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The Niger State government has recently discovered about 200 ghost workers on its payroll. The state’s Commissioner for Finance, Lawal Maikano, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the ministry’s 2024 budget defence on Friday in Minna. He said the discovery followed the deployment of technology by the government to check activities in the state civil service. Maikano said: “Governor Umaru …

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, said on Wednesday that Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day would be celebrated without the usual fanfare. ⁣ He disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Akume, who was silent on issues discussed at the meeting, said October 1 …

●Mulls amnesty programme A Special Court is to be established by the Ogun State Government to try cult-related cases. Also to be set up is a Joint Anti-Cultism Security Task Force comprising all major security outfits, with the mandate to rid the state of the menace of cultism. The state is also proposing an amnesty programme for would-be cultists who …

Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said on Wednesday that Artificial Intelligence-powered solutions have the potential to address some of Africa’s most pressing challenges, such as limited access to healthcare, food security, financial inclusion, and infrastructure development. In a Keynote address he delivered at the opening ceremony of the 11th edition of the …

Gombe State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man suspected to have killed a 58 years old mother of eight children, late Hajiya Aishatu Abdullahi Aka Damori. The suspect is one Mustapha Adamu Isah alias (Abbati), aged 18, from Jeka-fari quarters in Gombe, Gombe State. According to the Command PPRO, ASP Mahid Muazu Abubakar who briefes journalists at …

The Palestinian Health Ministry claims about 7,028 people, including more than 2,900 children have been killed in Israelis attacks on Gaza since the Hamas militants struck Israel on October 7. In an update released on Friday, the ministry also said that nearly 18,500 people have been injured in the strikes including air raids and ground attacks. The Gaza Health Ministry …

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that the judgment by the Supreme Court on the appeals filed by his party and presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is to teach PDP a lesson. George, who stated this in his initial reaction to the verdict, also said he is not in a hurry …

The duo of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have now reunited at United States Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami. Suarez joins the team as a free agent after Brazilian team Gremio. The 2024 season will see the Uruguayan striker reuniting with not just Messi, but also his other ex-Barcelona teammates like Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. Messi, Busquets …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market in New York. Tinubu, who was accompanied to the ceremony by the President of the United States-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Scott Eisner, urged the American business community to invest in Nigeria’s “bubbling market.” The ceremony held at the Nasdaq headquarters …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the ban on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. The apex bank in February 2021 ordered all financial institutions in the country, including banks to shut accounts of citizens or entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions within their systems. The CBN had earlier warned that digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and others are …