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President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill to accelerate development in the country’s geopolitical zones. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The bills are the North West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2024, and the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2023. Ngelale said the North West …

The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday repealed the law establishing the Zaria Metropolitan Authority. Parliament also repealed the laws that established the Kafanchan Municipal Authority and the Kaduna Capital Territory Authority in 2021. Speaker of the Assembly, Dahiru Liman, passed a bill seeking to repeal the law after the Chairman, Joint Committee on the three authorities law and …

Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in a dramatic men’s football match that took four hours to reach its conclusion at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Group B opener took place at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Wednesday at 2:00pm local time and following crowd trouble, the game continued until it finally ended at around 6:00pm. Fans appeared to throw missiles at the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the head of a drug cartel in Mushin area of ​​Lagos, Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh alias Temo. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the suspect, who had been on the wanted list for more than two years, was arrested …

  The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Owo, Revd Stephen Ayodeji Fagbemi [FICT, FAT] has appointed Sir Dipo Okpeseyi SAN, OFR, as the new Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Owo. Prince and Lady Olatunbosun Aganun Okpeseyi succeeds the late Chancellor of the Diocese and former Governor of Ondo State, Arankunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The Bishop said that Sir Dipo …

Eyi Abdul, one of the young women kidnapped from the Chibok girls’ school in April 2014, has regained her freedom after nearly a decade in Boko Haram captivity. Her story provides a harrowing glimpse into the hostages’ experiences, particularly the rebels’ use of forced marriage as a tool of control. In a presentation at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri on Tuesday, …

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the N6.2 trillion budget amendment bill for third reading. The bill was passed after the Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Olamilekan Adeola, presented the committee’s report on the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill, 2024. From the bill, the Federal Government will spend about N2 trillion on the Lagos-Calabar highway and other road projects. Recall that …

Former Commissioner for Communications and Orientation in Edo State, Efe Stewart, on Tuesday, denied involvement in the attack on the convoy of the re-elected Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 21 election, Senator Monday Okpebholo, The Shaibu and Okpebholo convoy was attacked by gunmen, leading to …

Nigeria’s currency, the naira, fell again on the second day of trading this week against the US dollar on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The local currency weakened by N48 to trade at N1,548/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed. This is in contrast to the exchange rate of N1,500/$1 traded on Monday, July 22, 2024. The …

  The attorney representing Denver Broncos Hall of Famer Terrell Davis said his office is filing a lawsuit against United Airlines after the former Broncos star was handcuffed by law enforcement aboard a plane. An FBI agent escorts a handcuffed Terrell Davis off a United Airlines flight on July 13, in a video released by Davis’ legal team.STINAR, GOULD, GRIECO …