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24/06/2024

ICYMI: ₦121.67trn debt: SERAP asks Inspection Panel to hold World Bank to account: The Standard Gazette

₦121.67trn debt: SERAP asks Inspection Panel to hold World Bank to account

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel urging the Panel “to probe allegations of corruption in the spending of the loans and other funding facilities obtained by the Federal Government and Nigeria’s 36 state governors and to review the implementation of all Bank-funded projects by successive […]

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24/06/2024

ICYMI: Tinubu Orders Sanction Of Federal Workers Drawing Money From Abroad : The Standard Gazette

Tinubu Orders Sanction Of Federal Workers Drawing Money From Abroad

President Bola Tinubu has given a matching order to the federal head of service, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, to investigate civil servants collecting salaries from the government after relocating abroad to be made to refund the money. Tinubu also directed that the supervisors and department heads of those involved in the sharp practice must also be punished […]

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24/06/2024

ICYMI: Union Men, Touts, Others To Be Punished For Extortions In Airports – FAAN : The Standard Gazette

Union Men, Touts, Others To Be Punished For Extortions In Airports – FAAN

In a bid to restore sanity in the airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has taken decisive measures towards eliminating touting, extortion, and illicit activities at the airports. The managing director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, on the assumption of duty, has been expressing zero tolerance for the nefarious activities of […]

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24/06/2024

ICYMI: Fire Broke Out In Christ Embassy Church In Lagos : The Standard Gazette

Fire Broke Out In Christ Embassy Church In Lagos

Heavy fire gutted the headquarters of Christ Embassy Church, located in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire outbreak was not immediately unknown, as firefighters were dispatched to the scene to combat the disaster. However, social media was flooded with videos showing flames and smoke billowing from […]

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24/06/2024

Sultan of Sokoto Urges Northerners to Challenge Bandits: The Standard Gazette

Sultan of Sokoto Urges Northerners to Challenge Bandits

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, says Northerners need to “challenge these bandits” if the region needs to get out of the menacing security challenges. The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) said it would take decades for the bandit-ravaged North-West geopolitical zone. He said, “What we must […]

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, says Northerners need to "challenge these bandits" if the region needs to get out of the menacing

24/06/2024

Arrested Kenyan Activists Released After Public Uproar: The Standard Gazette

Arrested Kenyan Activists Released After Public Uproar

Three Kenyan Activists, Boniface Mwangi, Hanifa Farsafi and Hussein Khalid, have been released, a testament to the power of public outcry and collective voice. The trio were arrested on Monday, June 24, 2024, afternoon and taken to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices. They are nabbed in connection to the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests. […]

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Three Kenyan Activists, Boniface Mwangi, Hanifa Farsafi and Hussein Khalid, have been released, a testament to the power of public outcry and collective

24/06/2024

Seven Nyandarua County Government Staff Arraigned Over Economic Crime Charges: The Standard Gazette

Seven Nyandarua County Government Staff Arraigned Over Economic Crime Charges

Seven staff members from Nyandarua County Government were arraigned today before Nakuru Senior Principal Magistrate Alloys Ndege, facing sixteen counts of attempting to commit an economic crime. The accused—Esther Muthoni Wamuiya, Regina Wairimu Wacira, Vincent Muiruri Wambui, Sophia Wairimu Karanja, Shadrack Kanyungo Ndirangu, Timothy Ngunjiri Kiragu, and Simon Mwangi Ng’ang’a—are alleged to have engaged in […]

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Seven staff members from Nyandarua County Government were arraigned today before Nakuru Senior Principal Magistrate Alloys Ndege, facing sixteen counts of

24/06/2024

MP Wamuchomba Fires Back at Malala: The Standard Gazette

MP Wamuchomba Fires Back at Malala

Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has taken a swipe at the UDA Secretary General Cleopas Malala for threatening legislators who voted against the Finance Bill 2024. Wamuchomba was reacting to a statement issued by Malala urging all the MPs allied to the ruling party to vote in favour of the Bill, which is facing […]

