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- March 27, 2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the promotion of 2,339 of its staff members nationwide, with 45 officers elevated to director level, the commission announced in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday March 3, 2026. The promotion exercise was part of INEC’s annual 2025 Senior Staff Promotion Exercise and was authorised at
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Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Umar Haruna Doguwa, a government statement confirmed on Tuesday March 3, 2026. The resignation takes effect immediately after Doguwa formally submitted his letter on Monday March 2, 2026, according to state government sources. In an official statement signed
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Lagos Nigeria – The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted two men for producing and selling counterfeit alcoholic beverages, sentencing them to a combined total of 40 years imprisonment following their prosecution by regulatory authorities. The defendants were found guilty after investigators uncovered an illegal operation involved in the manufacture packaging and distribution
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Akure Nigeria – Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has directed security agencies to launch an immediate and coordinated operation against suspected kidnappers terrorising residents across the state, officials said on Monday March 2, 2026. The governor gave the order during a security meeting at the Governor’s Office in Akure, where leaders of the Nigeria Police
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, according to official statements from the Presidency on Tuesday March 3, 2026. In a letter sent to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu formally conveyed Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate for confirmation as part of a
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to sanitation officials responsible for waste management in Abuja, threatening to remove them from office if they fail to address the growing problem of refuse dumps along major roads and highways, multiple news outlets report. Wike’s directive came during an executive
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