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Nigerian Muslims on Friday, June 6, 2025, joined their counterparts in the world to mark another Eid-el Kabir This followed the earlier announcement by the Sultan of Sokoto and the President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, declaring Wednesday, May 28, 2025, as the first day of the month of Dhul hajj Amid the Eid-el-Kabir 2025 celebration, lawmaker Temitope Adedeji Adewale felicitated with Muslims across Nigeria, especially in Lagos and Ifako-Ijaiye,...

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Fresh details have emerged on how Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, a Nigerian businessman, allegedly forged several documents to claim N3.7 billion in a petrol subsidy fraud In a newly-released book, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the EFCC, revealed inside details of Ogunbambo’s indictment and prosecution for defrauding the government under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme Bawa detailed how the petrol subsidy scheme was used to syphon public funds, drawing from his experience as a key...

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Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the 2021 election to the current President Hakainde Hichilema by a large margin In a video, Lungu's daughter Tasila said that the former head of state, who had been "under medical supervision in recent weeks", died at a clinic in South Africa Lusaka, Zambia - Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021, has died,...

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Yola, Adamawa state - Professor Jibril Aminu, a former minister of education and petroleum, has died. As reported by Arise TV News, Professor Aminu's death was confirmed on Wednesday, June 4, by Abdullahi Prambe, Adamawa state's commissioner for housing and urban development. Vanguard also noted the sad update in a report on Thursday, June 5. The news of the 84-year-old ex-public official's death was first announced in a Facebook post by former senator and human rights advocate, Shehu Sani.

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The 2024 Ondo election petition tribunal, on Wednesday, June 4, upheld the election of Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the APC in the November 16, 2024 governorship election in the state The tribunal dismissed the petitions filed by the PDP and its governorship candidate, AgboolaAjayi, for lacking merit The tribunal dismissed the petitions filed by the SDP and APM challenging the electoral victory of Governor Aiyedatiwa Akure, Ondo state - The Ondo state governorship election petition tribunal has...