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Angola has expressed interest in improving trading with Nigeria, saying that it would continue to push for improvement of bilateral relations. Amb. José Bamóquina Zau, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Angola to Nigeria, Benin, and Niger, said this at the 48th independence anniversary ceremony of the country on Friday night in Abuja. He said the 48 years of independence of …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Sen. Dino Melaye, has raised an alarm saying that result sheets in all the polling units located in Ogori/Magongo local government area of the state have been allegedly tampered with. Melaye who disclosed this in a video on Saturday, claimed the development led to massive protests in the …

President Bola Tinubu has recalled Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Isola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, confirmed the envoy’s recall in a letter dated August 31 and made available to journalists on Friday. Former President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Isola as Nigeria’s high commissioner to the UK in January 2021. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints 32-year-old Halilu …

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Nigerian govt waives VAT on diesel for six months, 15m households to get N75K The Federal Government has resolved to waive the Value Added Tax (VAT) on Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) otherwise known as diesel for six months.Read more 2. Tinubu approves N35,000 provisional wage for workers President …

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has announced the renaming of the Anambra International Airport after the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe. Soludo disclosed this on Sunday during the Independence Day celebration at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital. He announced that the airport would now be called, “Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri.” Soludo, while explaining the …

Suspected thugs from a nearby school on Saturday broke into the premises of the National Union of Journalists secretariat in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State The thugs rushed in on motorbikes and automobiles. The Crowther College, which has a sizable number of voting places, is not far from the secretariat. The hoodlums were seen haggling over mobilisation fees for …

[Press Release] The Oyo State Government has cleared all the non-statutory deductions of civil servants in the state. This is in fulfilment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise that their deduction arrears will be paid along with their August salaries. In a release issued from the state Ministry of Information and Orientation and signed by the commissioner Prince Dotun Oyelade, the …

The Nigeria Police Force has vowed to deal with fake security personnel allegedly recruited by politicians to disrupt the governorship election holding in Bayelsa State today. Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Daniel Sokari-Pedro, who is incharge of election security in Bayelsa, vowed to go after such fake security personnel. Sokari-Pedro made the vow while speaking with reporters on Friday in Yenagoa …

Erik ten Hag called for some of his senior players to step up and show some leadership after Manchester United’s season suffered another setback. United slumped to a damaging defeat in Copenhagen on Wednesday, the latest in a series of bad results during a stuttering campaign. With ten Hag’s men surrendering a two-goal lead after the dismissal of Marcus Rashford, …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, commissioned a series of TETFUND sponsored projects worth N1.5bn including blocks of classrooms and offices valued at N1.12 billion at the University of Ibadan and The Polytechnic Ibadan, respectively. The commissioned projects include the constructed Department of Architecture building and the blocks of offices and classrooms for the Faculty of Technology valued at N651.1 million …