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U.S. troops withdraw from Air Base 101 near Niamey, Niger

Breaking News: U.S. troops withdraw from Air Base 101 near Niamey, Niger (Video)

USA completed withdrawal from Niger’s Air Base on Sunday. USA troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger’s capital of Niamey. Niger’s authorities in April ordered the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country. ...

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Julius Berger

FG Threatens to Cancel Julius Berger, CCECC Calabar Road Contracts

Minister David Umahi warned Julius Berger and CCECC to accelerate work on the Calabar-Itu Road project or face termination Umahi criticized the slow progress, noting only 2.5 kilometers completed out of 35 kilometers planned for the road upgrade The federal ...

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Tunji Ojo

2,400 Foreigners Caught Applying For Passports – Tunji-ojo

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that the ministry uncovered 2,400 foreigners with fake National Identity Numbers attempting to acquire Nigerian passports. This was as he also emphasized the critical role of identity management in enhancing national security. ...

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Dele Giwa

Court orders FG to probe deaths of Dele Giwa, other journalists

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute the killers of journalists in Nigeria from 1986 to 2023.Among those killed within this period is the founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa.The Incorporated ...

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Styrofoam

FG plans to avoid expensive debts, ban some plastics products, supports Lagos Govt’s decision on Styrofoam

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has announced an ambitious target to improve the Federal Government’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by way of a significant 77%. Speaking at the 2024 Strategic Management Retreat ...

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Port Harcourt

5 things to know about Port Harcourt Refinery

The Federal Government, on Thursday, confirmed the resumption of operations at the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company in Rivers State. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, led a team from the Refinery Steering Committee ...

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zikist

A Zikist called Arthur Nzeribe who sold fake guns and duped Biafra

During the Biafra war, there was an Igbo man a Zikist called Arthur Nzeribe who sold fake guns and duped Biafra of millions of pounds yet you will never see Zikists insulting him for their failure in the Biafran war. ...

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UK nurse

Family mourns Nigerian lady strangled to death in UK

The family of a former ophthalmic nurse at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Taiwo Owoeye, who was found dead in her home in Suffolk, United Kingdom, has expressed sadness over her death. It was learnt that Taiwo was allegedly strangled ...

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Army rescues four kidnapped Zamfara students

By Ajisafe Olayiwola The Nigerian Army says its men have rescued four students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were reportedly kidnapped late Saturday. This was made known on Sunday in a statement by Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, on behalf ...

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NDLEA

Tinubu to lead war on drug trafficking at Africa NDLEA heads meeting

By Abiodun Sanusi …Meeting to focus on assets forfeiture, cryptocurrency, and money laundering in the drug trade President Bola Tinubu, alongside delegates of 54 African countries, is set to declare war on on global drug trafficking scourge at the forthcoming 31st ...

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