• House of Reps Rejects CFR Honour, Wants Speaker Conferred with GCON

    House of Reps Rejects CFR Honour, Wants Speaker Conferred with GCON0

    Subtly rejecting the toga of second fiddle, the 360 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected President Tinubu’s proposed conferment of the Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CFR) on the Speaker of the House while conferring the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the

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  •  Fact-Check: Facebook Page Claiming to Be Opay Agent Is Fabricated 

     Fact-Check: Facebook Page Claiming to Be Opay Agent Is Fabricated 0

        Verdict: The Facebook page claiming to be an Opay agent Fraudulent. Brief: Several Facebook pages using the name of Opay, a Nigerian Fintech organisation, claim that Opay is carrying out a Promo on its POS machine. Full Text:  Multiple Facebook pages have been seen to have posted that Opay is giving out its

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  • Experts Describe President Tinubu’s Speech as Uninspiring, Empty Rhetoric

    Experts Describe President Tinubu’s Speech as Uninspiring, Empty Rhetoric0

    The customary independence anniversary speech, the second by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has drawn reactions from Nigerians. Some of the experts have described the speech as uninspiring and lacking take-away messages of hope about the country’s future. Prof. Abdelrasaq Na-Allah of the Department of Economics, University of Abuja said three metrics can be used, based

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  • President Tinubu’s Speech to Nigerians on 64th Independence Day

    President Tinubu’s Speech to Nigerians on 64th Independence Day0

    TEXT OF NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON THE 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OCTOBER 1, 2024 Fellow Nigerians, as I address you today, I am deeply aware of the struggles many of you face in these challenging times. Our administration knows that many of you struggle with rising

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  • Peaceful, Modest Demonstration Marks #FearlessOctober Protest in Lagos

    Peaceful, Modest Demonstration Marks #FearlessOctober Protest in Lagos0

    As Nigeria commemorates its 64th independence anniversary, on October 1st, 2024, some Nigerians took to the streets of Lagos to protest against the prevalent economic hardship, high cost of living, and hunger in the country. The protest which was tagged #FearlessOctober, was a continuation of the #EndbadGovernance protest which took place for ten days in

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  • Police Fire Teargas at Protesters in Abuja, Protest Peaceful in Kaduna, Katsina

    Police Fire Teargas at Protesters in Abuja, Protest Peaceful in Kaduna, Katsina0

    Despite the wise counsel of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right, recognized internationally, regionally, and nationally level, security agents on Tuesday fired teargas canisters to disperse protesters in Abuja. The protesters who had gathered at the Utako area of Abuja, preparatory to moving to

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