Author: Bayo Millz
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UN cash-strapped as U.S. owes $1.5bn dues, others $900m
The UN says it is undergoing some dire financial strain amid growing global challenges, Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Guterres, while briefing Member States in New York on Monday about the state of the multilateral body,
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PDP inaugurates 39 new BoT members
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday inaugurated 39 new members of it’s Board of Trusteees (BoT). The BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, while inaugurating the new members at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, said that they were nominees of states and zones.
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16-year-old girl fakes own kidnap for N2m ransom
A 16-year-old SS2 student at a private secondary school in Abakaliki has faked her own kidnapping, says the police command in Ebonyi State. The girl allegedly contacted a family member claiming she had been kidnapped and demanded a ransom of ₦2 million for her release.
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Mele Kolo Kyari’s NNPC: Iceberg of monumental fraud revealed (Part 2) – By Godwin Etakibuebu
Drawing the curtain on Part One of this exercise last week, I did promise of returning with the concluding Part [2] this week – it is that promise made, that is being kept today. We should also not forget that I equally mentioned the deceitful role the Federal Government played in this disgraceful fraud against…
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Okpebholo demands arrest of Neo Black Movement leader
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has urged the police authorities to arrest Neo Black Movement (NBM) president, Ese Kakor. The call followed allegations that Kakor forged documents falsely authorising him to assist schools in the Edo South Senatorial District.
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Naira appreciates by 0.35% against dollar
The Naira appreciated on Monday at the official market, trading at N1,600.44 to a dollar. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Website showed that the Naira gained N5.71.
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La Liga: Mbappe reacts to El Classico defeat
Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe has admitted his side’s 4-3 La Liga defeat to arch-rivals Barcelona on Sunday was ‘painful.’ The 26-year-old scored a hattrick for Los Blancos, but it wasn’t enough to stop Barcelona taking a huge step towards the La Liga title.
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FAAN distances self from Antelope, aircraft collision at Asaba airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says, Asaba Airport, location of the collision between an antelope and Air Peace Aircraft is not under its management. The FAAN Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah, made the clarification on Monday, via FAAN official X Account @FAAN_Official.
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Tinubu swears in INEC commissioners, CCB board members
President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in two commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and two members of the board of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) after their clearance by the Senate. NAN reports that the swearing-in of the new appointees was performed by the president during the Federal
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Tension in Ondo PDP over zoning of state chairmanship position
The demand by the Ondo South Senatorial District for the chairmanship position of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is generating tension within the party in the state. NANreports that PDP has, of recent, been facing some challenges, as its members are defecting in droves to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).