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New naira: Direct CBN to obey court order, SERAP tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to “disclose details of the measures your government is taking to immediately and effectively obey the Supreme Court decision extending the validity of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, and directing the Central Bank of Nigeria to continue to
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Many homeless as rainstorm destroys houses in Ekiti
No fewer than 105 buildings were destroyed by a rainstorm at Oke-Ako in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Friday evening. The heavy downpour, which lasted for over two hours, also destroyed some electricity infrastructure across the town, thereby subjecting the residents to total blackout. The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who
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Elections: Oyo PDP to challenge APC candidate’s victory in court
THE Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has stated that it would challenge and reclaim its stolen mandate of Oyo South Senatorial district where Sharafadeen Alli of All Progressives Congress was declared the winner ahead of Joseph Tegbe of PDP, in court. The PUNCH reports that the returning officer in charge of the Senatorial district,
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Gunmen kill village head in Kano
Suspected gunmen in the early hours of today (Sunday) killed the village head of Maigari in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. The newly appointed Permanent Secretary of Judiciary in Kano State, Alhaji Sanusi Abbas, who is also a family Member to the deceased, confirmed the incident in Kano on
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APC urges opposition to embrace Tinubu as President-elect
The Director of Diaspora Directorate, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Ade Omole, has called on opposition political leaders to embrace Sen. Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President-elect. He made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Omole urged the opposition to emulate World leaders who saw a
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Ronaldo sends aid to Syria, Turkey quake victims
Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a care package to victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The former Manchester United star has been deeply concerned by the tragic scenes that have left a huge death toll and severely impacted people’s lives. And Ronaldo has sent a plane full of aid to the areas devastated by the disaster as
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Kwara community lauds rehabilitation of road abandoned for 57 years
Indigenes of Obbo-Ayegunle community in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State burst into wild jubilation on Friday over the rehabilitation of 11.1 kilometer road rehabilitated by the Kwara state government. The state government in November 2022 embarked on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the 11.1kilometer Osi-Obbo Ayegunle-Ekiti state boundary road, which was completed in
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Tinubu’s support groups back Makinde’s re-election bid
With six days left to the governorship election in Oyo State, a coalition of Bola Tinubu support groups, on Sunday, threw its weight behind the re-election bid of the state governor, Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party. The groups include the Southern for Tinubu BAT Democracy; Yoruba Campaign for BAT and Tinubu Campaign Movement.
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Estonia goes to polls with parties split on Ukraine aid
Estonians began voting to elect a new parliament on Sunday in a poll that could bolster far-right nationalists, who have campaigned on opposing further arms deliveries to Ukraine. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s centre-right Reform Party is set to win, according to opinion polls, but will likely have to form a coalition to stay in power.
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Three arrested for killing Philippine governor
Three people have been arrested over the murder of a Philippine provincial governor and eight others, authorities said Sunday, adding another suspect was killed in a shoot-out. Seventeen people were also wounded in the audacious attack on Saturday in the sugarcane-growing heartland of the Philippines. At least six gunmen armed with rifles and wearing military-style
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