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NAFDAC Can Tell Nigerians What Food Is Safe For Consumption, But Not On GMO Crops - Farmers Association President Kabir Ibrahim
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NAFDAC Can Advise on Food Safety, But Not on GMO Crops – Farmers Association President Kabir Ibrahim

The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, or AFAN, Kabir Tukura Ibrahim, has argued that the National Agency for Food and...

UK Voters Goes To Poll For 2024 General Election
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UK Voters Goes To Poll For 2024 General Election

British voters are heading to polling stations across the United Kingdom on Thursday for the 2024 general election, with opinion polls suggesting an...

Supreme Court Rollouts 87 New SANs, Including Tinubu's Lawyer Oluwole Afolabi
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Supreme Court Rollouts 87 New SANs, Including Tinubu’s Lawyer Oluwole Afolabi

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), under the umbrella of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has rolled out 87 new Senior Advocates of...

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun Inserts ₦19bn As Office 'Contingencies' Into 2024 Appropriation Bill
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun Inserts ₦19bn As Office ‘Contingencies’ Into 2024 Appropriation Bill

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has budgeted a whooping sum of ₦18.9 billion as office ‘contingencies’ for approval into the 2024 Appropriation Bill...

Dangote Decries CBN 30% Interest Rate, Says Stifles Business Growth And Job Creation
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Dangote Decries CBN 30% Interest Rate, Says It Stifles Business Growth And Job Creation

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has criticised the current Central Bank of Nigeria’s interest rate of 30%, warning that such a...

Lagos Court Sends 4-Year Old Girl Sexual Offender, Sunday Uche To Life Imprisonment
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Lagos Court Sends Sunday Uche To Life Imprisonment For Defiling 4-Year Old Girl

The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced Sunday Uche to life imprisonment after being found guilty...

Kano Emirate Crisis: Court Adjourns Kano's Emirate Hearing To July 4
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Court Adjourns Kano’s Emirate Hearing To July 4

A Kano court has adjourned the Emirate legal hearing between Aminu Bayero and Lamido Sanusi to July 4 to address all applications and...

INEC Double-Down on Public Trust, Says Flood Affected 4,000 BVAS Machines Ahead of Edo Election
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INEC Double-Down On Public Trust, Says Flood Affected 4,000 BVAS Machines Ahead Of Edo Election

Despite low public trust, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the Edo State flood affected over 4000 Biomodal...

India: 87 People Confirmed Dead in Stampede At Religious Event
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India: 87 People Confirmed Dead In Stampede At Religious Event

A stampede which occurred during the religious celebration of Shiva Deity in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh has led to the death...

NCS Intercepts Arms, Illicit Drug-Filled Containers Worth N13.9bn Without Naming Owner
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NCS Intercepts Arms, Illicit Drug-Filled Containers Worth N13.9bn Without Naming Owner

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying arms, ammunition, illicit drugs, and thrift clothes worth N13.9 billion. Adewale...

Nigeria's GMO Regulatory Body, NBMA Violates FOI Requests Seeking Proof Of Risk Assessment Conducted For TELA Maize
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Nigeria’s GMO Regulatory Body, NBMA Violates FOI Requests Seeking Proof Of Risk Assessment Conducted For TELA Maise

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has violated the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by not responding to a request by West Africa...

Nigeria's Debt Rises To N121 Trillion For The First Time Ever - DMO
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Nigeria’s Debt Rises To ₦121 Trillion For The First Time Ever – DMO

Nigeria’s Debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio has surpassed 50% for the first time as the Debt Management Office (DMO) released a report on...