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• Edo assembly suspends 3 lawmakers after uncovering plot to impeach speaker

  06-05-2024 13:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The pronouncement led to a rowdy situation at the House as the lawmakers tried to challenge their suspension.The Edo House of Assembly on Monday suspended three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach the Speaker and other Principal Officers.The Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, announced the suspension at the resumption of plenary in Benin.Agbebaku alleged that Donald Okogbe (PDP Akoko-Edo11), Bright Iyamu (PDP- Orihonmwon South) and Adeh Isibor (PDP- Esan North East 1) were being used by some exte
  
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• Tribunal to decide winner of Kogi guber polls Monday, May 27

  27-05-2024 12:20 via pulse.ng
  
  Usman Ododo, through his Counsel, Daudu, urged the tribunal to reject the petition of Murtala Ajaka.The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has scheduled May 27 to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate, Murtala Ajaka.The petition challenges the declaration of Usman Ododo as the winner of the November 11 Kogi state governorship election.The tribunal, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu and consisting of a t
  
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• Otu restored workers’ confidence, trust in the government - Cross River TUC

  27-05-2024 11:48 via pulse.ng
  
  Within one year, the government had embarked on massive road rehabilitation and construction within the Calabar metropolis.The Trade Union Congress (TUC), Cross River chapter, has scored Gov. Bassey Otu high in the areas of road rehabilitation and fixing of ailing infrastructure.The Chairman, Monday Ogbodum, stated this in Calabar on Monday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the governor’s performance after one year in office.He said that the Otu-led government had also
  
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• Nobody will intimidate us for reinstating Emir Sanusi ll - Deputy Gov Gwarzo

  27-05-2024 11:28 via pulse.ng
  
  The state government added that they took a decision through the proper legal process. The Kano State Government has said nobody can intimidate it over its decision on the appointment of the dissolution of the five emirates and reinstatement of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll.Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo made this known while addressing newsmen in Kano on Monday. This development follows the signing into law of the amended Kano State Emirate Council Law by the governor on Thursday.The amended law disso
  
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• FG postpones tertiary councils inauguration over federal character concerns

  27-05-2024 11:14 via pulse.ng
  
  The nominations did not reflect the federal character of the country, as some states got just one nomination while others got many.The Federal Government has announced the postponement of the inauguration and retreat for Pro-Chancellors, Chairmen and Members of Governing Councils of federal tertiary institutions.This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Monday by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Education, Folasade Boriowo.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
  
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• Emirship tussle: Kano deputy gov rescinds allegation against Ribadu

  27-05-2024 11:02 via pulse.ng
  
  Before the deputy governor's apology, the NSA denied providing the aircraft that brought Ado Bayero back to the state and threatened to sue the deputy governor for defamation.The Kano State Government has apologised to National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu over allegations of his involvement in the state emirship conflict.According to Daily Trust, Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo had claimed that the NSA facilitated the return of the dethroned 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, to
  
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• Soccer Was Out, So He Became a Novelist Instead

  27-05-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Chigozie Obioma, the fifth of 12 children in a Nigerian family, dreamed of following in Maradona’s footsteps. Bouts of malaria drove him to books — and changed his life.
  
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• 5 injured in clash between farmers and cattle herders in Jigawa

  27-05-2024 10:57 via pulse.ng
  
  Efforts are being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects, while the case is being investigated.The police say farmers were injured in a clash between farmers and cattle herders in the Hayin Kogi forest in Birninkudu Local Government Area of Jigawa.This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu on Monday.“Report at the command’s disposal revealed that at 1700HRS, farmers at the Hayin Kogi Forest were attacked by
  
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• Lawyer says Binance chief Gambaryan may die of malaria in Kuje prison

  27-05-2024 07:36 via pulse.ng
  
  The lawyer raised the alarm over Gambaryan’s continuous remand in the correctional facility, expressing fear for his life amidst his alleged deteriorating health.Aluko & Oyebode, the law firm handling the case of Binance Holdings Limited, says Mr Tigran Gambaryan, the cryptocurrency firm’s executive, standing trial alongside the company in Nigeria, may die in Kuje Correctional Centre.The law firm stated this in a letter addressed to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High
  
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• Train services continue on Kaduna-Abuja route after Sunday accident

  26-05-2024 23:38 via pulse.ng
  
  Meanwhile, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it had deployed a team to the site where the Abuja-bound train from Kaduna derailed.The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has assured passengers that normal train services between Kaduna-Rigasa, Idu Abuja would continue despite a derailment on Sunday morning.Yakub Mahmood, the NRC Deputy Director of Public Relations, who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said the derailment of its coach at Jere station woul
  
