December 2023

Sixteen people were killed after they were struck by lightning on their way to a wedding in the South Asian country of Bangladesh, the BBC reported. According to the groom, Muman, his family were on their way to join him, but a heavy…
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Kano governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sadik Aminu Wali has called on the national leadership of the PDP to sanction the former governor of Rivers State and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike over his actions that…
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The Senate on Saturday mourned the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former speaker died on Wednesday in Abuja, at the age of 65. This…
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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has lost his uncle, Alhaji Hassan Yusuf Danmakwayo. In a statement signed by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to the Governor, late Hassan Yusuf, a retired Nursing Officer died after a…
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The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $ 7.8 billion and €100 million as part of the 2022 – 2024 borrowing plan of the Federal Government. The request was approved after the Senate considered and adopted the…
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Ibrahim Nasir of Bauchi and Zainab Mohammad of Kano have won the 38th National Qur’anic Recitation competition held in Damaturu, Yobe. Nasir and Mohammed competed in memorization of the full Qur’an with commentary and different modes of…
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The House of Representatives on Saturday passed the sum of N28.777 trillion in expenditure for the 2024 fiscal year, following a report by Rep. Abubakar Bichi, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas who read…
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The Senate has approved N28.7 trillion as the 2024 appropriation bill. The upper chamber passed the bill at the plenary on Saturday. According to the report submitted by the Appropriation Committee led by Senator Solomon Adeola,…
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The Senate has summoned security chiefs and others over Christmas Eve killings in Plateau State. Those summoned include the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Inspector General…
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Two South Koreans abducted nearly three weeks ago by an unidentified armed group in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria have been released, the foreign ministry in Seoul disclosed Saturday. The two Koreans, who were abducted on December 12,…
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