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President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi-Africa Summit scheduled to be held on Friday. At the Middle-East nation, the Nigerian leader was received by ministers, members of the National Assembly as well as other government functionaries at the airport. Tinubu will use the opportunity of the summit to underscore Nigeria’s […]
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has defended the 2023 supplementary budget signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stating that it is a necessary response to the country’s current economic challenges. Idris’s response comes amid criticism from the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who opposed the approval of the […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mohammed Abba Isa as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters. The appointment was announced by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Thursday. “In his determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within the ambit of the Renewed Hope […]
With two days to the off-cycle governorship polls, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a new commissioner of police to Imo State. In a statement released on Thursday, Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi announced that Danjuma Aboki had been deployed as the new police commissioner in Imo state by the IGP. Elections are […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again assured Nigerians of sufficient naira notes in the country, and warned against panic withdrawals. The apex bank, in a statement on Wednesday, reiterated that old and new naira notes remained legal tender. “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across the country […]
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday grounded activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja. The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. The protesters blocked the airport’s entry and exit […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday distributed electoral materials to all 27 Local Government Areas of the Imo State ahead of the governorship election holding on Saturday. At the Central Bank of Nigeria’s branch in Owerri, the state capital, the electoral body distributed the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines, ballot papers and result sheets […]
Anambra State Government said 2.3 million children under the age of 0-5 months have received the polio vaccine in the first phase of the Outbreak Response Exercise in September. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference to flag off the second phase of the polio immunisation […]
Anambra State government has initiated a renewed crackdown on illegal structures along the Chinua Achebe International Airport Road, Umueri, Anambra East Council Area. The joint government special task force established to identify and demolish such structures embarked on the exercise. The task force composed of government officials and security officers, demolished the illegal structures mainly […]
Wife of the late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and secretary of the Anambra State Truth, Justice and Peace Commission, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has alleged there was a mass grave in Anambra State. Bianca stated this in a statement she posted on her verified Facebook page on Tuesday, titled: ‘A mass grave site discovered in Anambra […]
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