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…to hold bilateral talks with Biden, Ramaphosa, others  President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday depart Abuja for New York, USA, to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly with a focus on strengthening Nigeria’s economic ties and attracting Foreign Direct Investments to the country. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this on Friday when he briefed …

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has disclosed the cause of the nationwide blackout that happened in the early hours of Thursday. The minister said there was an explosion that led to a fire outbreak at Kainji/Jebba located in the North-central part of Nigeria. Adelabu in a series of tweets on X platform on Thursday said, “At 00:35Hrs this morning, Fire …

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has been nominated for the 2023 Best FIFA Player of the Year award. The Nigerian superstar was nominated alongside Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and Kylian Mbappe in the men’s category of the award. The winner of the award will be decided by votes from an international jury comprising national team captains and …

WASHINGTON Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Zacch Adedeji as the acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement also revealed that the erstwhile FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Nami, has been directed to proceed on three months of pre-retirement …

At least 48,063 people from 121 countries, including Nigeria have signed a petition calling for action to protect disability rights ahead of the 2023 United Nations summit on the Sustainable Development Goals. The call follows a new UN report which shows that the SDGs cannot be achieved unless urgent action is taken to include marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, …

Tribute By Ikhide Erasmus To Mum It is with deep sense of reflection and missed feelings that my mother, the late Mrs Ikhide Hannah Ukotemi (Nee Omole), daughter of the Most High God, returned to her maker, where she should never had left in the first instance. Late Mrs Ikhide’s absolute calmness, angelic kindness, human gaiety, hard work, devotion to …

…Says partnership ‘ll stem protein shortfall in Nigeria Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has initiated talks with the Namibian Government to explore trade and investment opportunities in livestock production, technology, and management services, among others between the Country and Edo State. The governor disclosed this when he played host to the Namibia Ambassador to Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, and his …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, met with private school operators in the State to rally their support for the government’s efforts at enhancing the quality of education and improving learning outcomes across schools in the State. The governor, at a closed-door meeting with the private school operators, at the Government House, in Benin City, reaffirmed his government’s …

•Giving a bag of rice to 12 people, N100m to each lawmaker insulting – Labour •Govt has absconded from negotiation table, fails to meet workers’ demands, says NLC Barely one week after leading a two-day nationwide warning strike,  the organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strike should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands at the …