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Month: August 2023

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Judiciary

Election Petition Court Reserves Judgment on Atiku’s Petition

    The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, has reserved judgment on the petition filed by the Presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the declaration of President Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 Presidential election. Justice Haruna Tsamani gave the position after Atiku, who was present in the court, adopted his final address to the court. The former Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Party […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Featured

Planned Strike : No Threat Of Contempt – FG Tells NLC 

        The Federal Government has dismissed as mere  rumour making the rounds that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is being threatened, saying pendency of the order of the court cannot be equated with threats. This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Beatrice Jeddy-Agba in Abuja. According to the statement, the issue connected with hike in fuel […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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National

HOR Assures Immediate Approval Of New Minimum Wage

The House of Representatives says it will approve the new minimum wage once it is transmitted to the National Assembly by the President. In a statement in Abuja, the spokesman of the House, Mr. Akin Rotimi lauded President Bola Tinubu's announcement of the planned upward review of the national minimum wage. Mr Rotimi says the decision will alleviate the adverse economic effects resulting from the removal of fuel subsidy. According […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Featured

Nigerian Wins Award Proffering Solution To Turkey’s Earthquakes

A Turkey-based Nigerian data scientist, Leonardo Iheme, has won SAS Hackathon 2023 award for his Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution to the Turkey earthquake where about 50,000 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were injured in February. Iheme James Swinnerton and Can Tosun all from EPAM System had entered the competition and won in two categories –the natural language and the regional awards (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). The […]

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Featured

Primate Anglican Communion Advocates Interventions To Curb High Cost Of Living

Primate Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the plight of Nigerian workers and effects of the fuel subsidy removal on Citizens to avoid break down of law and order. Addressing the Anglican Lawyers, Registrars and Chancellors in Abuja, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba said the current economic situation was becoming unbearable as most small and medium scale businesses have […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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National

PBAT Finally Moves Into Aso Rock

President Bola Tinubu has finally moved into Aso Rock to ease traffic concerns two months after his inauguration. Daily Trust reported that the President on Sunday moved into the Glass House, one of the living quarters within the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Since he assumed office on May 29, President Tinubu has been resuming office daily from his private residence in Asokoro due to ongoing renovations in the presidential residence, but […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Entertainment

Pee-wee Herman Actor Paul Reubens Dies Aged 70

Paul Reubens, the US actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens, 70, died on Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement. “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” Reubens said in a statement released with the announcement […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Africa

Senegal : Two killed in Protest Over Arrest Of Sonko

Two people have been killed in Senegal in protests sparked by the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, according to the country’s interior ministry. Two “lifeless male bodies” were discovered in the southern city of Ziguinchor, where 2024 presidential hopeful Sonko is mayor, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry called on the public to stay calm and said it was taking measures to “preserve peace and […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Foreign

Myanmar Military Extends Emergency, Postpones Election

Myanmar’s military has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after extending a state of emergency it imposed in the aftermath of its 2021 coup. In a statement on state television on Monday, the military cited ongoing violence as the reason for the election delay. “In order to have an election that is free and fair and also to be able to vote without any fear, necessary security […]

todayAugust 1, 2023