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General Religious Corner

Eid-el-Fitr: Cleric seeks better Nigeria, advises President-elect

By Our Correspondent The Chief Imam of Sideeqat Ahmad Megida Central Mosque Ikorodu, Alhaji Nurudeen Abdul-Kadiri, has advised the incoming administration of the President-elect to uphold justice and protect lives and property. Abdul-Kadiri made the plea at the Eid-el-Fitr prayer held in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Friday. He quoted from the Holy Qur’an where Allah […]

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Law / Crime Legislature Politics

Senate gives Interior Ministry 24hrs to defend N700m expenditure

The Senate has given the Ministry of Interior 24 hours to defend the N700 million collected from Service Wide Votes to monitor Ondo and Edo governorship elections. The money was released in two batches N400 million for Ondo governorship election and N300 million for Edo governorship election. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Shuaib […]

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General National

Rivers LG inaugurates committee on 2023 census

Mr Hope Ikiriko, the Chairman, Ahoada West Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers, has inaugurated a 13-member Publicity Committee ahead of the 2023 Population and Housing census in Nigeria. Ikiriko announced the inauguration in a statement he issued on Saturday in Port Harcourt. He commended the National Population Census (NPC) for its preparation to ensure […]

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National NGO's

Southwest Youth Parliament honours NYSC Director

The South West Youth Parliament (SWYP) has conferred an award of ‘Excellent Leadership’ to Mr Omotade Ayodele Folorunsho, the Director, Corps Welfare and Health Services of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The SWYP is the apex body governing the youth of South West region in Nigeria. The award presentation took place at the NYSC National […]

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General Religious Corner

Saudi Authorities announces sighting of Shawwal Cresent

Saudi Arabia Authorities, on Thursday officially announced sighting of new Cresent of Shawwal to herald the end of Ramadan. A verified twitter handle of the two holy mosques of Makkah and Madinah, ‘Haramain Sharifain’ announced the sighting of Shawwal Cresent. ”The physical search for the new monn was carried our by a team of astronomers […]

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General Law / Crime

3,298 prisoners are on death sentence – NCS

No fewer than 3,298 people are on death sentence in various Nigerian Correctional Facilities are on the death sentence. Mr Abubakar Umar, the Spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service, announced this in Abuja, on Wednesday. Umar said that authorities have abrogated the term ‘condemned criminal’. He said that with the implementation of the new NCoS […]

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General NGO's

IWS reiterates commitment to empowering women

The International Women’s Society (IWS) has pledged to continue empowering the disadvantaged in the country, particularly women and children. The President of IWS, Mrs Izabella Abia-Okon, said this during the association’s April meeting and cultural exchange programme, on Tuesday in Lagos. IWS held the meeting in collaboration with the Nigerian-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. Abia-Okon recalled […]

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General Science & Technology

Research: Covenant Varsity partners OBTranslate

By our reporter The Covenant University in Nigeria says it is partnering with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities in a broad range of areas. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties covers Machine Translation (MT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and linguistics. Under the arrangement, OBTranslate scientists would develop […]

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General Politics

INEC sacks REC in Adamawa

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Adamawa State, Mr Hudu Yinusa Ari. Mr Festus Oloye, INEC’s Chairman of Information and Voters Education Committee, announced the development in a statement on Monday. In the two-paragraph statement, Okoye said the sacking of Ari takes effect from Sunday, […]

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Law / Crime Politics

INEC to prosecute 200 suspected electoral offenders

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is ready to prosecute 200 electoral crime suspects in the 2023 general elections. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, announced this at the weekend in Abuja. Oyekanmi said the commission had received more than 50 case files from the Police authorities. “There are […]

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