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#Endbadgovernance protest: Tinubu bows to pressure, orders immediate release of minors

Ugo Amadi
  .Swears in 7 new ministers .Mourns Ngozi Anyaegbunam   #Endbadgovernance protest: Tinubu bows to pressure, orders immediate release of minors .Swears in 7 new ministers .Mourns Ngozi Anyaegbunam   Tinubu orders release of minors involved in #endbadgovernance protest President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate release of the minors......
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Nigeria would’ve been worse if you won, Presidency tackles Atiku on policies reform

Ugo Amadi
  .Says Tinubu’s economic reforms are on target Blessing Taiwo Presidency says the ideas of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in 2023, lacked details and have been rejected by Nigerians. Atiku, in a statement earlier berated the reform policies of President Bola Tinubu, calling for the......
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We’re in Nigeria to unlock more opportunities, UK Foreign Secretary tells Sanwo-Olu

Ugo Amadi
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, received the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. David Lammy, in a courtesy call at the State House in Marina, hours after the British envoy arrived Nigeria in his first trip to Africa to discuss UK’s new approach to the continent. Lammy, accompanied......
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Cholera hits 10 LGAs in Kebbi, 24 dead, 875 cases recorded

Ugo Amadi
.N1.72bn to combat Cholera in Lagos – USAID   The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Lagos Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (LUWASH) has awarded grants worth N1.72 billion to eight local organisations for interventions against cholera outbreak. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the......
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Islamic cleric bags life imprisonment for defiling minor

Ugo Amadi
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old year girl (name withheld). In his judgement, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved each of the ingredients of defilement against Rafiu. Oshodi said that the......
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Just In: Tinubu orders immediate release of #EndBadGovernance protesters

Peter Anayo
President Bola Tinubu on Monday directed the immediate release of all minors who were arrested over their alleged participation in August’s #EndBadGovernance protests.   The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this to State House correspondents during an emergency briefing at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.  ......
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Dangote reveals petrol price, sells at N990/litre

Ugo Amadi
  Dangote Refinery has broken its silence on the price of premium motor spirit (pms) otherwise known as petroleum from its refinery, saying its product is cheaper than the imported one. The Dangote refinery disclosed this in response to comment from some marketers that imported PMS is cheaper than the......
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Atiku to Tinubu: Your reforms killing Nigerians, calls for policies’ reversal

Ugo Amadi
.Urges President to fight corruption in NNPCL, opposes floating of Naira .Advocates for reduction in cost of governance .FG committed to alleviating suffering of Nigerians – Information Minister Ibrahim Quadri with agency report   The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar......
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#EndBadGovernance protest: SERAP gives Tinubu 48-hr ultimatum to release malnourished children, others

Ugo Amadi
    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the release of all the minors being detained over the August nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests. The organisation urged Tinubu to use his “leadership position and good offices to direct the Attorney General of the Federation......