November 2, 2026

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VP Shettima, Kadafur, others celebrate Eid-el-Kabir in Maiduguri, pray for peace and good governance img tmp tag1718553715288 1

VP Shettima, Kadafur, others celebrate Eid-el-Kabir in Maiduguri, pray for peace and good governance

Bode June 16, 2024
  By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, and Acting Governor of Borno State, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, joined thousands of Muslim faithful at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri to celebrate the 2024 Eid-el-Kabir festival. The Vice President and the...
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Nigeria’s Okere wins international astronomical union’s award Dr Bonaventure Okere, Director, Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy, NASRDA

Nigeria’s Okere wins international astronomical union’s award

Bode June 16, 2024
    An astronomer with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr Bonaventure Okere, has won the 2024 International Astronomical Union (IAU) prize for astronomy education in Africa. Guido Schwarz, IAU’s Press Officer, announced the prize winners in a statement issued on the union’s official website page,...
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Army chief celebrates Eid-el-Kabir with troops, commends their gallantry IMG 20240616 WA0000

Army chief celebrates Eid-el-Kabir with troops, commends their gallantry

Bode June 16, 2024
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS),  Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has extended hearty felicitations and commendation to troops of the Nigerian Army and members of their families on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir. COAS Lagbaja also commended their commitment and gallantry in confronting emerging...
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‘Minimum wage bill must uphold workers’ right to a living wage’, SERAP tells Tinubu President Bola Tinubu

‘Minimum wage bill must uphold workers’ right to a living wage’, SERAP tells Tinubu

Bode June 16, 2024
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria’s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an...
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Eid-el-kabir: Pray fervently for nation’s economic recovery – CAN urges Nigerians CAN logo

Eid-el-kabir: Pray fervently for nation’s economic recovery – CAN urges Nigerians

Bode June 16, 2024
  Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, has urged Nigerians to pray fervently for the fast recovery of the nation’s economy. The CAN chairman made the call in his congratulatory message issued on Sunday in Minna to the Muslim community on the...
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Olawale Rasheed to Benedict Alabi: ‘Your poor performance in office disqualifies you from rating Governor Adeleke’ Olawale Rasheed

Olawale Rasheed to Benedict Alabi: ‘Your poor performance in office disqualifies you from rating Governor Adeleke’

Bode June 16, 2024
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor,  has asked a former Deputy Governor in the state, Benedict Alabi, to bury his head in shame over his misguided notion on the performance of Governor Ademola Adeleke In a statement issued in Osogbo...
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Eid-el-kabir: Pray for Tinubu to steer Nigeria towards brighter future – Wike 20240605 103747

Eid-el-kabir: Pray for Tinubu to steer Nigeria towards brighter future – Wike

Bode June 16, 2024
  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the Muslim frightful to pray for President Bola Tinubu to successfully steer the country towards a brighter future. Wike made the appeal in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Muslim Ummah in Abuja on Saturday. The minister...
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Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: FG withholds payment of some compensations Minister of Works, David Umahi

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: FG withholds payment of some compensations

Bode June 16, 2024
  The Federal Government has said it is withholding payment of compensation to affected property owners from Kilometer Seven on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, due to alteration on the plan. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said this when he inspected ongoing works on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway...
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