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Buhari swears in Justice Ariwoola as CJN

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday in Abuja, took oath of office as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), The NewsZenith reports. President Muhammadu Buhari sworn in the new CJN during a briefly ceremony before the start of the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Speaking to journalists after his swearing-in […]

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Roundup: Experts warn hunger, food insecurity rising in Africa

By agency Report Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise in Africa with the latest data showing that one in five people in Africa is facing hunger, African Union (AU) and United Nations officials have said. This came at the high-level food and nutrition conference held on Monday at the AU headquarters in […]

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Mnangagwa calls for fire management strategy after 10 killed in Zimbabwe veld fire

By Agency Report Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday heightened the need to develop a national veld fire management strategy. This is coming after 10 farm workers were burnt to death on Monday in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province. “A new national strategy is now needed to minimise this growing menace whose […]

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African ministers commit to developing roadmap to boost food security

By Agency Report Eight ministers from the Horn of African region have vowed to develop a comprehensive roadmap to help boost food security amid a looming famine in some countries, the regional bloc said on Tuesday.   “The failure of four consecutive rainfall seasons over the last three years has pushed communities in Arid and […]

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2023: Group begins to mobilise business communities for Atiku/Okowa

A political support group, Nigerian Business Communities (NBC) for PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has pledged it would begin to mobilise voters for the former vice president in the South West.   The group made the pledge after its zonal meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The convener […]

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2022 U-17: Nigeria’s Flamingos lose first match

Nigeria’s Flamingos lost their opening match in their campaign at the 2022 U-17 Women’s World Cup in India bowing to Germany in a 2-1 loss. Captain Dah Zossu Alvine was brought down in the 29th minute and 15-year-old Miracle Usani gave Nigeria the lead as she excellently fired the resulting free-kick into the net. The […]

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Tinubu pledges to break shackle of poverty, destitution in Nigeria

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that his administration would break the shackle of poverty and destitution in Nigeria if elected in the 2023 general elections. Tinubu made the pledge during the inauguration of the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team at the State House Banquet […]

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Kenya takes mobile money out of telecom operations

Kenya’s apex bank, on Tuesday, announced the successful separation of telecommunications and mobile money business of the country’s second-largest telecom, Airtel Kenya, a first in the east African nation. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), in a statement issued in Nairobi, said it welcomed the milestone done by Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd, which sets a […]

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National Politics

PDP Govs’ Forum congratulates Okowa, others on national honours award

The PDP Governors’ Forum has congratulated its members who were conferred with the prestigious National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a statement by the forum’s Director–General, CID Maduabum, in Abuja on Tuesday. Maduabum named the members to include Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of […]

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Nigeria opens visa, passport processing centre in Cairo

Nigeria has opened a new office in Cairo to provide visa application, passport, Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and National Identity Number (NIN) services in Egypt. Mr Abdul-Razaq Musa, the Executive Assistant to the President of the Nigeria-Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in […]

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