Breaking News this Afternoon in Nigeria Thursday 7th March 2024
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Senegal Announces New Date For Presidential Election
Following political unrest and opposition protests in the country, the Senegalese government has officially announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s much-anticipated presidential election. This was contained in a communique issued on Wednesday after a crucial meeting of the Council of Ministers, marking a significant development in the nation’s electoral timeline. New Telegraph…
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Hardship: Tambuwal Meets Obasanjo, Says Nigeria Getting Bad By Day
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and decried the growing economic hardship in the country. Tambuwal who spoke with Obasanjo said that the situation “is getting worse by the day”, and there’s a need to tackle the challenges headlong. Tambuwal, who represents Sokoto South at the…
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Hardship: Tinubu Links Cost Of Food With Banditry Attacks
President Bola Ahmed Tinibu has said the problem of food security in the country is linked to banditry attacks as some farmers are chased out from farms and others killed in the process. President Tinubu represented by his Special Adviser on Food Security, Dejide Ogundepe made this known at the First States Cordinators Inauguration and…
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Gunmen Invade Ogun Farm, Abduct Teacher
Gunmen have invaded farmland in Kugba-Ajagbe village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State and abducted a teacher. New Telegraph gathered that the gunmen numbering five, on Tuesday stormed the farm and took away one Adegbenjo Adelowo, a teacher at the Community High School, Alabata. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, confirmed…
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Pensioners Threaten To Sue FG Over Scrapping Of PTAD
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Thursday, threatened to drag the Federal government to court if it should unilaterally scrap the Pension Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD) without the approval of the National Assembly. The union insisted that the Oronsaye report did not recommend the scrapping of PTAD and urged the Federal Government to allow…
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Group Urges Delta Govt To Focus On Agriculture As Alternative To Oil
The Delta State Government has been called upon to engage in agriculture as a strong substitute for crude oil in the state. The group, No Justice, No Peace Initiative who made the call on Thursday said agriculture fosters prosperity and offers avenues for economic fairness. Speaking through its National Coordinator, Comr. (Amb.) Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen,…
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Court Restraints Kano Assembly From Amending Judiciary, Other Laws
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Speaker of the State House Assembly from further proceeding with their move to amend the State Judiciary Funds Management Law 2022, Kano State Pension and Gratuity Armended (No 4) Law, 2023 and Kano State House of Assembly Service Commission Amendments Law 2021, respectively pending the hearing and…
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JAMB: Over 260,000 Candidates Sit For Mock UTME
Over 260,000 candidates are sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examination across 793 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede who made the disclosure after monitoring the mock exam in some centres in Abuja on Thursday, said the examination which was to test the preparedness…
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Ohaneze Hails Ubah, NASS Over Passage Of S/East Devt Commission Bill
Apex pan Igbo organization Ohaneze Ndigbo has commended Sen Ifeanyi Ubah and other members of the National Assembly over the passage of the South East Development Commission Bill into law. The Bill which was sponsored by the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah in October 2023 passed through the first and…
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Soludo Orders Demolition Of 158 Illegal Shops Built By NIWA
…Says It Has No Right To Construct Buildings. Over 158 make-shift shots currently under construction by the National Inland Water Ways, (NIWA) along the River Niger banks are to be demolished by the Anambra state government. The shops according to Gov Charles Soludo during a tour of five major roads constructed by his administration in…
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