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By Emma Ujah The Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) has confirmed the payment of the sum of N152 billion to contractors out of the total debt estimated at N4 trillion, explaining that the delay in payment was due to the verification process. This came at the backdrop of the long standing protests by the contractors […]
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew an invite for Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his newly constituted “Board of Peace.” “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. Carney drew international attention […]
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The Nigerian Naira strengthened against the United States Dollar in early trading on Friday, January 23, 2026, marking a positive end to the third week of the year.
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Reacting to the incident, the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in a statement posted on its verified X account on Wednesday, strongly condemned the attack.
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Nigerian Senate to urgently review and amend the Electoral Act 2022, warning that loopholes in the law contributed to alleged irregularities during the 2023 general elections.
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THE Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria, BAVCCA, has defended the Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka Anite, amid backlash from Monday’s disruptive protest by indigenous contractors at the Federal Ministry of Finance, revealing that ₦152 billion has already been disbursed to verified claimants.
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… Foils VBIED attacks By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have sustained their advance into the Timbuktu Triangle, recording significant operational gains and further degrading terrorist networks operating within the area. Scores of insurgents were killed, even as on 20 January 2026, while consolidating at a harbour area approximately 6km North […]
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A calm but resolute protest by the Warri Indigenous Women Forum, yesterday, drew attention to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, as the women accused the commission of carrying out a re-delineation exercise they say threatens the political survival of the Itsekiri people in Delta State.
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Following the devastating inferno that gutted one commercial storey building at Computer Village, Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, affected traders have sent a SOS to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for financial support to assuage their losses.
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By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]
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