Former National Youth Leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon. Emeka Ikedi have been honoured with the Difference Youth Icon of the year award by the Difference Global Awards, an organization that promotes peace, unity and progress.
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A two-storey building under construction on Tuesday collapsed in Ibadan, injuring eight persons.
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday said the National Assembly (NASS) would transmit the approved 2019 Budget of N8.92 trillion to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.
Protesters on Tuesday stormed the United Nations office in Abuja in protest against the alleged alliance between Iranian government and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).
Report had it during the weekend that the El-Zakzaky-led group was getting support from Islamic Republic of Iran to carryout terrorism across Nigeria.
The protest, organised by members of the Agenda for Terrorism-Free Nigeria (ATFN) called on UN to sanction Iran and El-Zakzaky for terrorism.
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The House of Representatives will proceed with the institution of sanctions against acting Chairman and Management of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Rep. Mark Gbillah (PDP-Benue) has said.
Gbillah, who is the Chairman of the House ad hoc Committee investigating data collection processes, maintenance and usage in RMAFC made this known at a hearing on Tuesday in Abuja.
The chairman said that the committee was constituted in January, 2018 but had not been unable to finish its work as RMAFC would not comply with the demands of the committee.
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Mr Ene Okon, the Commissioner of Police in Abia, said the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has deployed his Special Technical Squad to assist the Abia command in the fight against kidnapping.
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ENUGU - STANDARD Organisation of Nigeria, SON, says products and services calibration will boost local and international trade meant to facilitate diversification of the economy.
Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad , SARS , Lagos State Police command, have arrested three suspected members of a robbery/ kidnap gang , who abducted and murdered two Bureau de- Change operators last month, in Ikorodu area of Lagos.
Following the release of the Nigerian student, Ms Zainab Aliyu, detained by Saudi Arabia government for alleged drug trafficking, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Northern State chapter, Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration and urged him to equally secure the release of Leah Sharibu who has spent months in the Boko Haram captivity.
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammad Adamu, has called on traditional rulers in the country to partner governments at all level in promoting peace and security.
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of taking opposition to a ridiculous level with its latest claim of wasteful expenditure and stolen funds running into N14 trillion under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
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Mr Nsima Ekere, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), in March 9 election in Akwa Ibom says Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is frustrating efforts to inspect election materials as ordered by the tribunal.
The Transcorp Power Consortium, yesterday, emerged the highest bidder to acquire the Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power in the sum of N105, 300,000,000.
As part of efforts to deepen its footprint in Nigeria’s digital marketing landscape, Amplify Digital Agency has kicked off its monthly knowledge-based meet-up, with the call on organizations to ensure that they carry out some form of measurement of their return on investment (ROI) objectives.
Mr Nsima Ekere, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), in March 9 election in Akwa Ibom says Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is frustrating efforts to inspect election materials as ordered by the tribunal.
ENUGU- NO less than 63 Women’s Organizations, Activists, Scholars, Civil Society and Human Rights Organisations in Nigeria have threatened to take legal action against violation of rights of over 100 women who were allegedly assaulted, humiliated and sexually harassed at an Abuja night club, last week.
Picture of the released Nigerian student, Ms Zainab Aliyu, who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking, has stormed the social media.
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Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Tuesday the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was long overdue and urged state governors to implement the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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ABUJA - A group of medical experts and consultants which conducted health assessments on Nigeria’s top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have recommended the couple to be flown abroad without further delay for treatments.
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OHHA Micro Finance Bank, based in Enugu state, has raised the alarm that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, maybe shielding a suspected fraudulent banker with one of the commercial banks in Enugu (name withheld) from prosecution over a case of obtaining by false pretence the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen Million, Thirty Four Thousand Nine Hundred and One Naira Fifty Kobo (N219, 034 901.50)
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Nnewi- The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday said the ongoing diplomatic shuttles engaged by its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, will in no distant time bring actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra.
