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BREAKING: Buhari sacks DG NYSC Gen. Fadah 6 months after appointment

BREAKING: Buhari sacks DG NYSC Gen. Fadah 6 months after appointment

Less than six months after assuming office as the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah, from office as the Scheme’s DG. Although reasons have not been provided by the presidency for the sacking of Mr Fadah, credible sources in the Villa told PRNigeria that the NYSC boss’ removal is not unconnected with the fact that he had exhibited ‘glaring incompetence’ in the six months he has piloted the affairs of NYSC. Meanwhile, PRNigeria gathered that the ousted NYSC Director General has been asked to…
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2023: Southeast businessmen support Tinubu’s campaign with N1bn

2023: Southeast businessmen support Tinubu’s campaign with N1bn

Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma has revealed that 2,000 Southeast businessmen have supported the presidential bid of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, with the sum of N1 billion. Uzodimma stated this on Thursday at the town hall meeting between Tinubu and business leaders in the region. The Director of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, stated this in a statement issued Thursday said membership of the group was drawn from the five states of the region. Uzodinma said: “I am happy to say our people are fully in support of our Presidential candidate…
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If elected, I’ll adopt dialogue to resolve legitimate grievances, facilitate production in Aba, Owerri — Tinubu tells Igbo leaders

If elected, I’ll adopt dialogue to resolve legitimate grievances, facilitate production in Aba, Owerri — Tinubu tells Igbo leaders

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a town hall meeting with business leaders in Owerri, capital city of Imo state. President Muhammadu Buhari had made similar statements in the past, and there was a pushback from parts of the country. Over the years, groups like the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have called for the secession of the south-east from the country over claims of marginalisation. The former governor of Lagos said he knows that many people have “painful grievances” in need of…
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FIRS Opens 25 New Satellite Tax Offices Across Nigeria

FIRS Opens 25 New Satellite Tax Offices Across Nigeria

FIRS Opens 25 New Satellite Tax Offices Across Nigeria Officially launches, Micro and Small Tax Office, Epe, Lagos … The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has announced the opening of 25 new Tax Offices across the country. These new Tax Offices, approved by the Muhammad Nami led management, are part of the Service’s goal to bring tax services nearer to the tax paying public while bringing FIRS nearer to the public. These new Tax Offices would help bring many taxpayers into the tax net, help filling of Companies Income Tax, and Value Added Tax as well as monitor compliance with…
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Family of six die after dinner in Anambra

Family of six die after dinner in Anambra

A man, identified as Mr Augustine Nwokedi, his wife, and four children have died after eating dinner in Ozubulu, Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened on October 4, 2022, and the bodies of the deceased were said to have been discovered in their apartment by their neighbours. A source in the area said the death happened after the family had taken their dinner and went to bed, but were discovered dead the next morning. According to the source, the family were suspected to have died of food poisoning, but this has not been confirmed. The deceased children’s,…
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PHOTOS: I have never, won’t run my administration on religious bias, Tinubu assures CAN

PHOTOS: I have never, won’t run my administration on religious bias, Tinubu assures CAN

PRESS RELEASE I have never, won't run my administration on religious bias, Tinubu assures CAN ...says choice of Shettima has nothing to do with religion Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected President of Nigeria. Tinubu who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session assured them that the same way his administration did not discriminate against anyone either based on tribe, religion or gender when he…
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‘Drunk’ soldier kills Nigerian Army General

‘Drunk’ soldier kills Nigerian Army General

The Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) and one of the finest officers in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General O.A. James, is dead. The top army officer died Tuesday night from injuries he suffered after a corporal, Abayomi Ebun, believed to be drunk, hit him with a car, those familiar with the matter told online newspaper, Premium Times. The incident happened at about 10:30p.m Tuesday as Brigadier General James was walking to his residence inside the NAFRC barracks in Lagos. “The general was trekking to his apartment inside the Barracks when he was hit and…
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Drama as PDP members in Plateau clean Jos venue of APC presidential flag-off

Drama as PDP members in Plateau clean Jos venue of APC presidential flag-off

Many Jos residents, majorly youths, who are supporters of the opposition PDP in their numbers, on Wednesday, trooped to the Rwang Pam stadium, venue of the APC campaign flag-off to engage in cleansing exercise. Their action came barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential flagged off its presidential campaign in the Plateau capital. Several of the support groups of the PDP who were among the youths, said their action was to show their commitment to voting out the APC in Plateau, in the next political dispensation. Kamru Sani, the Director General, Atiku Motivational Movement, who made this…
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2023: Why I am exposing Tinubu – Hundeyin

2023: Why I am exposing Tinubu – Hundeyin

Investigative journalist, David Hundeyin says his decision to bring to the limelight, the alleged forfeiture of money and offences bordering on narcotics by Bola Ahmed Tinubu — presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election — was because he wanted Nigerians to know Tinubu’s background since he was aspiring to rule the country. Hundeyin stated this Tuesday in an interview with Arise TV. The journalist talked about his recent publication ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate’. The United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois last week released fresh…
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Gunmen abduct travelers on Cross River Highway

Gunmen abduct travelers on Cross River Highway

Abductors took away passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the Divisional Police Officer in the area, a tactical team, including members of the police anti-kidnap squad had been deployed in the area. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that no fewer than nine persons were abducted by the gun-toting abductors between Okomita and Uyanghoa communities near Calabar. He said the gunmen emerged…
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