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WORLD BANK REPORT SHOWS DIASPORA REMITTANCE TO NIGERIA AT $19.5 BILLION IN 2023

A recent World Bank report shows that diaspora remittance to Nigeria is $19.5 billion in 2023, constituting 35 per cent of such fund transfers to sub-Saharan Africa, with decline of 2.9 per cent year-on-year. In the “Migration and Development Brief” the World Bank Group projected that global remittances are expected to grow by 2.3 per cent in 2024 and 2.8 per cent in 2025, to reach $690 billion next year. The United States continued to be the largest source of […]

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FCT POLICE COMMAND RESCUE TWO GIRLS FROM KIDNAPPERS

The FCT Police Command’s anti-kidnapping unit says it has rescued two female victims, fifteen year old Mart Ojadi and twelve year old Evelyn Chinaza, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Guto village in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT on June 30, 2024. This was made known in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the territory, SP Josephine Adeh, on Sunday. Adeh disclosed that the police, in collaboration with DSS officials, tracked the kidnappers to Gauraka […]

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Economics

FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

The Federal Government has terminated its contracts with Mothercat, RCC and Dantata & Sawoe for non-performance on the dualization of the Obajana-Benin road project sections two, three and four. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Uchenna Orji, on Monday in Abuja. Umahi said the contracts were terminated due to delay leading to the expiration of the contract which were awarded since December 3, 2012. The minister said the […]

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FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Justice James Omotosho, of a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Fundamental Human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu is seeking N1 billion in damages from the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Services, for alleged rights violation. The IPOB Leader in the suit claimed that the DSS and its Director- General violated his right to a fair hearing by […]

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NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE INTERCEPTS 40FT CONTAINER LADEN WITH VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF ARMS AT ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE.

The Nigeria Customs Service says its operatives have intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port in Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based on the number of risk factors associated with the importation, became a subject of interest to the service. Giving details of the container, the CG […]

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MAURITANIA’S PRESIDENT MOHAMED GHAZOUANI WINS RE-ELECTION FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS.

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ghazouani has been re-elected in office after winning 56.12 per cent of the vote, provisional results showed. His main rival, Biram Abeid, an anti-slavery human rights activist, came in second place after winning 22 per cent of the vote. Hamadi Mokhtar of the Islamist Tawasul Party got 12.76 per cent. Elections were held on Saturday in Mauritania, a former French colony in north-west Africa. Results were announced late Sunday after 99 per cent of the votes were […]

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BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO SUPPORT EL-KANEMI WARRIORS IN THEIR CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state on Youths and Sports, Idris Kemdy, says the state government would give El-Kanemi Warriors all the support needed to prosecute their continental campaign. Kemdy stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2024 President Federation Cup final at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, on Saturday in Lagos where El-Kanemi won the trophy, defeating Abia Warriors 2-0 and thus qualified to play in the 2024/2025 CAF Confederations Cup. […]

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Communications

NIGERIAN AIR FORCE DENIES TRENDING REPORTS OF THE CRASH OF ITS HELICOPTER, SAYS AN UNMANNED DRONE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone, has crashed in Kaduna on Monday morning and not its helicopter as earlier reported. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Gabkwet said preliminary investigation had since commenced to ascertain what might have caused the mishap. He assured Nigerians that the minor setback would not, in anyway, interrupt all ongoing […]

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