The House of Representatives has inaugurated an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate alleged unlawful tax deductions from the earnings of civil and public servants, as well as multiple bank charges imposed on customers’ accounts across the country.
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In a significant step towards the creation of a new local government area, the Afaka Ward Technical Working Committee for the proposed Rigasa Local Government Area has formally handed over data con…
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By Peter Duru Makurdi—There was outrage and growing health concern in Benue State after some misinformed youths allegedly seized the corpse of a Lassa fever victim, preventing health officials from conducting a safe burial in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the deceased, a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo, died at the Benue
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Apart from tariffs, another word that the Trump presidency is fond of is genocide. First, it was South Africa. During South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House last May, President Donald Trump played a video suggesting that white South Africans were under genocidal attack. It was a fake video, of course, but Ramaphosa
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Abuja—The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the detention of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and four others arraigned for allegedly cyberbullying a serving senator, Shehu Umar. Justice Rita Offili-Ajumogobia, who gave the order, directed that the defendants be remanded at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Area 10, Abuja, until
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EXPERTS have made a case for a stricter regulation of religious activities by the government as a way of maintaining law and order and preventing conflicts. They also emphasised the importance of k…
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, has condemned in strong terms the ongoing atrocities and mass killings in Sudan, calling on the African Union, AU, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, to urgently intervene to stop the bloodshed and protect workers and innocent civilians. In a
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The Abuja Continental Hotel (ACH) has been awarded the Distinguished Legacy Award in recognition of its significant contributions to enhancing hospitality standards in Nigeria’s capital city. The a…
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EARLIER in the week, two renowned economists, one a businessman and the other a traditional ruler used the occasion of a book launch by the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference in Abuja to speak truth to power. They are HRH Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and
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The Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, has proceeded with its 2025 staff recruitment exercise, shortlisting candidates for aptitude tests
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