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Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has taken a swipe at the UDA Secretary General Cleopas Malala for threatening legislators who voted

24/06/2024

Gen Z Says Anti-Finance Bill Protests to Continue on Tuesday: The Standard Gazette

Gen Z Says Anti-Finance Bill Protests to Continue on Tuesday

Kenya’s Gen Z has called their compatriots to come out in large numbers to protest against the punitive Finance Bill 2024. The Bill, proposed by the government, is set to increase taxes, a move that has sparked outrage among young Kenyans who are already grappling with a high cost of living. President William Ruto has […]

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24/06/2024

KRA Announces Data Clean-up Exercise for Registered Taxpayers’ Pin Registration Details: The Standard Gazette

KRA Announces Data Clean-up Exercise for Registered Taxpayers’ Pin Registration Details

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has notified the public about the ongoing data clean-up exercise of taxpayers’ Personal Identification Number (PIN) registration details. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has underscored the significance of the ongoing data clean-up exercise. This crucial operation is designed to ensure the integrity of the taxpayers’ register, a key component in […]

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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has notified the public about the ongoing data clean-up exercise of taxpayers' Personal Identification Number (PIN)

23/06/2024

₦121.67trn debt: SERAP asks Inspection Panel to hold World Bank to account: The Standard Gazette

₦121.67trn debt: SERAP asks Inspection Panel to hold World Bank to account

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel urging the Panel “to probe allegations of corruption in the spending of the loans and other funding facilities obtained by the Federal Government and Nigeria’s 36 state governors and to review the implementation of all Bank-funded projects by successive […]

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23/06/2024

Tinubu Orders Sanction Of Federal Workers Drawing Money From Abroad : The Standard Gazette

Tinubu Orders Sanction Of Federal Workers Drawing Money From Abroad

President Bola Tinubu has given a matching order to the federal head of service, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, to investigate civil servants collecting salaries from the government after relocating abroad to be made to refund the money. Tinubu also directed that the supervisors and department heads of those involved in the sharp practice must also be punished […]

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23/06/2024

Union Men, Touts, Others To Be Punished For Extortions In Airports – FAAN : The Standard Gazette

Union Men, Touts, Others To Be Punished For Extortions In Airports – FAAN

In a bid to restore sanity in the airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has taken decisive measures towards eliminating touting, extortion, and illicit activities at the airports. The managing director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, on the assumption of duty, has been expressing zero tolerance for the nefarious activities of […]

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23/06/2024

Fire Broke Out In Christ Embassy Church In Lagos : The Standard Gazette

Fire Broke Out In Christ Embassy Church In Lagos

Heavy fire gutted the headquarters of Christ Embassy Church, located in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire outbreak was not immediately unknown, as firefighters were dispatched to the scene to combat the disaster. However, social media was flooded with videos showing flames and smoke billowing from […]

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Heavy fire gutted the headquarters of Christ Embassy Church, located in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire

23/06/2024

ICYMI: **e Ilford Man jailed for ra**ng nine-year-old girl: The Standard Gazette

Ilford Man jailed for ra**ng nine-year-old girl

A 54-year-old man from Ilford has been sentenced to jail for ra**ng a nine-year-old girl. Monsor Kazi of Hickling Road was sentenced at Snarebrook Crown on Friday, 14 June, to 13 years and six months imprisonment. Monsor was found guilty of seven counts of r**e and assault of an underage girl who was known to […]

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A 54-year-old man from Ilford has been sentenced to jail for ra**ng a nine-year-old girl. Monsor Kazi of Hickling Road was sentenced at Snarebrook Crown

