Pass Bill On Independent Candidacy
The red chamber on Tuesday passed Bill number 58 which seeks to allow independent candidates to contest for elective positions. The lawmakers however threw out a bill seeking to allow Nigerians in Diaspora to vote during elections. However, a Bill which seeks to provide for the election of Mayor for the Federal Capital Territory was…
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Ukraine Reportedly Offers Each ‘Willing-To-Surrender’ Russian Soldier $40,000
Ukraine on Tuesday offered Russian soldiers money and promised them immunity from punishment if they surrender. “Make your decision. Come out without weapon, with a white flag,” Defence Minister Oleksii Resnikov wrote on Facebook.’’ Each soldier was being offered the equivalent of more than $40,000.The campaign was reportedly being financed by the international IT industry.…
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Tinubu, Aregbesola Move To Close Rank
Vanguard There were strong indications last night that the feud between the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, might be over earlier than it could be imagined. Highly placed sources privy to the reconciliation efforts revealed that concerned stakeholders in Yorubaland, the ruling…