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The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Balarabe, has led the state Government’s delegation to Zangon-Kataf Local Government following attacks that led to the killings of 10 natives and injury to many others. This was just as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Uba Sani, condemned the Tuesday night renewed […]
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A Spanish court has agreed to open an investigation into allegations of corruption levelled against Barcelona last week by prosecutors. Prosecutors filed charges against Barca on Friday following the revelation of payments made to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. Ex-Barca presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, former […]
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A legal practitioner, Mr. Bob James, on Wednesday, instituted an action against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over its alleged failure to electronically transmit results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections that held on February 25, from polling units to its IReV portal. The plaintiff, in the suit he lodged before the Federal […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has advised voters in Taraba State not to waste their votes on the All Progressives Congress (APC), because the APC has no validly nominated candidate for the rescheduled Saturday March 18, 2023 governorship election. According to the PDP, its assertion was in line with the Judgement of the Supreme Court […]
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has urged the Governors of Central Banks and other African financial sector regulators to be more vigilant in their regulatory and supervisory. He spoke, today, at the opening of the 2023 African Central Bank Conference, in Johannesburg, South Africa, according to a statement […]
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Three days to the governorship and state assembly polls, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 25 presidential election, on Wednesday, rallied support for the party’s governorship candidate in Plateau State, Patrick Dakum. The former Anambra State governor also thanked his supporters in the state for voting en masse in the presidential […]
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A former military surgeon, Jiang Yanyong, who blew the whistle on Chinese authorities’ cover-up of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, has died at the age of 91. Jiang died of pneumonia on Saturday in Beijing, the China’s capital, according to a report by family, friends and Chinese- language media in Hong Kong […]
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The political parties in Benue state have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the transparent manner it has handled all the sensitive materials for the coming Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections. The parties gave the commendation on Wednesday shortly after inspecting the election ballot papers and result sheets in the custody of […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Osun State on Wednesday commenced the distribution of sensitive materials received from the Central Bank in Osogbo, to its local government offices across the State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Mutiu Agboke supervised the distribution witnessed by representatives of various political parties, ICPC, NOA, police among others. […]
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that foreign airlines’ blocked funds in Nigeria have risen to over 743.7 million dollars. IATA disclosed this in a letter written to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in Abuja and obtained by Channels Television on Wednesday. The letter dated March 14, 2023, and signed by the […]
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