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  Vice President Kashim Shettima, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas, National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda were among the dignitaries who attended the funeral prayer of the late Hajiya Dada, mother of the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in Katsina, Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Among other dignitaries present in Katsina …

  A beauty queen who suffered xenophobic abuse in South Africa and became the subject of a government investigation has told the BBC she will seek therapy over the incident. Miss Adetshina said an “overwhelming feeling” washed over her when she was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina, a finalist in the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, has drawn criticism …

  Pope Francis has arrived in Jakarta, beginning his 45th apostolic journey abroad, in Asia and Oceania. Pope Francis greets journalists aboard the papal flight to Jakarta The flight arrived a few minutes early at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in the Indonesian capital, around 11:19 a.m. local time. The papal flight, operated by ITA-Airways, carrying the Pope and the journalists …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its disappointment over the latest fuel price hike. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has increased the price of its products across its retail outlets from ₦568 to ₦885 per litre. This follows denial by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, that the Federal Government had approved the fuel …

Number of Positions: 5 (in three counties)Job Title: District level Business Development officers, County Wide Sanitation ActivityBased in Lofa (2), Grand Bassa (2), and Rural Monsterrado (1) counties.Reports to: County-level Business Development Advisors*Contingent upon fundingWho we are:Gusceman Business Development and Support Services is a Liberian-owned non-profitcorporation, that is specialized in providing business development and support services toLiberian businesses, national and …

Nigerian police have denied claims made by wanted British national Andrew Wynne that he was not invited for questioning before being declared a wanted person. Police spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi, speaking to reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, said Wynne had been contacted several times and had refused to cooperate. Adejobi said, “He (Wynne) has been contacted several times. He is unknown. …

The Federal Government has initiated legal proceedings against alleged illegal miners arrested in Kogi and Ondo states as part of its ongoing efforts to clean up the mining sector. The arrests followed ‘Operation Hayakin Kogo’, a Mining Marshals-led enforcement operation in Ikah community of Ankpa LGA, Kogi State, which led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals and a Nigerian …

  At its annual general meeting (AGM), MultiChoice shareholders expressed their disappointment with the remuneration of the company’s executives and non-executive directors. Remuneration issues were the most controversial votes at the meeting held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. In the vote on the approval of the company’s remuneration policy, 17.89% of the total issued shares abstained, while 6.36% of the …

Former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has come under heavy criticism after he mocked the Governor Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy, because they have no children. Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North in the Senate, made the disparaging comments on Sunday while reacting to remarks attributed to Betsy. The Edo First Lady has allegedly claimed at a forum in the …

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday night attacked Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of ​​Yobe State and killed several people. State police spokesman Dungus Abdulkarim confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday in Damaturu. He said the incident was reported to the Tarmuwa Division Police Office by local residents, Babagana Goni and Bako Ibrahim. The spokesman added …