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Buhari inaugurates national council to implement Nigeria Startup Act 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship with the mandate to guide the implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA) 2022. Speaking at the inauguration of the 14-member Council chaired by him, the President directed the Secretariat, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to ensure faithful implementation of the Act, which provides…
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Obasanjo writes UK government, pleads for Ekweremadu over organ harvesting travail
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the UK government, asking for leniency for former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife. WesternPost had earlier reported that Ekweremadu and his wife were convicted by a UK court after being found guilty of conspiring to arrange the travel of a 21-year old from Nigeria to the UK in order to…
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Fire guts UCH Ibadan residential apartment
A residential apartment inside the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was gutted by fire on Tuesday evening. An official of the Oyo State Fire Service, while confirming the incident on condition of anonymity, said the fire had been put out. A witness in UCH said there was no loss of life in the incident, adding that only documents were lost…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits Poland as allies step up military aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Poland on Wednesday, buoyed by the latest announcement of U.S. military aid, as Russian troops pressed on with their long and costly battle to seize the eastern city of Bakhmut. Zelenskiy planned to thank his Polish allies, who have provided vital weaponry to his government since Russia’s invasion and have taken in millions of Ukrainian…
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Meet Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Adetona, Nigeria’s longest serving first class king
When the 24-year-old Ijebu Prince, Sikiru Adetona left the shores of Nigeria to the United Kingdom for further studies in 1958, the topmost on his mind must have been to become of the few chartered accountants in the Western Region and indeed Nigeria, in the mold of the legendary Akintola Williams. Indeed, he had started his journey to being a…
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China meets Tinubu on trade, diplomatic relations with Nigeria
The Chinese government said its delegation headed by its ambassador to Nigeria has met with President-elect Bola Tinubu to discuss diplomatic and trade relations. China said it had identified people-to-people cooperation, which leads to cultural exchanges, as one of the main focus areas in its relationship with Nigeria and other countries. Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, said this at…
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Who does the cap fit? By Adenrele Adekoya
Stuck in the labyrinths of thoughts about who should occupy which position in the coming administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-elect especially the coveted position of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, the reverberating effects of the late Reggae Maestro, Robert Nesta Marley’s instructive song: “Who the Cap fits, let him wear it” sonorously courted my drinking lobes (ears). I was immediately…
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Trump arrested, pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday afternoon. The indictment against Trump alleges that the former president sought to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. Prosecutors alleged Trump was part of an unlawful plan to suppress negative information, including an illegal payment of $130,000 that was ordered…
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Osita Izunaso joins race for Senate presidency
Senator representing Imo West, Osita Izunaso, has joined the race for the presidency of the 10th Senate and leadership of the National Assembly. Senator Izunaso met with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on Tuesday to present to him his certificate of return as the re-elected Senator of his Imo West constituency where he also told the President of his interest in…
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I’ve never called for insurrection, Obi replies Lai Mohammed
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi has denied allegations by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed that he is calling for insurrection after losing February 25 presidential election. Obi in a statement he released, said despite preaching for peace since the results of the election were announced, different campaigns of calumny have been targeted at his person. Obi said:…
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