Month: June 2021
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Local
Senate to consider Buhari’s N895.84bn supplementary budget request next Tuesday
The Senate will on Tuesday, next week, consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to the National Assembly for the approval of…
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Aniekan Akpan becomes Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman
Former Commissioner of Education in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Aniekan Akpan has emerged as the new Chairman of the People’s…
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Business and Economy
Zenith Bank retains position as number 1 Tier-1 bank in Nigeria
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, June 30, 2021 Zenith Bank Plc has retained its position as the number one bank in…
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Kwara Gov names US-based policy analyst Focal Person on Diaspora Matters
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named Dr Lola Sawyerr, Georgia, US-based policy analyst and a member of several…
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N362m Diezani bribe: Appeal Court affirms conviction of former INEC officer
The Court of Appeal, Yola Division, Adamawa State has affirmed the conviction of Ibrahim Mohammed Umar, a former electoral…
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Dabiri-Erewa condemns killing of Nigerian Footballer in UK
Kelvin Igweani, a Nigerian Footballer who was allegedly killed by the UK police. By Maureen Okon Abuja, June 30, 2021…
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I don’t foresee war in Nigeria — Rev. Mother Esther Ajayi
The Founder of the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S (Worldwide), Rev. Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi, has urged religious leaders…
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Arts & Entertainment
71-year-old emerges best PhD graduate at UNILAG convocation; CBN Governor, Emefiele to deliver Convocation Lecture
By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, June 30, 2021 Mrs Felicia Marinze, a 71-year-old PhD student of the University of Lagos, has…
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Lead Story
Nnamdi Kanu: World Igbo Congress calls on UK, US, UN, others to intervene
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has called on the British government to stand up and defend the rights of Mazi…
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Education
UTME: We didn’t reschedule another exam for candidates – JAMB
By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, June 30, 2021 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not fix another…
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Business and Economy
CBN DG Ahmad tasks stakeholders on National FinTech Strategy
By Onyemakonor Ogbe ABUJA The Deputy Governor in charge of Financial Systems Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs. Aishah…
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Local
We’ll meet them in Court – Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer; Insists on fair trial, safety for IPOB leader
Lead lawyer for leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that a…
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Local
Statement on Nnamdi Kanu: Ohanaeze Ndigbo says “mischief makers, impostors, charlatans” used its name
Apex pan Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dissociated itself from a statement making the rounds on social media platforms, purporting…
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Arts & Entertainment
NiDCOM launches Diaspora Data Mapping Portal
Abuja, June 29, 2021: In a bid to generate a wholistic and realistic data of Nigerians in the Diaspora, the…
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Local
Matawalle dumps PDP; Replaces Yari as Zamfara APC leader; Buhari welcomes defector
By Ishaq Zaki/ Abubakar Ahmed Gusau, June 29, 2021 Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic…
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Defend Nnamdi Kanu, other detained youths, Alaigbo Development Foundation urges all Igbo lawyers
The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) has called on “all Igbo lawyers no matter their persuasions, to come together and defend…
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Property seizure: Okorocha begs court to set aside Imo panels’ decisions
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 29, 2021 Former Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, on Tuesday, urged the Federal High Court,…
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Makinde dissolves Cabinet
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the state’s Executive Council. Those affected include Chief…
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Moghalu cries foul over APC’s Anambra governorship primary election
By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, June 29, 2021 Dr George Moghalu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirant on Tuesday in…
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Record-breaking ‘pressure-cooker’ heatwave hits Canada, U.S.
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, June 29, 2021 A “pressure-cooker” heatwave that has broken temperature records twice in 48 hours…
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Malnutrition: UNICEF to commence nutrition action project (PARSNIP) in Gombe
William Attah, Gombe The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Gombe State Government will commence a five…
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Africa
Ghana commences 1st fully digital census
Accra, June 28, 2021 Ghana has started its first fully digital national Housing and Population Census (PHC) on Monday in…
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Local
Our case against Nnamdi Kanu By Malami, Attorney General & Minister of Justice
Text of Press Conference on Tuesday 29th June, 2021 by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
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Lead Story
How IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was brought to court; What he told the Judge
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 29, 2021 Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), on Tuesday, produced the Leader…
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Lead Story
IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu produced in court, remanded; July 26 fixed for trial
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 29, 2021 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that the Leader of the Indigenous…
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