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Kwara: Popular Isese activist, Talolorun, remanded in prison for defaming Emir of Ilorin, 0thers
A popular Ilorin Isese devotee and activist Adegbola Abdulazeez, a.k.a. Tal?l?run (Who is God), has been arrested and remanded in jail for defamation, in Kwara State. Talolorun, was reportedly arrested for insulting the Emir of Ilorin among other offences. According to a post on his Facebook page Thursday, the popular Isese activist was arrested on
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I will sue NDLEA if Naira Marley smokes again – Okowa’s aide
Mr. Ossai Ovie Success, an aide to former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has vowed to take legal action against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency if Nigerian Music star, Afeez Fashola aka Naira Marley is seen smoking again after his visit to the agency. Naira Marley on Thursday declared support for the agency’s war
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Abia workers, pensioners to benefit from verification, says Head of Service
The Abia State Head of Service, Lady Joy Maduka, has said that the ongoing physical verification of civil and public servants in the state is intended to eliminate ‘ghost’ workers. Maduka, who spoke during the flag-off in Umuahia, on Thursday, assured the workers that all hitches in the payment of salaries, allowances, and retirement would
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Current pension scheme parasitic, unattractive, says NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Thursday, declared that the pension system in the country had failed to address the fears of Nigerian workers. In buttressing its claim, the NLC revealed that the inefficiencies in the system recently made the police to lobby the labour congress to speak for the exit of policemen from the country’s
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Nasarawa: PDP’s star witness testifies in tribunal
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Nasarawa State, on Thursday, received the star witness of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ayiwulu Baba Ayiwulu, who gave his testimony and identified some irregularities which occurred during the 2023 governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate of the PDP, David Ombugadu, had approached the tribunal, challenging the election
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ECOWAS force to confront Niger junta if talks fail
Troops of the Economic Community of West African States have pledged readiness to participate in a standby force that could restore civil rule in Niger Republic should diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup there fail. All member states, except those under military rule and Cape Verde, pledged to participate in the standby force at a
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Illicit financial flows threatening economic stability – Presidential aide
The Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Dr Adelabu Adedeji, says illicit financial flows, unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, and threaten economic stability and sustainable development. The presidential aide spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a one-day hybrid sensitisation workshop on the “Published Guidelines for Private Sector Response
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FIBA Basketball World Cup fixtures 2023
The FIBA Basketball World Cup fixtures for 2023 are now available. This basketball competition starts on Friday August 25 and concludes with the final on Sunday September 10. ? What is the FIBA World Cup Format? In the upcoming Basketball World Cup, 32 teams will compete across eight qualification groups. Also, each group has four
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Using official hours for private business punishable – CCB
The Code of Conduct Bureau has warned workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration to adhere strictly to the code of conduct guiding public service by declaring their assets, as failure to do so will attract sanctions. The State Director, FCT CCB, Suleiman Usman, said unknown to many civil servants, pursuing private business during official
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Banditry: North-Central, N’West plunge into N902bn debt, poor revenue persists
At least 77 percent of both North-Central and North-West states struggle with low revenue, poor foreign investments and huge debt profiles amid rising incidences of banditry, according to findings by The PUNCH. Analysis done by The PUNCH showed that states battling banditry are Zamfara, Katsina, Niger, Plateau, Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Sokoto and Kaduna. However,
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