The Katsina State government has set up a seven-member panel to investigate allegations of torture by personnel of the state Hisbah Board. This follows the emergence of videos showing council personnel torturing a number of people in the state. Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Garba-Faskari, said in a statement on Wednesday that the decision followed complaints received by the …
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday formally received former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim at the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyim, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC alongside the party’s governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Obinna Ogba, on July 13. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and his Ebonyi State …
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For the second straight day, investors in the Nigerian equity market lost N68 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This follows the decline in share prices of stocks such as NSLTECH, RT BRISCOE, and UBA among others on the trading floor today. After five hours of trading in the capital market, equity capitalization plunged to N56.8 trillion from …
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Governors of 36 states on Wednesday met in Abuja to discuss the latest financial autonomy granted to local councils by the Supreme Court. They also discussed a new national minimum wage of N70,000. Other issues discussed at the meeting were the United Nations General Assembly; State Contribution and Shareholders’ Rights in the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). The governors also …
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Nigerians to shun planned protests against the Federal Government. A group of Nigerians have planned a nationwide protest titled: “End Bad Governance” from August 1 to 10 to air their grievances over alleged corruption, insecurity and other problems in the country. APC National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen …
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Daniel Bwala, former spokesman for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, paid a solidarity visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. Bwala, who spoke to State House reporters at the end of the meeting, said he visited the president to show solidarity with what he was doing to address some of the concerns raised by Nigerians. He said the …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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