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Month: December 2023

Tinubu, Shettima bag traditional titles in Abia

Shettima reiterated the commitment of President Tinubu’s administration to work with all stakeholders to restore peace in the Southeast region. The Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers on Friday conferred the traditional title of Omeziri Igbo 1, on President Bola Tinubu. Also, Vice President Kashim Shettima was conferred with the traditional title of Enyioma Ndi…

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South-West governors visit Akeredolu’s family, promise befitting burial

Four governors from the South-West zone, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who died on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governors included: Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Abiodun Oyebamiji (Ekiti) and the host governor, Seyi Makinde, who…

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NCF, Institute donate ₦8m gadgets to preserve Cross River gorillas

Cross River gorilla is a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla and lives in small areas of highland forest spanning the border of Nigeria and Cameroon. The Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the Wilder Institute, has donated equipment worth ₦8 million for the conservation of Cross River’s endangered gorillas. The foundation said…

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Asake, Davido, Tems among Obama’s favourite music of 2023

Nigerian superstars make Obama‘s favourite music of the 2023 list. As is his tradition in the past couple of years, the former US President shares an end-of-the-year list of his favourite music. On December 29, 2023, Barack Obama shared the list of his favourite songs in 2023 and Afrobeats had a couple of representatives on…

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IGP storms Plateau as police begin special operation against assailants

The governor expressed his readiness to work with the police and other security agencies to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, said that the police have commenced special operations to tackle security challenges currently confronting Plateau. He disclosed this when he paid a condolence visit to…

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UK firm commends Tinubu for appointing Aliyu as NNPCL board director

Lucas said as Aliyu embarks on this new chapter, the TEXEM family is confident that he will bring the same passion, intellect, and foresight that have defined his career thus far. The United Kingdom-based leadership development organisation, TEXEM UK, says the appointment of Prof. Almustapha Aliyu as Non-Executive Director on the board of the Nigerian…

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Ekiti declares three days of mourning for Akeredolu

Akeredolu died at 67, in Germany, where he had gone for medical treatment for prostate cancer. Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared three days of mourning for Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, who died as Governor of Ondo State on Wednesday. Until his death, Akeredolu was the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum and South West…

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Edo govt empowers 2,078 farmers with irrigation facilities

They declared that the equipment would go a long way in boosting the productivity of their farms and assured that they would use the equipment judiciously. No fewer than 2,078 smallholder farmers (SHFs) have received Irrigation Equipment and Assets from the Edo state government. Stephen Idehenre, the state commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, flagged…

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Labourer jailed 5 months for stealing streetlights cable

The prosecutor stated that during police interrogation and investigation, the convict confessed to the crime and the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code. A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old labourer, Aminu Shuaibu, to five months imprisonment for stealing streetlight cable. The court sentenced Shuaibu, who resides…

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Petrol marketers to close operations in Anambra over ₦0.9bn debt to members

Anyaso said IPMAN had written the Anambra government to inform it that they had met the conditions set for them to pay the marketers their money. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to pay contractors the sum of N900 million owed them for supplying Automotive Gas Oil…

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