The Peoples Democratic Party has criticized the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as deceitful, adding that it has no mechanism for economic recovery. The statement reads: “The PDP also describes the claim by President Tinubu that the budget is a Budget of Renewed […]
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, affirmed the election of Dr. Kefas Agbu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Taraba State. In a unanimous judgement of the three-member panel of Justices of the court delivered by Justice Peter Affen, the appellate court held that the New Nigerian Peoples […]
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Kenya’s parliament has banned the wearing of a suit, named after the late Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, within the building. Speaker of Parliament Moses Wetangula said Kaunda suits, as well as traditional African clothes, were not welcome. Kenyan President William Ruto often wears them on official occasions. The suit, which is also referred to as […]
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A 33-year-old British-Nigerian, Idris Dayo Mustapha, has confessed in a US court to defrauding and stealing more than $6m (£4.7m) over seven years. He was part of a hacking ring that infiltrated email and brokerage accounts of US firms between 2011 and 2018, causing losses worth $6m, officials said. Mustapha, who is a dual citizen […]
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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says passport front offices are scheduled to open in some major cities across the United Kingdom, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Cardiff (Wales), in three months. Speaking on the Tuesday edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, the minister addressed the concerns of Nigerians in the diaspora over difficulties renewing their […]
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The Customs Area Controller of Tin Can Island Port Command, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday said officers of the command rejected a bribe of over N80milliom ($50,300) to allow a controlled medication to pass Customs clearance. This disclosure was made by the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni, in Lagos, while handing […]
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Enitan Subair, the OAU student who is in line to set a new Guiness World Record for the longest continuous handwashing of clothes has just posted a video on X debunking rumours that she was rushed to the hospital immediately after completing her record attempt on Moday. Most publications (not Urnaija) reported that she was […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Sokoto state. In a three-member panel of the court’s Sokoto division, which sat in Abuja held, in a unanimous judgment on Monday that the appellants failed to prove their case. The panel, […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2024 appropriation bill of N27.50 trillion, with a N1.5 trillion increase from the earlier estimated bill. The government had proposed N26.2 trillion but reviewed the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) after it was recently approved by the National Assembly. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku […]
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the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended all the wet-leased aircraft of United Nigeria Airlines following their unexplained diversion of an Abuja-bound aircraft to Asaba International Airport on Sunday. This was announced on Monday by the civil aviation regulatory authority in a letter addressed to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the airline. Shortly […]
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