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- June 11, 2024
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Northern group urges CBN to clean up Emefiele’s ‘mess’
The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to thoroughly clean up its structure and eliminate any lingering influences from the tenure of former Governor Godwin Emefiele. In a statement signed by Mallam Ibrahim Dan-Musa, the group’s spokesperson, NEYGA demanded that the current management take decisive action to hold those responsible accountable. NEYGA urged Nigerians to support the current management’s efforts to restore the CBN’s credibility and stability.…
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Abducted Catholic Priest In Kaduna Regains Freedom
The parish priest of Saint Thomas Catholic Church in Zaman Dabo, Zango Kataf LGA, Kaduna State, Reverend Father Gabriel Ukeh, has been released from captivity. Naija News recalls that the priest was kidnapped from the Rectory of St Thomas Parish, Zaman Dabo, Zango Kataf, where he serves, on Sunday, June 9th, 2024. The Director-General of Communications for Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Reverend Father Gabriel Okafor, however confirmed that the kidnapped priest was released around 9 pm on…
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Bida poly: Male, female students found dead in Niger
Two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, have been found dead in a room at the FMC Quarters in Bida town, within the Bida Local Government Area of the state. The lifeless bodies of the students, simply identified as Mr Bam and a female student, Aisha, were reportedly discovered on Sunday morning when they could not be seen after daybreak. According to Daily Trust, sources said the deceased may have consumed poisonous food, leading…
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President Tinubu appoints new leadership for national council on climate change
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nkiruka Maduekwe as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) in an interim capacity, pending the confirmation of her appointment by the NCCC Supervisory Council. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President also approved that Maduekwe serves as the Co-Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee on National Carbon Market Activation Plan (NCMAP). The President also…
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Kaduna: Court reinstates paramount ruler dethroned by El-Rufai
The National Industrial Court sitting in Kaduna on Monday nullified the dethronement of the paramount monarch of Piriga Chiefdom, Lere Local Government, Chief Jonathan Pharaguwa Zamuna. Delivering his judgment, Justice Bashir Attahiru Alkali, having established that the Industrial Court has the jurisdiction to entertain the case, held that the government of ex-Governor el-Rufai did not comply with due process in dethroning the Piriga third-class monarch and declared the act unconstitutional, illegal, unfair, null and void, and…
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Federal High Court judges to go on 2024 yearly vacation – Tsoho
Judges of the Federal High Court of Nigeria are to proceed on their 2024 yearly vacation from July 23, according to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho. The Chief Judge, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the vacation is pursuant to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 (d) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019. He said that the vacation will commence on Tuesday, the 23rd…
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Nigerian workers decide on potential strike as minimum wage report awaits presidential action
Organised labour has revealed plans to hold an emergency meeting over the next line of action as the national minimum wage tripartite committee submits a report to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Spokesperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, disclosed this to DAILY POST in an exclusive telephone interview on Monday. According to him, the outcome of the meeting will determine whether organized labour will resume its strike action in the coming days. “The appropriate organs…
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Court clears Ado Doguwa of murder charges, fines police, Kano govt N25m
The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded the sum of N25 million in damages against the Kano State Government and the police for wrongly accusing Alhaji Alhassan Ado Doguwa, of murder. Mr. Doguwa, a representative of the Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, was accused of the murder of three people believed to be members of the then-opposition New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) during the February 25, 2023, general election. Following his…
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Lagos Police Stops American From Committing Suicide On Third Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State Police has stopped an American from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. The Police disclosed the development in a statement shared on its X account yesterday. According to the the statement, the American, who is in his early 30s, was driven to the bridge by his baby mama at approximately 1:23 p.m. The man told his baby mama to park her vehicle while he walked to a spot on the bridge, intending…
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Foundation seeks policy to cater for welfare of Almajiri children
The Adekunle Child Foundation (TACF), yesterday, called on the government to develop a comprehensive policy aimed at improving the The post Foundation seeks policy to cater for welfare of Almajiri children appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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