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The governor-elect of Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah, has named a 60-man transition committee to articulate and fine-tune the incoming administration’s development plan. This was contained in a statement by the head of Mbah’s media team, Mr Dan Nwomeh. He said the committee would also ‘streamline the state development plan …

Buhari departs Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to leave Abuja for Accra, Ghana on Tuesday, April 25 to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Gulf of Guinea Commission’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government. His spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed the travel itinerary in a statement issued on …

NPC Commissioner, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo The Bayelsa Federal Commissioner at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo has been abducted by gunmen. Police spokesperson in Rivers, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the abduction on Monday, said Izonfuo was abducted on Sunday alongside her driver and maid at the Ogbakiri Junction …

We have obtained the official dollar to naira exchange rate in Nigeria today including the Black Market rates, Bureau De Change (BDC) rate, and CBN rates. How Much Is Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate Today 25th April 2023 Official Rate? The exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar …

Tinubu arrives Abuja Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has returned to Nigeria after spending over 30 days on vacation in France. Announcing his arrival on Twitter, Bayo Onanuga, the former head of media & publicity of Tinubu’s campaign council, wrote; “Jagaban lands in Abuja!” Tinubu left the country for France on …

Excitement as Kaduna teachers operate computer for the first time Excitement was visible on the faces of some primary school teachers in Kaduna State on Monday as they touched and operated a computer for the first time ever. The 25 teachers had undergone a five-day digital literacy training program organized …

African countries have invested $4.23bn (N1.95tn at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange of N460.93 to a dollar) in Nigerian firms and businesses in the last three years. This formed 19.52 per cent of the $21.69bn that was invested into Nigeria from various countries in the period according to ‘Nigeria Capital …

United Kingdom The United Kingdom’s main opposition Labour Party suspended prominent member Diane Abbott as an MP on Sunday, pending an investigation into comments she made that Jewish people were not subject to racism “all their lives”. Abbott, the first black woman to become an MP in the UK, said …

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his election victory, and invited him to visit the war-torn country. This was disclosed in a statement made available to Vanguard by the Office of the President-elect and signed by Tunde Rahman. Zelenskyy, in a congratulatory …

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has denounced a report that its officials deployed to supervise the Adamawa State Governorship rerun paid a nocturnal visit to the state Government House ostensibly to rig the polls for incumbent Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter …