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Presidency Spends N34bn On Forex For Travels, Others In Two Years

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Presidency Spends N34bn On Forex For Travels, Others In Two Years

The Presidency spent at least N34.39 billion on foreign exchange purchases for international travel and related obligations over a two-year period. The figure is according...

Lagos Assembly Hold Talks With Community Leaders Over Makoko Demolition

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Lagos Assembly Halt Makoko Demolition, Promises Compensation For Victims

The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited leaders of communities affected by the demolition in Makoko and adjoining waterfront settlements to a meeting...

Defence Minister Reveals Assassination Plans In Foiled Coup

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Defence Minister Reveals Assassination Plans In Foiled Coup

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), on Sunday disclosed that he was among the intended targets of the recently foiled coup plot...

Health Workers’ Strike Leaves Public Health Services Stranded

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Health Workers’ Strike Leaves Public Health Services Stranded

The Joint Health Sector Unions strike has entered the third month, crippling activities in government-owned hospitals across Nigeria, leaving patients stranded and forcing many...

Gov. Otti Describes Obi’s Exit As ‘Loss’

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Gov. Otti Describes Obi’s Exit As 'Loss'

Abia State Governor and leader of the Labour Party, Dr Alex Otti, has described the exit of the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi,...

Anambra Govt Bans Sit-At-Home Order, Reaffirms Commitment To State’s Commercial Hub

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Anambra Govt Bans Sit-At-Home Order, Reaffirms Commitment To State's Commercial Hub

Following the closure of Onitsha Main Market by Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, the market leadership has agreed to stop observing sit-at-home order...

Shettima Urges Bauchi, Adamawa Govs To Join Ruling APC As Taraba’s Kefas Defects

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Shettima Urges Bauchi, Adamawa Govs To Join Ruling APC As Taraba’s Kefas Defects

Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the defection of Taraba State governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, to the All Progressives Congress (APC), as personal and...

IPOB’s Lawyer Describes Rumoured February 2 Sit-at-home Order As Fake

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IPOB’s Lawyer Describes Rumoured February 2 Sit-at-home Order As Fake

The Indigenous People of Biafra Lead counsel, Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has declared a sit-at-home scheduled for Monday, February 2, as fake and fraudulent, urging...

ADC Slams Senate Over Electoral Bill Delay 

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ADC Slams Senate Over Electoral Bill Delay 

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the APC-dominated Senate of deliberately slowing down the passage of the Electoral Bill 2025, warning that the...

US Govt Experiences Partial Shutdown

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US Govt Experiences Partial Shutdown

The US government entered a partial shutdown Saturday as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget, though disruption was expected...

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