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The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has said the legislature has appropriated sufficient funds to the nation’s security agencies to fight insecurity in the country. He also urged Nigerians to pray for the country since not all citizens can go out to fight the bandits and terrorists. Mr Doguwa stated this on Sunday while receiving an …

The Nigerian Governors Forum on Sunday picked holes in the claim by a former member of the House of Representatives and consultant of Paris Club, Ned Nwoko, that he paid some money to facilitate governance in some states, including conducting elections in Ekiti and Ondo States. The forum said it was a “desperate, spurious and futile advocacy” allegedly mounted and …

A Nigerian student studying in the United States, Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, has won the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens, and became the first African to win the prize since its inception in 1914.  The award was presented during the International Youth Day organized by the United Nations Global Communications Department, the AFS Intercultural Programs and The Youth Assembly …

A Nigerian Air Force(NAF), fighter jet engaged in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in the north east have bombarded a logistic base and stronghold belonging to members of the Islamic States of West African Province(ISWAP), terrorists and killed scores of terrorists. The bombardment which took place at Sambisa Forest and the Tumbuns in Borno State, left several of the terrorists …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday denied media reports that he had endorsed the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, for the 2023 presidential election. The reports followed Mr Tinubu’s out-of-the-blue call on the former president at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday. The two leaders did not disclose to journalists what they discussed during the …

A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has knocked the dressing of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, at the Nigeria Bar Association Conference in Lagos State. (Shettima; at NBA Conference in Lagos on Monday) The event, held on Monday, was graced by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party, …

Former minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has confessed that the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, are everywhere. He stated that the ‘Obidients’ have ideas and vision. While cautioning the big political parties, (PDP, APC), Fani-Kayode advised them to play their cards very well. In his article titled ‘Who are these Obidients’?, …

• NCC issues UASL to Mafab as MTN begins with demo• Country to join South Africa and Kenya as leaders on the regional deployment list• Device availability, affordability pose a huge challenge Though MTN has expressed readiness to launch the Fifth-Generation (5G) network this month, at most this quarter, Mafab Communications has, however, got a five-month extension for the rollout …

…To approach National Industrial Court …Approves additional N100bn to varsities Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. . The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university …

The Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association is currently holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively are present at the event, the PUNCH reported on Monday. The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, is also …