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Appointing EFCC, ICPC chairmen from same geopolitical zone unlawful– Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has declared that the appointment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission chairmen from the same geopolitical zone is unlawful and against the Federal Character Principle. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria made the declaration during a live appearance on
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Ex-commissioner knocks Otti on Aba Mayoral appointment
The immediate-past Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Eze Chikamnayo, has knocked Governor Alex Otti following his appointment of Anambra State born-billionaire, Ide Udeagbala, as the Mayor of Aba City. Chikamnayo warned in a statement issued on Monday that his insistence on appointing or giving priority to non-indigenes at the expense of the natives could
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USSD debt: Telcos may approach court, threaten service withdrawal
Telecommunication firms have issued fresh threats to withdraw Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service if banks do not pay their N120bn debt owed to them. According to the telcos, the issue has dragged on for too long and a court resolution might be needed since the banks do not seem to be ready to clear the
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Israel, Hamas deny reports of temporary ceasefire
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and Hamas on Monday, denied reports of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza to enable humanitarian aid to come in and foreigners to leave at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. “There is currently no ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza in return for removing foreigners,” a
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Finland’s ex-president, Ahtisaari, dies at 86
Finland’s former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari has died in Helsinki at the age of 86 after battling Alzheimer’s disease, the president’s office said Monday. “It is with deep sadness that we have received the news of the death of President Martti Ahtisaari,” the current president, Sauli Niinisto, said in a statement.
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BREAKING: Security agencies seal off PDP secretariat in Ondo
The State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akure, Ondo State, has allegedly been sealed by the security agencies in the state. There was a heavy presence of armed security personnel, which included the men of the state police command and their counterparts from the Directorate of State Security, at the entrance of the
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German Chancellor to visit Israel Tuesday- Reports
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will visit Israel on Tuesday, to show solidarity in the wake of the deadly attack by Hamas militants on October 7, German media reported on Monday. It will be the first visit by a foreign head of state to Israel since the assault, which has sparked a war between Israel
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NDLEA seizes N80m worth of drugs, arrests 134 suspects in Q3
The Federal Capital Territory command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized 3,988.74 kilograms of assorted drugs with a monetary value of N80 million. The FCT commander, Commander of Narcotics, Kabir Tsakuwa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa, however, said that 134 suspected
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Atiku’s application to submit CSU documents abuse of court processes- Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has urged the court to dismiss the application by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, seeking to submit documents from the Chicago State University. Atiku had approached a United States court for the Northern District of Illinois to compel the university to release Tinubu’s academic records. He had
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Fuel imports gulp N843bn, stakeholders lament inactive refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may be spending about N843bn monthly on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the halt in oil swaps by the firm, findings showed on Sunday. NNPCL, the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria, has started buying petrol using cash tenders, rather than oil swaps, Reuters
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