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No Allow Busybodies And Bad-Belle Pipo Distract You – President Bola Tinubu Tells FCT Minister Wike

No Allow Busybodies And Bad-Belle Pipo Distract You – President Bola Tinubu Tells FCT Minister Wike

No Allow Busybodies And Bad-Belle Pipo Distract You - President Bola Tinubu Tells FCT Minister, Wike President Bola Tinubu don tell Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike, say make e no allow busybodies and bad-belle pipo distract am, instead make e focus on di beta work wey e dey do to transform di kontri capital. Oga Tinubu tok dis one wen e commission di International Conference Centre wey dem just renovate for Abuja, Nigeria capital. Di president say di renovated ICC wey di FCT minister rename Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre to honour am, na part of im…
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FGN To Train 100,000 Youths Annually In Forex Trading

FGN To Train 100,000 Youths Annually In Forex Trading

FG To Train 100,000 Youths Annually In Forex Trading The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Investonaire Academy to train 100,000 young Nigerians every year in foreign exchange trading, as part of efforts to tackle unemployment and drive financial inclusion. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, signed by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Omolara Esan. The MoU, sealed on Monday in Abuja, will see Nigerian youths equipped with practical skills in forex trading, risk management, and financial literacy, with the aim of preparing them to actively participate in…
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FG To States: Hands Off LG Funds, Supreme Court Ruling Must Stand

FG To States: Hands Off LG Funds, Supreme Court Ruling Must Stand

FG to States: Hands Off LG Funds, Supreme Court Ruling Must Stand The Federal Government has reiterated that no state government has the legal authority to collect or manage funds meant for local government areas (LGAs). In a firm response to Osun State’s legal action, the FG maintained that all allocations from the Federation Account must be paid directly to LGAs, in strict compliance with an earlier Supreme Court judgment. The FG’s affidavit, filed at the apex court, accused Osun State of unlawfully collecting LG funds between July 2024 and February 2025. It urged the court to dismiss Osun's case,…
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NUT Urges Tinubu To Implement Welfare Packages For Teachers

NUT Urges Tinubu To Implement Welfare Packages For Teachers

NUT Urges Tinubu To Implement Welfare Packages For Teachers The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement welfare packages approved for teachers by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari since 2020. The National President of the union, Comrade Audu Amba made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Amba said five years after the Federal Government promised to implement special salary structure and other welfare packages for teachers, the promises had remained unfulfilled. According to him, the unfulfilled promises is partly responsible for the broader challenges affecting…
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June 12 Pardon? Jonathan, Others Mount Pressure On Tinubu To Reinstate Fubara

June 12 Pardon? Jonathan, Others Mount Pressure On Tinubu To Reinstate Fubara

June 12 Pardon? Jonathan, Others Mount Pressure On Tinubu To Reinstate Fubara Former President Goodluck Jonathan is among eminent Nigerians said to be making a case for suspended Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, behind the scenes, to be returned to his position on or before June 12. Jonathan, according to sources, has engaged President Bola Tinubu in at least one telephone conversation on the need to reinstate the suspended governor on or before June 12 in the spirit of Democracy Day. The president will, according to tradition, address the nation in a broadcast on June 12. Tinubu had, on…
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Only Tinubu Can Lead Us To Nigeria Of Our Dreams – Wike

Only Tinubu Can Lead Us To Nigeria Of Our Dreams – Wike

Only Tinubu Can Lead Us To Nigeria Of Our Dreams – Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the country needs leaders like President Bola Tinubu to achieve the “Nigeria of our dreams”. Wike said this in his 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture titled “The Nigeria of our Dreams” presented at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Thursday. Wike pointed out that the greatest challenge confronting Nigeria and militating against its development was the plague of bad leadership. He agreed with Chinua Achebe, whose book, ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’, graphically captured the challenge when he stated that…
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30 States, FCT At Risk Of Flood – FGN Raises Alarm

30 States, FCT At Risk Of Flood – FGN Raises Alarm

30 States, FCT At Risk Of Flood – FG Raises Alarm The Federal Government yesterday raised alarm that 30 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are currently at risk of flooding, reminiscent of last Thursday’s flood in which over 200 persons lost their lives in Mokwa, Niger State. Several houses were also washed away, rendering thousands homeless, even as over 500 persons have been declared missing. The high flood risk states include Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, and Edo. Others are Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos,…
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Presidency Challenges Opposition To Present Alternatives, Not Just Criticism

Presidency Challenges Opposition To Present Alternatives, Not Just Criticism

Presidency Challenges Opposition To Present Alternatives, Not Just Criticism The Presidency on Monday challenged opposition leaders and critics of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to move beyond attacks and articulate alternative policies that would better tackle Nigeria’s complex challenges. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Mr. Sunday Dare, the Presidency challenged opponents to tell Nigerians the “alternative strategies they would propose in contrast to this administration’s extensive list of significant achievements currently benefiting Nigerians in real-time” instead of resorting to what it described as “a penchant and deliberate attempt to find…
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FGN To Prosecute Parents, Guardians  Found Wanting Of Exam Malpractices

FGN To Prosecute Parents, Guardians Found Wanting Of Exam Malpractices

FG To Prosecute Parents, Guardian Found Wanting Of Exam Malpractices Parents and guardians found complicit in examination malpractices will henceforth be prosecuted, the federal government has warned. This came as the government directed all schools to immediately report any threats or breaches of exam conduct to law enforcement and the relevant educational authorities. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunde Alausa, who said this in a statement, condemned the assault on the Vice Principal of Complete Child Development College, Akure, Ondo State, by thugs allegedly hired by the parents of a student caught cheating during an exam. Dr. Alausa stated…
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Hardship: Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, NYSC DG Tells Outgoing Corps Members

Hardship: Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, NYSC DG Tells Outgoing Corps Members

Hardship: Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, NYSC DG Tells Outgoing Corps Members Corps members across the country, who have just completed their mandatory one-year service under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been advised not to allow the present economic challenges to demoralise them, leading them to lose hope. The advice was given by the NYSC Director General, Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, while speaking in Bauchi on Tuesday, during the distribution of certificates of National Service to the 2024 Batch B Stream 1 Corps members passing out of the scheme. The DG, who was represented by Kufre Umoren, the Bauchi…
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