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NJC delivers retrofitted courtroom for Supreme Court

The Nigerian Judiciary Commission (NJC) has delivered a technologically-enhanced courtroom to the Supreme Court. Borno State Chief Judge Kashim Zannah, delivered the newly-built courtroom to the Chief Justice of the Federation Olukayode Ariwoola. Zannah said it was one of the nine of such just completed across the country. He said the new courtroom will address the issues of delay in…

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Osinbajo launches EFCC Zero Tolerance manual, harps on integrity to school children

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday charged young people, most especially school children to embrace integrity and honesty in their life pursuits. The Vice President spoke as the guest at the launch of Zero Tolerance Club Manual for schools in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The event was attended by the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa,…

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At 16th Lake Chad Commission summit, Buhari calls for tighter security around basin

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing attention to the increased number of arms, ammunition, and other weapons from the Russia and Ukraine war in the Lake Chad Basin. At the 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), the President, who is…

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FG approves 14-day paternity leave for civil servants

Male officers on the employment of the federal civil service can now go on 14-paternity leave with effect from November 25, 2022. This was made known by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan in a circular on Tuesday. According to her, the approval of the paternity leave by the Federal Government was in line with…

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Shettima unveils Tinubu/Shettima CrowdFunding App, says leadership beyond dubious statistics

Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday in Lagos, unveiled the Tinubu/Shettima Crowdfunding Application to enable supporters make donations to its campaign. The party is targeting a N5 billion donations from Nigerians for its campaign. Shettima, who spoke on behalf of the presidential candidate of the party ,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was…

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Buhari writes Senate, seeks legal framework for social investment programme

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the legalisation and institutionalisation of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). In the letter to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Mr Buhari requested the Senate to consider and approve an executive bill forwarded to it to that effect. “Pursuant to Section 8(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…

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Nigerians most litigious people on earth – CJN

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says Nigerians, especially the political class are the most litigious people on earth putting the judiciary under a lot of pressure. Justice Ariwoola made the assertion on Monday in Abuja at the special session of the Supreme Court held to mark the beginning of the 2022/2023 legal year and the swearing-in…

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Buhari implores ECOWAS to keep faith with vision of founding fathers

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja, reminded legislators of the ECOWAS parliament on the need to align their programmes with those of the founding fathers of the sub-regional body. The President, who stated this at the opening of the 2022 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, said: “The vision of the founding fathers of ECOWAS was to have a…

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Beware of money, passport thieves in UK, US, others, FG warns citizens

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom, the United States and other European countries to take more care of their possessions. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed gave the advice at the 5th edition of PMB Administration Scorecard (2015-2023)Series in Abuja. He said there had been a more reported cases thefts of possessions of Nigerian…

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Nigeria to experience dust haze, NiMet warns

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and sunshine from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja predicted slight dust haze across the North with prospects of moderate dust haze in Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Kaduna. “Sunny skies with patches of clouds are envisaged over the inland of the south…

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