Nigeria Youth For Atiku Tells Tinubu To Resign As President

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Youth For Atiku Tells Tinubu To Resign As President

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 30, 2024

Nigeria Youth For Atiku (NYFA), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar support group, has asked Bola Tinubu to resign as president. The group which cited gross incompetence amidst unprecedented hardship in the country, as reason, spoke through Mr Dare Dada, its Director of Publicity in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Dada highlighted the soaring food inflation, fuel scarcity, electricity tariff hikes, proposed international passport price increments, unemployment, healthcare and education crises, economic stagnation, and rising...

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Airport Employee Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft

NewsNigeriaAirport Employee Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, an employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano has returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft. The money, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the discovery to his company manager, leading to the identification and return of the money to its owner. According to Dankade, he returned the money as his motivation to please...

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Nigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

EducationNewsNigeriaNigerian Universities Fail To Access TETFund Over N500b TETFund

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Over N500 billion in intervention funds remains unutilized at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by Nigerian tertiary institutions nationwide. Hon. Mariam Odinaka Onuoha, Chairman of the Committee on TETFund and Other Services disclosed this during a recent visit to Kaduna State governor Uba Sani, said the House is committed to addressing the challenges that are preventing Nigerian tertiary institutions from accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocations available to them. She revealed that...

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Residents Kill 37 Bandits In Zamfara State

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaResidents Kill 37 Bandits In Zamfara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

Residents of Matusgi village in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have engaged a gang that had invaded the village with the intent to abduct locals. According to reports during the encounter at least 37 bandits were reportedly killed by the locals. The bandits were said to arrive the village on motorbikes around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, aiming to carry out abductions, but met resistance by the villagers who confronted the bandits. A...

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ENSIEC Releases Amended LG Elections Timetable and Guidelines

NewsNigeriaPoliticsENSIEC Releases Amended LG Elections Timetable and Guidelines

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, has released guidelines for Local Government Council Elections scheduled for the 21st of September 2024. Announcing the changes in the official Gazette of the state; E.S.L.N. No 3 of 2024 signed by Professor Christian Chimdubem Ngwu, the Executive Chairman of ENSIEC said the amendments were made as ordered by the High Court judgment. “Pursuant to a High Court of Enugu State Judgment delivered by His Lordship Hon. Justice...

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Gov. Mbah Commissions Enugu State Asphalt Plant

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Mbah Commissions Enugu State Asphalt Plant

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 30, 2024

The Enugu State Governor has commissioned an asphalt production plant designed to produce 160 tons per hour. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Thursday, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah said the plant will enable his administration to achieve its goal of infrastructural transformation by paving 1000km of roads per year, thereby enhancing access to farmlands which in turn will boost the agricultural sector; the asphalt plant is located at Emene in Enugu East Local Government Area,...

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Tinubu Heads to China for Economic Talks with Xi Jinping

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Heads to China for Economic Talks with Xi Jinping

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu left Abuja on Thursday for an official visit to Beijing, China. The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and exploring economic opportunities for Nigeria. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s trip will include a brief stopover in the United Arab Emirates before arriving in China, where he will meet with President Xi Jinping to discuss cooperation between the two nations....

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D’Tigress Breaks Record, Enters Top 10 in World Basketball Rankings

NewsNigeriaSportsD’Tigress Breaks Record, Enters Top 10 in World Basketball Rankings

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2024

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has soared to eighth place in the latest world rankings by the International Basketball Federation, FIBA, the governing body of basketball. With this achievement, they have become the first African team to break into the top 10. The team’s impressive outing at the Paris Olympics, where they defeated Australia and Canada, earned them a four-spot jump in the rankings. They secured their first Olympic victory in 20 years against...

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Soldier Shoots Police DPO Dead in Zamfara

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSoldier Shoots Police DPO Dead in Zamfara

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 29, 2024

Halliru Liman, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Wasagu Division in Kebbi State, has been killed by a soldier at a checkpoint in Zamfara State. According to ASP Yazid Abubakar, the spokesman for the Zamfara State Police Command, the incident happened on Wednesday, 28 August, when Liman was on his way to Birnin Kebbi for a meeting. He was stopped by military personnel attached to Operation Dadarin Daji in the Danmarke area of Bukkuyum Local...

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Enugu State Government Sets Up New Minimum Wage Implementation Committee

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Government Sets Up New Minimum Wage Implementation Committee

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2024

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has charged the Committee on Implementation of the new minimum wage for civil and public servants in the state to diligently come up with a comprehensive review of the salary chat of all categories and cadres of workers of both the state and the local government levels, the unified local government system, using the existing state salary chat as a guide. Giving the committee one month to...

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