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Medvedev says Russia could use nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s fightback succeeds in latest threat
Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon if Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds, senior Russian official Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday – the latest in a series of nuclear threats made during Moscow’s invasion by the key ally of President Vladimir Putin. “Just imagine that the offensive… in tandem with NATO, succeeded and ended up with part of our land being…
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Oyebanji to swear in new Ekiti commissioners, special advisers August 8
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji will swear in the state’s new commissioners and special advisers on August 8. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode on Monday. According to the statement, the inauguration of the 21 new commissioners and 14 special advisers comes after their confirmation by the Ekiti State House…
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Supreme Court, Federal High Court judges die same day
The Nigerian judiciary has been thrown into mourning as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chima Centus Nweze and Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong of the Federal High Court have died. According to the Nation both judicial officers died on July 30. The spokesman of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande confirmed the development to The Nation. In a brief…
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Tinubu holds nationwide broadcast tonight
President Bola Tinubu is set to make a nationwide broadcast tonight at 7 pm. This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Special duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation on Monday, July 31, 2023 at 7 pm,” the statement read. The statement also…
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More names of ministerial nominees may be forwarded to Senate this week
…Oyetola, Al-Makura top new list More names of ministerial nominees may be forwarded to the Senate this week by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation. 28 nominees were sent to the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly last Thursday and the Senate has disclosed that their screening will start on Monday, July 31st. Top among the new ministerial nominees, according…
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The coup in Niger and the Moncada Barracks attack, By Owei Lakemfa
EXACTLY 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban youths who wanted to remove the military from power, and this Wednesday’s coup in Niger Republic which removed elected President Mohamed Bazoum and restored military rule. The coup plotters, styling themselves as the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, said in a speech…
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Court orders Delta government to disclose spending details of over N200bn UBE funds under Governor Okowa
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Delta State government to disclose details of how over N200 billion in education funds was spent under the administration of Ifeanyi Okowa. The presiding judge, Daniel Osiagor, in his ruling ordered Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by the Okowa government between 2015 and…
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Fintiri imposes 24-hour curfew as hoodlums loot businesses, homes
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Sunday declared a 24-hour curfew in the state with immediate effect. The governor made the declaration in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola. The curfew followed wide scale looting and attacks on citizens by hoodlums. According him, the situation has assumed dangerous dimension as hoodlums in…
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ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Niger junta, calls for immediate release, reinstatement of President Bazoum
Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja called for the immediate release and reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and Government of the Republic of Niger. In a communique at the end of the Extraordinary Summit on Socio-Political Situation in the Republic of Niger read by the President, ECOWAS Commission, Dr…
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BREAKING: Tinubu appoints special investigator to probe Emefiele’s management of CBN
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a special investigator to probe the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under suspended Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The president appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Jim Osayande Obazee, as the “Special Investigator”. The letter said the appointment of the Special Investigator is in “accordance with the fundamental objective…
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