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Security

GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UNITED STATES MISSION WORKERS.

The Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo has expressed condolences to the families and organizations of the United States US Mission staff members and policemen killed by gunmen in the state, while strongly condemning the attack which he described as heinous and unprovoked. The assailants killed two workers on a mission and two accompanying officers along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area LGA on Tuesday. Soludo in a statement […]

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Politics

PRESIDENT-ELECT REJECTS LIVE BROADCAST OF TRIBUNAL.

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is opposing the application by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the election petition. Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima through their team of lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun in response to the application yesterday said the request was an abuse of the court process. They asked the presidential election petition court to […]

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National

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RENAMES MINISTRY OF AVIATION.

The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has announced that the Federal Ministry of Aviation has been renamed as the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace of Nigeria. Sirika in his pronouncement yesterday in Abuja moments after the Federal Executive Council FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari explained that the alteration became expedient because it is on the exclusive list, linking the development to the establishment of the African Aerospace […]

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Economy

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA ADVISES GOVERNORS: MOVE BEYOND CRUDE OIL DEPENDENCY.

The Director-General of the World Trade Organization WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has counselled incoming governors to stop depending on crude oil and diversify the sources of revenue in their respective states. Speaking during an induction organized for elected governors in Abuja, the former Minister of Finance highlighted that states that heavily depend on the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC would be badly affected when the country’s oil and gas no […]

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Economy

BIDEN CUTS SHORT FOREIGN TRIP AMID LOOMING THREAT OF US DEBT DEFAULT.

President of the United States of America Joe Biden and Republican leaders have expressed cautious optimism that a deal to raise the US debt ceiling is within reach, following emergency talks at the White House but House of Representatives Speaker Kevin Mccarthy said the two sides are still far apart. The standoff has forced Biden to cut short a foreign trip because, without a deal, they could enter a disastrous […]

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Entertainment

IGBO INDIGENOUS FILM LEADS NIGERIAN BOX OFFICE.

Nigerian indigenous film The Bride Price has risen to number one at the Nigerian box office after spending just two weeks in cinemas and amassing 13 million Naira. Data from the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria CEAN however, showed that The Bride Price recorded a 26% drop over the weekend and a 25% overall decrease in ticket sales but was still ahead of an international title John Wick 4 and local titles […]

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Sports

INTER MILAN BEATS CITY RIVALS TO SECURE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL SPOT.

Italian Giant Inter Milan reached the Champions League final for the first time in 13 years with Lautaro Martinez's goal-sealed victory over fierce rivals AC Milan at San Siro. Three-time winners Inter, who led 2-0 after the first leg, will face either Manchester City or Real Madrid in Istanbul on 10 June after a disciplined second-leg display ensured their progress. Theo Hernandez fired marginally over with a ferocious strike and […]

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Security

FOUR KILLED IN GUNMEN’S ATTACK ON UNITED STATES EMBASSY CONVOY IN ANAMBRA.

The Police Public Relations officer in Anambra State Tobechukwu Ikenga yesterday confirmed that four persons were killed following an attack on a United State US Consulate staff convoy along Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State but said no US citizen was in the convoy. The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies and vehicles ablaze, and on sighting the responding […]

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National

SENATE PASSES 876 BILLION NAIRA NDDC BUDGET.

The 9th Assembly yesterday passed the 876 billion Naira 2023 budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, after a thorough debate that tends to bring out the impact of the commission on the people of the Niger Delta region in past years. In the overall budget of the commission, personnel expenditure will gulp 34.2 billion Naira, overhead expenditure will gulp 17 billion Naira, internal Capital expenditure will gulp 3.7 […]

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News

PRESIDENT BUHARI RETURNS TO NIGERIA AFTER EXTENDING HIS STAY IN UNITED KINGDOM.

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after an additional week in the United Kingdom UK where he had gone to attend the coronation of King Charles III and his Queen Consort, Camilla, of the United Kingdom. The President’s aircraft touched down at 4:45 pm yesterday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from where he was flown to the Presidential Villa in a chopper. Buhari left Nigeria on […]

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