The Christian Association of Nigeria has joined Muslim brothers and sisters in Nigeria and around the world to celebrate the Eid-al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. This was contained in a statement signed by the President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, on Friday. Okoh said Ramadan was a time […]
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Civilians gather in Khartoum on Wednesday, preparing to flee the fighting in the Sudanese capital between the military and its paramilitary rival. (El-Tayeb Siddig/Reuters) Nigerian students are fleeing their residences for safety as heavy gunshots persist in the Republic of Sudan where a fierce military confrontation between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary group, […]
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Photo credit: The Wall Street Journal Seoul said Friday it would send a military aircraft and soldiers to evacuate South Korean nationals stranded in Sudan, where hundreds of people have died since fighting broke out last week. Japan is taking similar steps and on Friday sent a military plane to try and fetch its citizens […]
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By Femi Adesina All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in the State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects its next occupant, the Adviser on Media to the incoming President. […]
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The Poultry Association of Nigeria, South-West Zone, has appealed to the Federal Government, Central Bank of Nigeria and other developmental agencies to save the industry from collapse. The South-West chairman, Rev. Oluleye Gideon, made the plea at a joint news conference in Ibadan, saying that the recent new naira redesign and other government programmes had […]
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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Dear Mr. Tinubu, there are many very well-placed people around me who often express confidence in your ability to rescue Nigeria from the Buhari catastrophe. I will technically identify two of them without a mention of their names. Let me start with a certain former student of mine. In 2015 just before […]
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Nigeria Air… New national carrier to know fate April 25 For the umpteenth time, airline operators have disagreed with the plan to open up the Nigerian air travel market to continental airlines, under the evolving Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative. The local carriers said while the Nigerian virile travel market is “the target” […]
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President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Tunji Olaopa The auspicious event was the public presentation of my book, The Unending Quest for Reform: An Intellectual Memoir. And then, it was not surprising that the entire event erupted into an agitated atmosphere for a reassessment of the Nigerian predicament. A significant cross-section of stakeholders in the Nigerian project […]
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This year’s Ramadan, the ninth month of lunar calendar during which it is obligatory for the Muslim faithful globally to fast, has reached its zenith. Thus, Nigerians join the rest of the Muslim world to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitri marking the end of one month-long spiritual engagement regarded as the period of self-sacrifice and self-denial with the […]
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has unveiled plans to address the rising cases of online sexual exploitation and sexual extortion in the country. The information is contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by Mr. Vincent Adekoye, the NAPTIP Press Officer. The statement quoted […]
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