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• 30m Nigerians to benefit from Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road - Tinubu

  26-05-2024 23:35 via pulse.ng
  
  The president emphasised the urgency of investing in long-lasting infrastructure projects that would benefit people for many years to come.President Bola Tinubu, says the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will provide direct employment for millions of people and benefit over 30 million citizens.Tinubu said this at the official commissioning of the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway and the design procurement of the 1000km Sokoto-Badagry super highway on Sunday in Lagos.He said that
  
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• Tinubu inaugurates Lagos-Calabar Coastal road construction, praises Chagoury

  26-05-2024 23:28 via pulse.ng
  
  President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, inaugurated the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, saying it would revolutionise transportation in Nigeria and boost the unique economic strength of each zone.The President spoke from the Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos end of the project, which would traverse nine states along Nigeria’s coastal shoreline.Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said it would link the A1, A2, A3, and A4 highway
  
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• Your policies are wrongly implemented, Obasanjo lambasts Tinubu

  26-05-2024 21:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Obasanjo said Tinubu's misapplication of policies has left the economy comatose with foreign investors not motivated to come in.Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made a damning evaluation of President Bola Tinubu's one year in office, saying his policies were wrongly implemented.The elder statesman's opinion was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, in Abeokuta on Sunday, May 26, 2024.Akinyemi quoted Obasanjo to have spoken at a Colloquium: “Nigeria&rsqu
  
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• Obaseki begins payment of ₦70,000 minimum wage to Edo workers

  26-05-2024 20:15 via pulse.ng
  
  The commissioner urged the workers to be committed to their duties to reciprocate the gesture by the state government.The Edo Government began the payment of the ₦70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state this month in fulfilment of the promise to increase the minimum wage from May 2024.It would be recalled that Gov. Godwin Obaseki had, during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin, announced the increment in workers’ minimum wage from ₦40,000 to ₦70,000.Obas
  
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• Tinubu inaugurates 27km road in Bayelsa, pledges commitment to Niger Delta

  26-05-2024 20:09 via pulse.ng
  
  Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Tinubu said that his administration was serious about delivering democracy dividends to Nigerians.President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his government’s commitment towards the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region.Tinubu made the statement at the inauguration of the 27km Ogbia-Nembe road in Bayelsa.NAN reports that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) jointly funded the multimillio
  
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• Hajj 2024: Nigeria loses second pilgrim in Mecca in 2 days

  26-05-2024 20:02 via pulse.ng
  
  The chairman urged the family of the deceased to take heart and accept the will of God Almighty in good faith, observing that no soul would live beyond its designated time.Another pilgrim from Kebbi has passed away after a brief illness in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, Alhaji Muhammad Suleman, from Argungu Local Government Area, died on Sunday after a brief illness.Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, Executive Chairman, Kebbi Pilgrims Welfare B
  
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• 3 arrested for trying to smuggle hard drugs into police cell for a suspect

  26-05-2024 19:56 via pulse.ng
  
  He said that the investigation was ongoing and further developments would be communicated in due course.The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have arrested three suspects for allegedly hiding hard drugs in a loaf of bread.The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna.Hassan said, “The three suspects were arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs in a loaf of bread into a police cell to
  
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• Obaseki takes free rice distribution to Edo Central

  26-05-2024 19:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The governor said that the gesture was to provide support to the most vulnerable in the society.Governor Godwin Obaseki has commenced the distribution of rice to some residents of Edo Central Senatorial District as a way of cushioning the effect of the current economic hardship in the country.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution is being done in collaboration with the state chapter of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN).While kick-starting the exercise on Sunday
  
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• FG drags 36 governors to Supreme Court over LG autonomy

  26-05-2024 18:29 via pulse.ng
  
  The FG sued the 36 governors through their respective state Attorney-Generals.The Federal Government has dragged all 36 state governors in the country before the Supreme Court over alleged abuse and misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas LGAs.In a suit marked SC/CV/343/2024 and filed on behalf of the government by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, the FG sought recognition of LGAs as an autonomous third tier of government in
  
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• Automotive Council commends Tinubu's vision for auto industry

  26-05-2024 16:40 via pulse.ng
  
  The director-general said a significant part of Tinubu’s vision was the development of the local spare parts sector.As President Bola Tinubu marks one year in office, the impact of his leadership is evident, especially in the country’s automotive industry.Joseph Osanipin, the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.According to Osanipin, the NADDC has been instrumental in dr
  
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• Plateau govt renovates, equips over 300 PHCs, 17 general hospitals

