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Gombe approves N265m for lecturers’ arrears, others

The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework encompassing the economic and fiscal update, fiscal strategy paper, and the payment of N265m as earned...

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NIN-SIM linkage: Subscribers decry glitches in uploading details

As the September 15 deadline for linking National Identification Number to Subscriber Identification Module cards approaches, subscribers have expressed frustration over the challenges they face in...

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Backlash as Eagles take phones to pitch

Former Nigerian striker Henry Makinwa has expressed reservations about Super Eagles players taking their phones to the pitch during training and matches. The former Abia Warriors and Katsina United...

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NEC fears poor harvest as flooding kills 205

The National Economic Council has expressed skepticism about a bumper agricultural harvest due to the widespread flooding affecting many states in Nigeria. Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and...

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B’Haram misled me to hate Western education, tear certificate – Ex-insurgent

A repentant female Boko Haram member, who underwent deradicalisation and resettled in the Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, Fatima Musa, says she regrets shredding into pieces her National...

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FG to construct super grid to end incessant power collapse

In a bid to stop incessant national grid collapse, the Federal Government has concluded plans to construct what it called a super grid. The media aide to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, disclosed...

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Wanted Venezuelan candidate says opposition facing persecution

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, threatened with arrest for insisting he was the rightful winner of July presidential elections, urged prosecutors Wednesday not to partake in...

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PDP queries Benue’s N6.6bn budget for LG poll

The Benue State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, approved Governor Hyacinth Alia’s request for a sum of N6,644,778,900 to conduct the local government election in the state slated for October 5, 2024....

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Chelsea still keen on Osimhen

Chelsea have not given up on the Victor Osimhen chase despite the Nigeria striker completing his loan move to Galatasaray on Tuesday. According to football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the London...

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Dangote refinery will end fuel scarcity – Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the commencement of fuel production by the Dangote oil refinery will strengthen the nation’s economy by eliminating constant fuel shortages and conserving...

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APC will end PDP pains on Edo people – Okpebholo

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, on  Wednesday, urged residents to vote for him to end the alleged pains...

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188 oil theft cases recorded in one week – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that 188 incidents of oil theft were recorded in the past week. The state-owned energy company said the incidents were recorded from August...

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Ighodalo not ‘push-and-start’ candidate, says Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, urged the electorate in the state to vote for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, in the September 21 governorship election,...

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Yobe killings: Northern govs demand action, military plans more troops

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Wednesday that the military would be deploying more soldiers in Yobe State following Sunday’s terror attack on Mafa village, Tarmuwa Local...

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China ready to deepen infrastructure, trade ties with Africa – Xi Jinping

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told African leaders on Thursday that he would deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing’s biggest summit in years. More than...

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No insecurity upsurge in Plateau – Mutfwang

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Wednesday, dismissed insinuations that the state was witnessing an upsurge in violent attacks and killings. He was reacting to attacks by gunmen which claimed...

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PDP shifts NWC meeting over Wike, govs tension

The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, has postponed the party’s National Working Committee meeting until next week due to increasing tension between former Rivers...

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Rivers APP condemns second secretariat attack, guard’s shooting

Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked the River State secretariat of the Action Peoples Party located in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, shooting a security guard. This was the second attack on the APP...

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Cut telecom taxes to boost investments, operators tell FG

The Global System for Mobile Communications Association has urged the Federal Government to reduce telecom taxes to encourage investments and boost the country’s digital economy. The Head of...

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Gas production nears 12 billion cubic feet/day – FG

Gas production in Nigeria is growing from 7.5 billion cubic feet per day and is inching to 12 bcf per day, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas),...

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