22/06/2024

**e Ilford Man jailed for ra**ng nine-year-old girl: The Standard Gazette

Ilford Man jailed for ra**ng nine-year-old girl

A 54-year-old man from Ilford has been sentenced to jail for ra**ng a nine-year-old girl. Monsor Kazi of Hickling Road was sentenced at Snarebrook Crown on Friday, 14 June, to 13 years and six months imprisonment. Monsor was found guilty of seven counts of r**e and assault of an underage girl who was known to […]

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22/06/2024

ICYMI: Edo Election: INEC Talks Tough Warns Against Parties Flouting Electoral Laws: The Standard Gazette

Edo Election: INEC Talks Tough Warns Against Parties Flouting Electoral Laws

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a significant warning, emphasising the importance of not denying parties access to public facilities in the lead-up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. In a statement on Friday, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman ofInformation and Voter Education Committee Sam Olumekun said it is against […]

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a significant warning, emphasising the importance of not denying parties access to public

21/06/2024

ICYMI: ASUU Set To Go On Strike As Federal Government Rescind on Agreement: The Standard Gazette

ASUU Set To Go On Strike As Federal Government Rescind on Agreement

There are indications that Academic activities may soon be disrupted at universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dropped hints of its intention to go on strike over the refusal of the Government to increase the salary of university lecturers since 2009 after the fall of naira. Speaking Thursday at a press […]

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There are indications that Academic activities may soon be disrupted at universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dropped hints

21/06/2024

ICYMI: Edo People Advocacy Group Calls on EFCC to Investigate Local Government Funds in Edo: The Standard Gazette

Edo People Advocacy Group Calls on EFCC to Investigate Local Government Funds in Edo

The Edo People Advocacy group, a civil society group, urgently calls on the EFCC to promptly investigate the local government funds in Edo State. The group is deeply concerned about what they perceive as a pattern of ‘careless spending without any tangible people-oriented development to justify the funds.’ The group’s leadership observed this while submitting […]

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The Edo People Advocacy group, a civil society group, urgently calls on the EFCC to promptly investigate the local government funds in Edo State. The

21/06/2024

Edo Election: INEC Talks Tough Warns Against Parties Flouting Electoral Laws: The Standard Gazette

Edo Election: INEC Talks Tough Warns Against Parties Flouting Electoral Laws

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a significant warning, emphasising the importance of not denying parties access to public facilities in the lead-up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. In a statement on Friday, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman ofInformation and Voter Education Committee Sam Olumekun said it is against […]

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21/06/2024

ICYMI: Kenya Hosts The Nigerian Executive Intelligence Management Course In Nairobi: The Standard Gazette

Kenya Hosts The Nigerian Executive Intelligence Management Course In Nairobi

Kenya’s National Police Service (NPS) is hosting Executive Intelligence Management Course No.17 participants from the National Institute for Security Studies, Nigeria. The class, comprised of 23 participants drawn from the Military, Police, the Department of Security Services, and other Government Ministries in Nairobi this week, to exchange information under the study tour themed Artificial Intelligence. […]

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21/06/2024

ICYMI: Kenya to Know their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Opponents on Sunday: The Standard Gazette

Kenya to Know their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Opponents on Sunday

Kenya will know their opponents in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The draw will take place in the Dominican Republic from 12:30 am EAT. Kenya attained a massive milestone by securing their debut appearance on the international level after defeating Ethiopia 3-0 and Burundi 5-0. Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia […]

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Kenya will know their opponents in the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup on Sunday, June 23, 2024. The draw will take place in the Dominican Republic from 12:30

21/06/2024

ICYMI: Kenya Unveils Squad Ahead of 2024 World Rugby Junior Trophy: The Standard Gazette

Kenya Unveils Squad Ahead of 2024 World Rugby Junior Trophy

Kenya’s U20 squad has been announced ahead of the 2024 World Rugby Junior Trophy, slated for July 2-17 in Scotland. Head Coach Simon Jawichre has kept the squad that won the Rugby Africa U20 Barthes Trophy in April. The 28-man squad features nine players who took part in the 2023 World Rugby Junior Trophy hosted […]

