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The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, says the party will offer Nigerians a credible alternative in the 2027 general elections. Abdullahi stated this in a statement while congratulating Senator Tony Nwoye over his emergence as Senate Minority Whip. According to him, Nwoye’s emergence is a reflection of his credibility…
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President Bola Tinubu on Friday said he won’t be a religious bigot in addressing the security challenges in the country. The President stated this when receiving the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the State House in Abuja. “This insecurity, everyone is affected, Christians, Muslims alike. I have no religious bias; I won’t be…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary of news from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The House of Representatives has retained Value Added Tax, VAT, at 7.5 per cent and rejected a staggered increase to 15 per cent by 2030 as proposed in the Tax Reform Bills being debated at the National Assembly. 2. Following the remarks…
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Prior to his role at the Welsh Government, Moss was chief exec at the Intellectual Property Office. The Department for Transport said Moss’s time at the Welsh Government and IPO have given him “extensive experience” managing functions including HR, finance and digital and data. It said he has also had oversight of several independent inspectorates…
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Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has made his first Cabinet change, switching up a senior minister role. On Wednesday (Feb 19), Prabowo announced that Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister, 69-year-old academic Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, would be replaced by Brian Yuliarto, another academic serving as a deputy rector at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West…
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President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him fire the head of an independent US agency that protects government whistleblowers, seeking high-court intervention for the first time in his campaign to oust federal officials who don’t embrace his views. The filing, submitted Sunday but not yet formally docketed, asks the court to…
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The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Education Department, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal agency without the approval of Congress. The planned order follows years of campaign promises from Trump to abolish the Education Department, which was established in 1979,…
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Advocacy groups representing FBI agents appealed to the U.S. Congress on Monday to intervene to stop possible mass firings of agents who worked on the investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and other probes condemned by President Donald Trump. In a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House of…
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Good evening from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has officially expelled former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, from the party over allegations of anti-party activities. Aregbesola, who governed Osun State for eight years, had formed a faction within the APC known as The Osun Progressives (TOP), now…
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Rarely has a speech been so heavily trailed in the media, with so many of the details – from the third runway at Heathrow to the revived Oxford-Cambridge corridor and the nine new reservoirs across the country – pre-briefed and leaked to the press in advance. So you might have thought there were no surprises…
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England’s chief medical officer, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has said it would be “extremely difficult” to have a list of illnesses that would apply under the proposed assisted dying legislation. Asked if there could be a list of conditions, Sir Chris told MPs on the assisted dying bill committee: “If I’m honest, I think it would…
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Over the last week, Sir Keir Starmer’s government has fired the starting gun on the biggest domestic fight of this parliament on his highest priority issue. Yet it’s a battle this government is far from certain to win, and the manner in which they’ve entered combat makes ultimate success less likely. The outcome matters to…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians, including state governors, are trying to influence beneficiaries captured in the social register for the federal government’s conditional cash transfer. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily,…
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The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation today. The tally was 51-49 in the 100-member Senate on a procedural measure to end debate.…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Ogoni nation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ogoni leadership was led by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and His Royal Majesty, King Festus Babari Bagia Gberesaako XIII, the Gberemene…
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says his aggressive revenue drive has shot up the monthly earnings of the nation’s capital from about ₦9bn when he assumed office in August 2023 to an average of ₦25bn monthly. Wike, during a media chat on Sunday evening, said the nation’s capital generated over…
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