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JUST IN: Senate Sacks Ndume As Chief Whip Days After Criticising Tinubu

The Nigerian Senate has sacked Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno south as Chief Whip following his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration....

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Liberia House Of Reps Summons Top Security Officials Over Heavy Army Presence At Airport During George Weah’s Arrival

Liberia’s House of Representatives has summoned top national security officials to explain the deployment of a large Armed Forces of Liberia at the...

Burkina Faso Creates Presidency Anti-Corruption Unit
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Burkina Faso Creates Presidential Anti-Corruption Unit

Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has created an anti-corruption unit and instituted a code of ethics and professional conduct for...

Burkina Faso To Withdraw Imperialist Mining Permits Who Denied Selling The Country Equipment Components
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Burkina Faso to Revoke Mining Permits from Companies Refusing to Sell Equipment

Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, stated that the country would withdraw its mining permits from countries that refuse to sell...

Court Orders Arrest Of Kuje Doctor Over Failure To Provide Binance Executive's Medical Report
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Court Orders Arrest Of Kuje Doctor Over Failure To Provide Binance Executive’s Medical Report

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a bench (arrest) warrant for Abraham Ehizojie, a medical doctor at the Kuje Correctional Centre...

Journalist Catherine Wanjeri Shot By Kenyan Police Dies Amid Anti-Govt Protests In Nakuru
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Kenyan Police Shoots Journalist, Catherine Wanjeri During Anti-Govt Protests In Nakuru

A yet-to-be-identified Kenyan police officer has reportedly shot a journalist who works for K24TV during a live coverage of the ongoing anti-government protests...

Despite Contrary Evidence, Hazeem Gbolarumi Denied Threats To Kill Lagos Car Dealer
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Despite Contrary Evidence, Hazeem Gbolarumi Denies Threats To Kill Lagos Car Dealer

The former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Hazeem Gbolarumi, has denied threatening to maim and kill the Executive Director of 3D’s Stars General...

Nigeria's Federal Govt To Receive Airbus A330 Presidential Jet Due For Delivery
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Nigeria’s Federal Govt To Receive Airbus A330 Presidential Jet, Report Shows

The Nigerian government is set to receive a reconfigured VP-CAC Midroc Aviation Airbus A330-243 as the new presidential jet christened as 5N-FGA with...

Court Grants SERAP's Suit Requesting Lai Mohammed Disclose Agreement Between Buhari-led Administration and X
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Court Grants SERAP’s Suit Requesting Lai Mohammed To Disclose Agreement Between Buhari-led Administration And X

In a landmark verdict, Justice Nnamdi Okwy Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered former Minister Lai Mohammed and the Ministry...

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Insecurity: Nigerian Senate Rejects Proposal To Ensure Defence Funds Are Spent Correctly

During a plenary session on July 3, 2024, members of the National Assembly rejected a motion urging the Senate Committee on Army and...

Despite Allegation of Diverting COVID-19 Palliatives, Tinubu Appoints Mojisola Macaulay As Director of NSITF
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Despite Allegation of Diverting COVID-19 Palliatives, Tinubu Appoints Mojisola Macaulay As Director of NSITF

President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Lagos State House of Assembly member, Mojisolaoluwa Kehinde Alli-Macaulay as the new Executive Director of Operations at...

AfDB's Adesina Critisizes Tinubu's Duty-Free Food Imports Policy
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AfDB’s Adesina Critisises Tinubu’s Duty-Free Food Imports Policy

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has raised critical concerns over President Bola Tinubu‘s duty-free food imports directive,...