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Kenya's U20 squad has been announced ahead of the 2024 World Rugby Junior Trophy, slated for July 2-17 in Scotland. Head Coach Simon Jawichre has kept the

21/06/2024

ICYMI: Kenya Allocates 7.7 Million to Boost Tea Value Addition: The Standard Gazette

Kenya Allocates 7.7 Million to Boost Tea Value Addition

The Kenyan government has allocated Ksh1 billion ($7.7 million) to aid in the construction of two value addition and branding centres for Kenyan tea. Speaking during the launch of Chai Gold, the flagship tea brand of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) for the international market at Ketepa Grounds in Kericho County on Wednesday, President […]

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The Kenyan government has allocated Ksh1 billion ($7.7 million) to aid in the construction of two value addition and branding centres for Kenyan tea.

20/06/2024

ICYMI: PDP CRISIS: Impeached Philip Shaibu, Dan Orbih calls PDP as ‘Mad Man’ and ‘Drunk Punch’: The Standard Gazette

PDP CRISIS: Impeached Philip Shaibu, Dan Orbih calls PDP as ‘Mad Man’ and ‘Drunk Punch’

Former Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu and the national vice chairman, South-South of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, have dismissed their expulsion from the main opposition party by the State Working Committee (SWC). Comrade Shaibu said that the party’s action amounted to the “antics of a man who is punch […]

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20/06/2024

ICYMI: **ed UNIBEN Graduate r**ed and killed: Edo Police launches murder investigation: The Standard Gazette

UNIBEN Graduate r**ed and killed: Edo Police launches murder investigation

Edo State police command says it has commenced an investigation into the Killing of a graduate of the University of Benin, Miss Glory Adekolore Idowu, who was allegedly r**ed and killed while doing her clearance. The fresh graduate was said to have been killed on June 13 2024, after a case of a missing person […]

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20/06/2024

ICYMI: Breaking: Edo PDP on Rampage, Expels Dan Orbih from Party: The Standard Gazette

Breaking: Edo PDP on Rampage, Expels Dan Orbih from Party

The Edo State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the expulsion of the Party’s National Vice Chairman (South-South), Chief Dan Orbih, from the party. Also expelled are the former Deputy Governor of the State, Comrade Phillip Shaibu, and the ratification of the expulsion of the immediate past member representing Oredo Federal […]

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20/06/2024

ASUU Set To Go On Strike As Federal Government Rescind on Agreement: The Standard Gazette

ASUU Set To Go On Strike As Federal Government Rescind on Agreement

There are indications that Academic activities may soon be disrupted at universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dropped hints of its intention to go on strike over the refusal of the Government to increase the salary of university lecturers since 2009 after the fall of naira. Speaking Thursday at a press […]

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20/06/2024

Edo People Advocacy Group Calls on EFCC to Investigate Local Government Funds in Edo: The Standard Gazette

Edo People Advocacy Group Calls on EFCC to Investigate Local Government Funds in Edo

The Edo People Advocacy group, a civil society group, urgently calls on the EFCC to promptly investigate the local government funds in Edo State. The group is deeply concerned about what they perceive as a pattern of ‘careless spending without any tangible people-oriented development to justify the funds.’ The group’s leadership observed this while submitting […]

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20/06/2024

ICYMI: Kogi To Recruit 1050 Hunters To Combat Insecurity: The Standard Gazette

Kogi To Recruit 1050 Hunters To Combat Insecurity

As insecurity continues unabated, the Kogi State House of Assembly has approved the recruitment of 1050 hunters to strengthen the State’s security architecture. The lawmakers gave the approval during the house plenary on Wednesday in Lokoja. Recall that a letter was forwarded to the State Assembly requesting approval to recruit 50 hunters each for the […]

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As insecurity continues unabated, the Kogi State House of Assembly has approved the recruitment of 1050 hunters to strengthen the State's security