  26-05-2024 16:35 via pulse.ng
  
  Shurkuk, further said the state government, who had made the health sector, one of its priorities, was going into partnership with the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).Dr Cletus Shurkuk, Plateau’s Commissioner for Health, says the government has commenced the renovation and equipping of more than 300 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the state for quality healthcare delivery.Shurkuk, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos, said the
  
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• 10 members of a single family killed in heavy flooding in Afghan village

  26-05-2024 16:30 via pulse.ng
  
  Flooding has deepened Afghanistan’s already dire humanitarian crisis, adding to the death toll caused by multiple natural disasters in recent years.Ten members of a single family were killed overnight in a village in the capital of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province due to heavy rainfall and flooding, local officials said on Sunday.Rescue teams are searching for the remaining victims after four bodies were recovered, the head of the information and culture department Zabihullah Amiri
  
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• Experts praise Tinubu, Adelabu for reforms in power sector

  26-05-2024 16:23 via pulse.ng
  
  Okorie, however, said that there were areas that the government was supposed to look into as it affects consumers.Some Experts in the power sector have commended President Bola Tinubu on some of the ongoing reforms in the sector.The experts, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said that the Tinubu-led administration had brought a lot of reforms to the sector.However, he said that there was still room for improvement. Kunle Olubiyo, President, of Nigeria Consumer P
  
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• NDLEA arrests Paris-bound businessman who excreted 111 wraps of cocaine

  26-05-2024 15:52 via pulse.ng
  
  Babafemi said that the lid was blown off the syndicate when an official within the airport system was intercepted with a backpack and a bag.The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Paris-bound businessman who excreted 111 wraps of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect, 48-year-old, Emmanuel Orjinze excreted the wraps after days of observation in the agen
  
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• EFCC 'shocked' by death of former chairman, Lamorde

  26-05-2024 15:43 via pulse.ng
  
  The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Lamorde died on Sunday in Cairo, Egypt at 61.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has expressed grief over the passage of its former Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde.Its Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said that the commission was devastated by his death.The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that Lamorde died on Sunday in Cairo, Egypt at 61.”EFCC received with shock the sudden death of one of its former Execu
  
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• First Nigerian pilgrim who died in Mecca buried at Saudi's Sacred Mosque

  26-05-2024 15:39 via pulse.ng
  
  The chairman, on behalf of the Kebbi Government, extended his heartfelt condolences to her immediate family, Kebbi pilgrims and the entire people of the state.The Kebbi Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the death of one of its pilgrims, Tawalkatu Busare Alako, from Jega Local Government Area.Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, Executive Chairman of the board, disclosed this in a statement in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday.He said the deceased died on Saturday after a brief illness, adding th
  
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• Tinubu’s intervention will end Rivers crisis - Ex-presidential candidate

  26-05-2024 15:31 via pulse.ng
  
  The rift has polarised the State House of Assembly with lawmakers loyal to both political gladiators electing different Speakers to lead the House.Chief Martin Onovo, the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2015 General Elections, says only President Bola Tinubu can end the political crisis in Rivers.Onovo, an activist and Head of Policy Positions at, the Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN
  
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• Ghanaians studying in Morocco risk eviction over delayed stipends

  26-05-2024 13:39 via pulse.ng
  
  Ghanaian students studying in Morocco under a government scholarship programme have made an urgent appeal to President Akufo-Addo for the prompt release of their overdue stipends.The students voiced their concerns during a peaceful demonstration, highlighting the severe challenges they face due to the delay in payments.Enrolled in various universities across Morocco, the students reported that they were on the brink of eviction from their apartments due to unpaid rent.They also mentioned struggl
  
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• Ibrahim Lamorde: Ex-EFCC chairman dies in Cairo after surgery complications

  26-05-2024 12:08 via pulse.ng
  
  Lamorde had travelled to Egypt for a different issue but decided to run a routine medical checkup after which the doctors advised him to do surgery on an ailment.Ibrahim Lamorde, a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has died in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt after complications from surgery.Lamorde reportedly breathed his last around 03 am local time in Egypt on Sunday, May 26, 2024, three days after going under the knife for an ailment.The erstwhile anti-g
  
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• Headfort Foundation: Nigerians are being left to suffer in prison

  26-05-2024 11:48 via pulse.ng
  
  Headfort Foundation is directly responsible for getting over 600 wrongfully detained people out of prisons with free legal aid.When Oluyemi Orija was eight years old in Ekiti State where she grew up, the shocking murder of a farmer rocked her small community in ways she could never have imagined.In response to the crime, police officers indiscriminately arrested about 30 farmers who owned land close to the crime scene, dragging them into the Nigerian criminal justice system without due process.T
  
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