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TINUBU TO SWEAR IN NEW MINISTERS MONDAY Barring any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in seven new ministers. The swearing-in will take place at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Disclosing this via X, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, wrote: “President Bola Tinubu will swear in the new seven ministers …

LIBYA BEGINS MASS ARREST OF NIGERIANS AFTER CAF VERDICT Following the verdict delivered by the Confederation of African Football in response to the complaint lodged by the Nigeria Football Federation over the recent inhumane treatment meted out to the Super Eagles in Libya, members of the Nigerian community have reported mass arrests and fines in the country. The Nigerian football …

NIGERIANS SLAM DANGOTE REFINERY OVER FUEL PRICE SECRECY Nigerians have slammed Dangote Refinery over its refusal to reveal its Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) price months after the company began fuel distribution. This comes after Dangote Group on Saturday, through its official X account, denied claims by petroleum marketers that Dangote PMS is sold between N1,115 and N1,028 per litre. Yakubu …

NIVEA MAKER FAULTS NAFDAC, SAYS PRODUCT NOT SOLD IN NIGERIA A German multinational company, Beiersdorf, which manufactures the NIVEA Black & White Invisible Roll-on deodorant, has denied selling the recalled product in Nigeria. The company disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in response to a recent safety alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and …

LAGOS LG CHAIRMAN WHO SUCCEEDED LATE PREDECESSOR DIES IN OFFICE Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Hon. Oladotun Olakanle, is dead. Olakanle, popularly known as Tant’olorun, died four years after his predecessor, Babatunde Oke, passed away while in office in August, 2020. Olakanle, then Vice Chairman, stepped in after he was sworn in by Governor …

ABIA LG POLLS: ZLP WINS 15 LGAS, YPP TWO The Zenith Labour Party emerged victorious in 15 out of the 17 Local Government Areas in Abia State during the local government elections held on November 2, while the Young Peoples Party claimed victory in the remaining two LGAs. The results were announced by the Chairman of the Abia State Independent …

KEMI BADENOCH SUCCEEDS RISHI SUNAK AS UK’S CONSERVATIVE LEADER The former Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch scooped the Tory crown after a bitter four-month long contest in the wake of the party’s worst-ever election defeat in July Kemi Badenoch has won the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader in a tight contest that saw more than a quarter of …

SOUTH EAST, SOUTH SOUTH MARGINALIZED IN TINUBU’S APPOINTMENTS IN 22 SECURITY AGENCIES, GET ONLY ONE SLOT EACH The Presidency has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu’s appointments of security heads is against the Federal Character Act, while highlighting how it is skewed against the South-East and South-South regions of the country. Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser to the President on Public …

AFENIFERE KNOCKS TINUBU OVER ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ APPOINTMENT OF YORUBA’ IN SENSITIVE POSITIONS The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has distanced itself from what it described as President Bola Tinubu’s bias for the Yoruba in federal appointments. The group insisted that they do not support Tinubu for appointing Yorubas as head of all arms of the criminal justice system and other sectors. Afenifere …

6,000 PEOPLE ENTER LAGOS DAILY, BUT ONLY 3,000 LEAVE – DEPUTY GOVERNOR Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that no fewer than 6000 people enter Lagos on a daily basis, with about 3000 of them staying back with no known addresses. He said the population of Lagos estimated at about 27m is struggling with the state’s N2.2 trillion …