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Late Emir Bayero’s Daughter Seeks Financial Help Nigeria’s Political Class
Zainab Ado Bayero, daughter of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has issued a appeal for financial assistance from President Bola Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and other well-meaning Nigerians to support her family amid ongoing financial difficulties. Her appeal comes two months after Kano State Governor,…
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100 Sacked CBN Staff Sue Bank for Damages
No less than 100 sacked staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have sued the apex bank at the National Industrial Court seeking payment for damages. The comes after about 200 bank staff of the CBN were sacked, in May, by the Yemi Cardoso administration as part of the bank’s re-organization strategy. The sacked…
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NYSC Member Regains Freedom After One Year in Kidnappers’ Den
Solomon Bassey Daniel, one of the eight prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, kidnapped on August 17, 2023, has been released by his captors. Daniel alongside his seven colleagues and the driver of the Akwa Ibom Transport Corporation, AKTC, were kidnapped along Zamfara road while traveling to Sokoto for the national assignment. The other…
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Senator Dino Melaye Lists Names of Politicians Who Destroyed PDP
Former Kogi West senator Dino Melaye, on Saturday, accused the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iliya Damagum, Samuel Anyanwu, and Umar Bature of destroying the former ruling party. Melaye said the three chieftains have irredeemably destroyed PDP. Posting on X, the former lawmaker also hinted at the commercialisation and privatisation of…
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Armed Robbers Raid FM Radio Station, Cart Away Equipment
Armed robbers have raided a radio station in Oyo State, making off with equipment valued in the millions of naira. Daily Post reports that the armed robbers invaded the Ajilete 92.1 FM radio located at Gambari area of Ogbomoso and also injured the station’s guard. Ajilete FM is one of the FM stations owned by…
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Kwankwaso, Ganduje Snub Each at Atiku’s Daughter’s Wedding
The age-long rivalry between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Musa Kwankwaso, reared its head at the wedding of Laila Atiku Abubakar, daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday. The high-profile wedding ceremony between Laila…
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Twenty Kidnapped Medical Students Rescued
The twenty medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State on Thursday were rescued on Friday night Channels TV quotes security sources as saying that the operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser. Security agencies – the police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, with the…
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4 Female Prison Inmates Complete Senior Secondary Certificate Examination
It has been revealed that 4 female inmates of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service participated in the June/July 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The Command revealed that the inmates are of the Custodial Facility in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area. A statement by SC Aminu…
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Why No Southeast Student Is Qualified for Student Loan – NELFUND
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has explained why South-East students are yet to benefit from the federal government’s student loan programme. On Friday, NELFUND said it disbursed ₦2,946,927,155 (Two billion, Nine hundred and Forty-six million, Nine hundred and Twenty-seven thousand, One hundred and fifty-five naira) to 27,667 students across 19 universities. In the statement made…
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Protest Breaks at NNPC Over the Mysterious D3ath of 23-Year-Old Man
Members of the Akwa Ibom community in Rivers State today, staged a protest at the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) premises on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt. The protest was due to the suspicious d3ath of their 23-year-old kinsman, Asher Christopher, a cleaner employed by the company who reportedly d!ed within the facility under unclear…