Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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The Nigerian Senate has called on top security officials to appear before it over allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) may be financing Boko Haram.
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The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that street pop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, fondly known as Portable, is now in its custody.
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Mojisola Meranda, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has denied reports suggesting that she has stepped down from her position.
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The Nigerian government has transferred 22 former terrorists from the Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) rehabilitation centre to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, for medical assessment and specialised treatment.
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Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has etched her name in history, becoming the first woman in 16 years to win the Best African Music Act at the MOBO Awards.
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The United States government has initiated plans to review how previous foreign aid, including funds allocated to Nigeria, has been spent.
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The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) has dismissed circulating reports that its office was taken over by military personnel, labeling the claims as false.
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The National Assembly has transmitted the Investments and Securities Bill 2024 to President Bola Tinubu for his approval.
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The House of Representatives has initiated an investigation into the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to conduct by-elections for vacant legislative seats.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated the process of forming a Technical Advisory Council (TAC) to strengthen the governance of its Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC).