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FG commissions FISH Estate Gwagwalada for Civil Servants
The Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board has commissioned a 116 Housing Units of 2 bedroom bungalow at FISH Estate Gwagwalada in Abuja. A statement by the Head of the Public Relations Unit, Obiechina Ngozi, explained that the FISH Estate is a landmark housing project aimed at providing affordable and safe housing for the core civil servants. Speaking at the…
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PHOTO: National Planning Minister, Senator Bagudu attends National Agric Sample Census Report launch
The absence of adequate data on Nigeria’s agricultural sector has been a significant barrier to progress. Without data, stakeholders can not make informed decisions crucial to agricultural growth. Therefore, the launch and dissemination of the National Agricultural Sample Census Report addresses the problem of lack of data for agricultural development in Nigeria.
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Ex- Sports minister, AVM Bayo Lawal is dead
A former Minister of Youth and Sports and ex-Military Administrator of Benue State, Air Vice Marshal Bayo Lawal (Rtd) has passed away. He reportedly died in his sleep at his home on Sunday, June 23. Air Commodore Sani Zakari (rtd), the Sergeant At Arms at the National Assembly who confirmed the death to Vanguard stated that the daughter of the…
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Breaking: FCT Police arrests suspected killers of retired Army General
The FCT Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of Brigadier General Udokwere in Abuja. According to FCT Commissioner of Police Benneth Igweh, two of the alleged robbers are still at large and they took off with the retired general’s handgun. Details later…
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Court adjourns hearing on Kano Govt suit against Ado Bayero
A Kano State High Court has adjourned till 2nd July a case filed by the State Government seeking to restrain Aminu Ado Bayero and four others from presenting themselves as Emirs. The Court is presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu. On Monday, during the hearing of a notice petition for an interlocutory injunction, the matter was reopened. Alhaji Aminu…
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BREAKING: 12 Southern governors meet in Ogun
Twelve governors from the Southern part of the country are meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun today. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun welcomed the governors to the presidential lodge in Abeokuta on Monday afternoon. The governors in attendance are Seyi Makinde, Oyo State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Ademola Adeleke of Osun, Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and Godwin Obaseki…
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Two die as Abuja estate is submerged in flood after early morning rain
According to unverified accounts, two persons were reportedly carried away by the floods in the Lugbe neighbourhood of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja during an early Monday morning downpour. The extended downpour severely damaged properties and left hundreds homeless as Trademore Estate was submerged. A video circulated online showed the estate almost entirely submerged.A woman in the video said,…
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‘Northern politicians’ visits to Buhari signal plot to remove Tinubu in 2027′
A former lawmaker for Kaduna Central at the Senate, Senator Shehu Sani has said the recent trips to Daura by a number of well-known Northern politicians is a covert attempt to forge a powerful northern alliance that will use the former president Muhammadu Buhari as a focal point to oppose and remove President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2027. Senator Sani…
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More than a dozen killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan
Gunmen have attacked churches, a synagogue and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, killing at least 15 police and National Guard officers, several civilians and an Orthodox priest, according to authorities. At least 12 people were injured in the attacks, which took place in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday, the festival of Pentecost…
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Kagame backs opposition ban as Rwanda election nears
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said Saturday that his country’s democracy reflected the “unique reality of Rwandans” as he launched his election campaign at a rally in the north of the country. The central African country goes to the polls on July 15 with the incumbent widely expected to extend his 24-year rule. While Kagame has been praised for Rwanda’s economic recovery after…
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