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President Bola Tinubu has nominated Abbas Balarabe for a ministerial post to replace former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. Tinubu’s choice was made known in a letter to the Senate which was read on Tuesday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the plenary on Tuesday when he read a letter from. Others also nominated included Dr Jamila Ibrahaim …

Nigeria has ousted Libya, and Angola to regain its position as Africa’s top crude oil producer for October. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disclosed this in its monthly oil market report released on Monday. The oil production figures aside from condensate production from the top four oil producers in Africa were stated below: · Nigeria – 1.35 million …

The House of Representatives has moved to recover the N10 trillion pension fund loaned to the Federal Government. This followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by the lawmaker from Bauchi State, Aliyu Misau, at Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja. In his presentation, Misau said the Retirement Saving Accounts (RSAs) are the lifelines that pensioners rely upon to cater to their …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says arrangements have been concluded to conduct its 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with the Computer Based Test (CBT). This was made known in a statement issued by the WAEC Acting Head, Pubic Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, on Monday, November 13, 2023. Adesina noted that the innovation will begin with the 2024 …

Gunmen on Sunday night abducted the Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar, Prof. Patrick Egaga. Egaga, who is a professor at the Department of Special Education at the university, was abducted at the institution’s staff quarters. The gunmen were said to have whisked the lecturer away through the river that overlooked the staff quarters. The spokesperson for the …

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in the Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, on Friday drew the attention of the state government to the expiration of the 21 days ultimatum on its demands. The association had on August 9 suspended its two-day strike ordered by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). It also gave the government a 21-day …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has pleaded with Nigerians to persevere with President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the current economic situation. Ooni made the appeal during the visitation to his family compound as the grand finale of the Olojo Annual Festival at the Oketase area of Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Monday, October 2, 2023. The monarch stated that …

Police operatives in Bauchi on Thursday killed three suspected kidnappers and arrested 12 others in the Burra Community of Ningi local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Bauchi, said the operatives rescued 10 kidnapped victims and recovered weapons, cash, and animals in the …

Police operatives in Katsina have arrested 15 suspects for alleged kidnapping, fraud, and other crimes in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Katsina, said four among the suspects were members of a notorious kidnap-for-ransom syndicate arrested in April. The operatives also arrested a 30-year-old suspected kidnapper …

Jude Bellingham scored a late winner to help Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday. The English midfieldee settled the encounter with a stoppage-time winner at the Santiago Bernabeu. Former Real striker Borja Mayoral had given the visitors a shock lead on 11 minutes before Joselu equalised early in the second half and Bellingham sealed it. Read …