The House of Representatives will resume plenary on September 26. The lower legislative chamber went on recess following the unveiling of the leadership of the House standing committees by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on July 27. The chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, announced the date in a letter forwarded to the lawmakers by the …
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 292 bags of foreign rice illegally imported into the country. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Afolabi, disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Abuja. He said three suspects were arrested while conveying the rice with three wooden boats from Cotonou, Benin Republic to Lagos. READ ALSO: NSCDC arrests suspected …
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Taiwo Obasanjo, the embattled wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has labeled her husband the “greatest impostor of all time” and a “wicked husband”. Obasanjo recently disowned his wife, saying Taiwo is neither his wife nor a member of his family. This came after Taiwo apologised to traditional rulers in Oyo State over the former president’s statement ordering the monarchs …
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A fire broke out in the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex on Sunday night. Emergency responders, including men of the state’s fire service, have been mobilized to the scene to put out the fire. READ ALSO: Speaker, Rivers Assembly, resigns Police operatives from the state police command have also taken over the complex as the firefighters battled to quell …
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The leader of the Russian mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reportedly died in a plane crash in the country. The Russian emergency ministry said in a statement Prigozhin was on the list of passengers on an aircraft that crashed in the Tver Region earlier on Wednesday. It added that the plane came down near the village of Kuzhenkino and all …
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The National Industrial Court in Owerri, Imo State, on Sunday, restrained the organized Labour from embarking on strike or other actions in the state. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had earlier on Sunday vowed to mobilise its members to Imo State on November 1 to protest the alleged neglect of workers welfare by the state government. Justice N. C. S. …
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This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today Egypt’s Fawry to launch digital bank Egypt’s leading e-payment solutions provider, Fawry, has announced intent to redefine the financial landscape of Egypt with its online payment portal, myFawry, waiting to transform into a full-fledged digital bank by 2023. This strategic move will …
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Pro-Democracy and civil rights advocacy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has decried a situation wherebythe Nigerian Senate allowed Hannatu Musawa, then ministerial nominee, to ‘bow and go’ despite the controversy surrounding her National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) certificate just as HURIWA alleged that the inaugurated Minister of Arts is actually a serving member of the National Youth …
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President Bola Tinubu joins Nigerians, the academia, and the scientific community in congratulating Professor Hippolite Amadi for being awarded the 2023 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science. The Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Science on Thursday announced Professor Amadi’s novel scientific work on respiratory technologies for preserving the lives of Nigerian newborns as the winner of the …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state Sunday faulted Governor Hyacinth Alia, for what the party described as “snubbing” of an ultimatum by the Benue state House of Assembly requiring him to unfailingly appoint a special adviser to his office on Security Matters within 72 hours. The House of Assembly was said to have given an ultimatum to the …
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