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Obi Faults Tinubu’s 12-Day Trip To Japan, Brazil

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday criticised President Bola Tinubu over his planned 12-day trip to Japan and Brazil. New Telegraph had earlier reported that President Tinubu is scheduled to depart Abuja on Thursday, August 14, for a two-nation tour, with a stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), before...
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Nigerian Elected VP of African Petroleum Geologists

A Nigerian, Mr Seye Ekun, has been elected Vice President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Africa Region for the term July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. According to a statement by AAPG Africa Region on Wednesday, Ekun joined the association in 2000 as a full voting member and had held several leadership...
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Nobody Can Pocket PDP, Says Olawepo-Hashim

Presidential hopeful and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has declared that the PDP remains the only truly democratic political party in Nigeria and one that no individual or group can pocket or control. Speaking during a live interview on the AIT Democracy Today programme, Olawepo-Hashim said the PDP’s long-standing...
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Tinubu Orders Revenue Review for FIRS, Customs, NNPC

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed a review of deductions and revenue retention practices by Nigeria’s major revenue-generating agencies, in a bid to boost public savings, improve spending efficiency, and unlock resources for growth. The agencies include the Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the Nigerian Maritime...
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Nigeria, Philippines Deepen Bilateral Relations

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Republic of the Philippines, have set in motion a chain of interactions designed to deepen bilateral relations between both countries. The development took place when the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, received in audience, the Secretary (Minister) of Migrant Workers of the Republic of the Philippines, Hans...
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Oyo By-Election: Five Candidates Sign Peace Accord

Ahead of Saturdays by-election into the vacant House of Representatives seat of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Oyo state, five candidates have signed a peace accord before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The five candidates who signed the peace agreement at the Oyo State headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, were...
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Opposition Coalition Dead On Arrival –Umenzekwe

Chief Modestus Umenzekwe is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with Felix Nwaneri, he speaks on some national issues, including the opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 General Election What do you make of the opposition coalition, which seemed to be gaining ground given the calibre of personalities joining their...
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