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3m Nigerians Suffer Drug Addiction In Northwest

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday revealed that approximately three million people in the North-West geopolitical zone are struggling with drug addiction. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, made this disclosure during the flag-off ceremony of the North-West geopolitical zone campaign against the use of...
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5,928 applicants Shortlisted For Interview

Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has invited 5,928 applicants for interview in the ongoing senior school teachers’ recruitment exercise. TESCOM Chairman, Mallam Bello Taoheed, said in a statement on Monday that the cutoff for Kwara State indigenes who applied to teach non-STEM subjects is 60 per cent, except for candidates from Baruten, Isin, Oke...
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NNPP Suspends Senator, 3 Other Members

Barely 24 hours after the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje welcomed the opposition National Assembly members from Kano back to the Party, the New Nigeria’s People Party (NNPP) suspended Senator Kawu Sumaila, a House of Representatives member Alhassan Rirum and two others from the Party. Announcing the suspension, the...
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Tribunal Judges, Lawyers Boycott Sittings

As tension continues to heighten in Benue State over the removal of the State Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Ikpambese, Tribunal judges handling various cases in the state’s Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal and their respective lawyers have boycotted sittings over what they termed ‘brewing tensed security situation around the courts’. The duo expressed worry that...
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Senate Begins Two-Day Public Hearing On Tax Reform Bills

On Monday, the Senate commenced a two-day public hearing on proposed tax reform bills, bringing together key stakeholders from the nation’s economic and financial sectors. New Telegraph reports that among those in attendance are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS),...
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El-Rufai Mocks Critics Over Tinubu’s Birthday Message

The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu’s message on his birthday shamed his critics. New Telegraph recalls that El-Rufai stirred controversy in the All Progressive Congress (APC) when he accused the party of lacking internal democracy under Tinubu. El-Rufai claimed that APC’s organs had failed to meet...
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June 12: Babangida’s Reopens Old Wound

FELIX NWANERI writes on General Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography, which has rekindled debate on the June 12,1993 presidential election won by Chief MKO Abiola but was annulled by the then military junta Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, needs little or no introduction. Undeniably, his name rings a deafening bell across Nigeria. Popularly known as IBB,...
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