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Feb 19, 2020

UPDATE: Buhari replaces Nunieh with Pondei as NDDC Acting MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has reorganised the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), replacing Barr Joy Nunieh wi...

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Feb 19, 2020

BREAKING: Abraham Ngobere emerges new Bayelsa Speaker

The Deputy Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Abraham Ngobere, has been confirmed the new Speaker of the Assembly. This coming after the Speaker...

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Feb 19, 2020

BREAKING: Buhari replaces Nunieh with Pondei as NDDC Acting MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has reorganised the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), replacing Barr Joy Nunieh wi...

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Feb 19, 2020

JUST IN: Actress Patience Oseni dies

Nollywood Actress Patience Oseni has passed on. She died on Monday, February 17, 2020 in Calabar, Cross River State, following a battle with stroke and weigh...

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Feb 19, 2020

We’re winning war against corruption, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has again declared that his administration was winning the war against corruption in the country. He said the successes recorded s...

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Feb 19, 2020

FIRS orders deduction of stamp duty, CIT, others from source

There is no more hiding place for government contractors in the payment of Stamp Duty, Withholding Tax and Company Income Tax (CIT). “Revenue collecting agen...

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Feb 19, 2020

FG selects 6 states for pilot Open Schooling Programme

The Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase of its Open Schooling Programme (OSP). OSP which was launched in early 2019 is an...

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Feb 18, 2020

BREAKING: Senate confirms Capt. Nuhu as DG NCAA

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu for appointment as the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NC...

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Feb 18, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court adjourns review of Zamfara judgment to March 2

The Supreme Court has rescheduled hearing for March 2 this year in the motion by the Abdul’aziz Yari faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara S...

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Feb 18, 2020

BREAKING: Supreme Court shelves hearing of Ihedioha’s application *Adjourns till March 2

The Supreme Court has adjourned hearing till March 2 this year in the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and sacked Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihe...

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Feb 18, 2020

Lalong, SAN, others endorse community policing

Former Dean,Faculty of Law, University of Jos, Prof. Dakas CJ Dakas, has identified community policing as key to enduring security in the country. He told The...

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Feb 18, 2020

Illiteracy in North threat to peace, says Emir Sanusi - Masari: education panacea to banditry - Lawan: 14m out-of-school kids dangerous for the country

EMIR of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II has challenged leaders in the North to change the education narrative so as to save the region and the country. Katsina State...

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Feb 17, 2020

BREAKING: Court orders arrest of ex-Customs boss, Dikko

A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko...

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Feb 17, 2020

BREAKING: Court bars INEC from deregistering 31 political parties

Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from deregistering 31 political parties....

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Feb 17, 2020

BREAKING: Protesters demand suspension of Oluwo

Residents of Ogbagba have stormed Osun State Secretariat, Abere Osun State to protest the alleged beating of their monarch, Agbowu of Ogbagba, Oba Dhikirulahi O...

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Feb 17, 2020

US threatens to withdraw $380 Abacha loot

The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308million looted and stashed abroad by former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, i...

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Feb 17, 2020

Fresh Bayelsa gov poll: INEC rejects APC’s request, party heads for Supreme Court

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday ruled out any fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State as requested by the All Progressives Congress...

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Feb 14, 2020

[BREAKING] Bayelsa: APC going to court over Douye Diri, says Oshiomhole

The All Progressives Congress, on Friday, rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a Certificate of Return to the candida...

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Feb 14, 2020

BREAKING: Bayelsa gov-elect to be inaugurated today

The stage is set for the inauguration of the Bayelsa State governor-elect, Senator Douye Diri, in the Government House, Yenagoa, today (Friday). The Supreme...

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Feb 14, 2020

BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly passes Amotekun bill

Ekiti House of Assembly on Friday passed the Ekiti State Security Network Agency bill 2020 code-named Amotekun. This House decision followed the adoption of...

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