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An All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) lawmaker representing Aguata 11, at the Anambra House of Assembly, Mr Ikem Uzozie, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The abducted chairman, board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood has been released.
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An 18-year-old Olaitan Gbadamosi, a student of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT has been found dead in her apartment at Omuoko Community, Aluu Clan, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
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ENUGU - METHODIST Bishop of Onitsha Diocese, Rt. Reverend Dr Livinus Onuagha, has decried the irregularities in Nigerian political system, saying it's crooked with complexities.
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Direct savings from yearly appropriations of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) has grown to over N100 billion.
The North West Tax Appeal Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday began hearing of N6.1 billion tax evasion case brought against Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, by the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS).
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The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the recovery of Public Property(SPIP), says it has recovered over 40 million naira for the Federal Government from one of the commercial banks in the country.
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House of Representatives Tuesday passed a total of N8,916, 964, 098, 373 trillon as 2019 budget.
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Ms Zainab Aliyu, Nigerian student detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking has been released by Saudi Arabia government.
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for collaboration of all political parties in the country to "rescue Nigeria from alleged misrule of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC".
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The official photographer of President Mohammadu Buhari, Mr Bayo Omoboriowo, on Tuesday gave an insight to what the president appreciates, saying he was someone who demanded diligence, hard-work and consistency.
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ANAMBRA State government threatened yesterday that it would henceforth demolish buildings accommodating criminals in line with the provisions of the laws of the state.
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Barely 24 days to the 2019 edition of the Okpekpe 10km road race, Fadekemi Olude, a top female marathoner has vowed to prove her mettle at the competition.
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The Nigerian Senate, Tuesday passed the 2019 Appropriation bill. The decision of the house was sequel to the presentation of the bill by the Senate Committee on Appropriation.
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Venezuela was plunged into heightened chaos on Tuesday after self-proclaimed leader Juan Guaido said he had the support of troops to oust President Nicolas Maduro, while the governmnet denounced an attempted coup.
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The United States security agents have arrested the former Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, Mr Dafe Ejebor and 46 others over alleged involvement in human trafficking.
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One of Britain’s top universities announced a two-year inquiry into its links to the African slave trade on Tuesday, promising to uncover how the institution may have gained from slavery and the exploitation of labour.
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It was ten years ago Alex Ferguson dubbed them the best team he had ever faced but those left from Barcelona's iconic generation still have work to do.
The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, has called on the Federal Government to scale up job creation efforts to reduce the effect of unemployed dependents on household expenditure.
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Liverpool have grown used to seeing their prized assets snatched away by Spanish giants over the past decade, but the sale of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona has helped lay the foundations for a successful rebuild at Anfield.
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Armed men yesterday blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway, opened fire on some vehicles and abducted two people.
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has described the ongoing protest by Ohaji/Egbema youth over the establishment of University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at the main campus of Imo state polytechnic Umuagwo as mischievous.
The Social Democratic party (SDP) in Rivers, has reaffirmed the party’s commitment to work with Gov. Nyesom Wike, to restore peace in the state.
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A 28-year-old man, Abdul-Salam Wasiu, on Wednesday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly posting a fake picture of an insane girl inside a gutter on Facebook.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said seven ships carrying various products were expected at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos between Tuesday and May 4.
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Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has presented a staff of office to the newly installed Ebenana-owei of Tuomo Clan, Ekeremor local government area, King Ndakwe Tryford Pius, amidst jubilation.
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The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State on Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, to inspect the materials used in March 9 governorship election in the state.
Itsekiri Progress Club, IPC, a platform of prominent Itsekiri, has urged governor Ifeanyi Okowa to complete the Trans Warri-Ode Itsekiri road linking the oil-rich city with the ancestral home of Itsekiri nation, Ode Itsekiri.
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A Federal High Court Lagos, Tuesday, further adjourned until July 2, a 69 million dollars suit filed by the Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria, against Chevron Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, seeking to recover Oil Revenue.