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NCAA blacklists Fuji star K1 for 6 months
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says Wasiu Ayinde, the popular Fuji musician known as Kwam 1, will be blacklisted for six months for his conduct at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Michael Achimugu, the NCAA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, announced during a press briefing on Thursday. “What I must assure the…
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2027: Jonathan may run for President – Close Ally
Some close associates and a senior member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to contest the 2027 presidential election. Jonathan was defeated by late Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 after a failed bid to remain as Nigeria’s President. According to sources quoted by Vanguard newspaper, the former Bayelsa State Governor has…
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REVEALED! Billionaire Aminu Dantata’s death wish
The late business tycoon Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who passed away in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, had a most cherished final wish in his lifetime – to be buried in Saudi Arabia, particularly in Madinah, the city of the Prophet Mohammed. A member of the Dantata Dynasty, Sanusi Dantata made the revelation on Saturday in a post on his…
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Wigwe accommodated my family after I was dethroned, says Sanusi
Innocent Raphael The 14th Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi, on Wednesday was in an emotional state as he recounted how the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, stood by him after he was dethroned and banished. Sanusi made the revelation at the continuation of the Night of Tributes organised in Wigwe’s honour in Lagos attended…
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US, Nigeria sign MoU on cultural preservation
Kunle Sanni The federal government and the United States of America on Thursday signed a memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on a cultural heritage preservation project in Adamawa State. This was revealed that it has repatriated a total of 63 Benin bronzes taken from Nigeria since 2022. The project involves the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Ahmadu Bello University,…
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Namibia President passes on after battle with Cancer
Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob, has died in a hospital in Windhoek, the presidential office said in a statement. Geingob died at 82 on Sunday. Geingob, who was serving his second term as president, revealed last month that he was receiving treatment for cancer. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage Geingob,…
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BREAKING: Ekweremadu bags 9-year jail term for organ trafficking, wife 4 years
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who was described by Mr. Justice Johnson as the “driving force throughout”, has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking. His wife, Beatrice was jailed for four years and six months due to her more limited involvement. Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted the organ for…
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Buhari didn’t direct CBN, AGF not to comply with Supreme Court judgment – Presidency
The Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not direct the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami to defy the judgment of the Supreme Court on the validity of the old N1,000 and N500 notes. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba…
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CBN, Police, other agencies to prosecute sellers, abusers of naira
…assures that queues at ATMs will disappear soon Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said it is collaborating with the Nigeria Police, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to address the unpatriotic abuse of new naira notes. The apex bank said it has observed, with grave…
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Osinbajo advocates for more university endowments
Given that budgetary allocations alone cannot sustain the running of public universities, the future of the university system depends on the adoption of independent but creative sources of funding, including the establishment of an endowment fund, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo was speaking on Thursday when he hosted a delegation from the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) on…
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