Five Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the G5 governors, did not campaign for the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, as they flagged off the 2023 elections campaign in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Thursday. Speaking during the campaign, Wike vowed that the […]
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We are not aware, local airlines say Nigeria and 16 African countries have agreed to begin implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), starting with the test-run of the initiative. By the new agreement, the 17 countries, out 35 SAATM signatories, will fully open their air transport markets immediately to one another and […]
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Submerged house in Delta As floods recede after weeks of destruction and agony in parts of the country, homes, communities and businesses have started picking bits and pieces of ruins left behind. From Kebbi to Jigawa, Benue, and Rivers, cries of despair are as loud as they are deep. Bayelsa, Delta, Jigawa, Anambra and Niger […]
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An ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has said that the northern Christians are in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking at an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said Obi had more chances of winning the election than the presidential candidate of the All […]
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Thirteen years after it was abolished, Federal Government, yesterday, formally announced the return of history as a stand-alone subject in the country’s basic education curriculum. Also, 3,700 history teachers have been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking at the reintroduction ceremony, lamented […]
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday, met at Awka, the Anambra State capital. They met at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church during the thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor in celebration of his 70th birthday and were seen embracing each other while […]
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Following devastating flooding in parts of the country, farmers under the auspices of Smallholder Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have advised Federal Government to take deliberate steps to mitigate the effect on farmers to avert food crisis nationwide. National President of SWOFON, Mary Afan, who gave the hint, yesterday, in Abuja, at an event […]
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PDP, CUPP, others slam Adamu over deployment of BVAS APC not opposed to new electoral technologies, Adamu recants INEC: We can transmit election results electronically PDP: APC blackmailing INEC to bring back era of elections rigging APC’s attack on BVAS confirms plan to oust INEC Chairman, CUPP alleges Inihebe: Without BVAS, Nigerians can kiss free, […]
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Nigeria in ‘technical’ recession, say experts Prevailing economic challenges, as reflected in the business environment and rising inflation, which is further compounded by poor oil production in the last three months, have undermined Nigeria’s economy, as official figures show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.25 per cent year-on-year in Q3,2022, marking the slowest […]
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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, for imprisoning him (Kanu) in Kenya for eight days, before his extradition to Nigeria. His special counsel, Alloy Ejimakor, disclosed this on Wednesday morning, via his Twitter handle, were he posted a pictures […]
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