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Nigerian chess champion, Tunde Onakoya, began his ambitious attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon on Wednesday, 17th April. Onakoya set up his board in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, aiming to play continuously for 58 hours without losing a single game. The current record stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds, set by two Norwegians in 2018. Onakoya, known for his philanthropic work...

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The Kaduna State House of Assembly has set up a committee to investigate the government’s expenditure and project implementation during Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure as governor, which spanned from 2015 to 2023. The committee’s focus will include scrutinising loans, grants, and how these funds were used for projects undertaken during El-Rufai’s eight years in office. This move comes amid concerns raised by the current governor, Uba Sani, regarding a significant debt burden inherited from his predecessor....

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Popular Nigerian nightlife promoter, Pascal Okechukwu, better known as Cubana Chief Priest, has pleaded not guilty to charges of abusing the Nigerian currency, the naira. The arraignment took place on Wednesday at the Federal High Court, Lagos, before Justice Kehinde Ogundare. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, brought three charges against Cubana Chief Priest, accusing him of spraying and tampering with naira notes during a social event. This act allegedly contravenes the provisions of...

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The chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Legal Education Committee, Auta Nyada, has cast doubt on the feasibility of allowing Nigerians living abroad to vote in elections, citing potential security risks. “Diaspora voting is actually a good idea, but for me, I don’t think that Nigeria has reached the stage for diaspora voting,” said the chairman. He argued that Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should focus on addressing the loopholes...

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Dr. Nelson Omenugha, the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, graciously welcomed a delegation from the Solar Hands-on Training and International Network of Exchange (SHINE) at his office in the Government House on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. SHINE, a capacity-building project sponsored by the European Union Commission, aims to empower individuals in the field of renewable energy, specifically solar energy. The delegation, led by Rev. Father Christopher Anso, the director of Jobitech,...

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Students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko have staged a protest against incessant imposition of fees on them  by the school management. The protest was provoked by a recent imposition of  a compulsory N5000 examination fees on the and the insistence of the school management to deny those who have not paid the alleged fees from writing their exams. The students carried different placards with inscriptions such as “reduce the cost of texts books”; “allow us to...

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A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from infringing on the fundamental human rights of former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. In a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil, in suit no HCL/68/M/2020, the court restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the applicant except as authorised by the Court....

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120 women from the six south west states to get the sum of N60million from The Renewed Hope Initiative, a social intervention programme of the wife of the President, Mrs. Oluremi Tunubu. The First Lady, who disclosed this on Tuesday at the launch of the Renewed Hope Initiative Women Agricultural Support Programme for the south west and flag off of the 2024 Ogun State Planting Season, held at the Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, also said...

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The Chairman Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission Muhuyi Magaji said the commission will file new corruption charges and maladministration against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. He said commission’s investigations uncovered the diversion of N51.3 billion from local government funds to unauthorized individuals during Ganduje’s tenure. Magaji alleged that the Ganduje administration transferred N4 billion to an agricultural company from Kano’s consolidated revenue account and withdrew N1 billion monthly from state coffers before its tenure...

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Permits of three private jet owners has been suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for violating the terms of their permits and using their jets for commercial purposes. The acting Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo said following its heightened surveillance no fewer than three private operators had been found to be involved in violation of the annexure provision of their PNCF and Part 9114 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023. In...

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