Gunmen on Monday night broke into Abdulsalami Abubakar General Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. Daily Trust reported that about two persons were shot dead while doctors, nurses, and patients were abducted from the hospital. The gunmen reportedly stormed Gulu in large numbers between 2:30 am and 3:00 am and shot sporadically […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Photo/twitter/inecnigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the spate of violence at the ongoing electioneering campaign. It said it would summon the leaders of political parties participating in the 2023 general election over the threat of violence next week. INEC chairman, […]
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan (left), and Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Photo/facebook/NgrSenate/ The bid by the current National Assembly to effect a fifth alteration to the 1999 constitution has failed. The leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday explained that the insistence of state governors on state police as a condition for supporting […]
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Photo/facebook/govkaduna The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, assured President Muhammadu Buhari that if elected, he will advance the efforts and legacy of his government. In his goodwill message during the 3rd Ministerial Performance Review Retreat at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Tinubu noted the administration’s achievements in the […]
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Zamfara State Government has apologised and reversed the order to shut down five broadcast stations in the state. The government ordered the closure of some media houses in Gusau, the state capital, for providing coverage for a political rally organised by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The affected media stations are the Nigerian Television […]
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Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) NAMA rallies airlines to new services to optimise operations Ahead of this year’s harmattan season and attendant disruption often experienced in local air travel, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commenced a general overhaul of navigational facilities at airports nationwide. Besides the upgrade of Instrument Landing Systems (ILSs) […]
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By Tayo Oke The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has been thrown into a tailspin following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, last week, October 13, 2022, which threw out the criminal charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, on the ground that the Federal Government had violated […]
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• It’s payback time, step down, endorse me, Tinubu tells Atiku • Atiku pledges end to APC misrule, revival of textile economy • Obi laments nation’s woes, promises to rescue Nigeria from failed state • Northern govs supporting Tinubu because Ahmadu Bello, Balewa will do same, says el-Rufai • Don’t let Obidient movement die after […]
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Displaced people of Okutukutu being ferried to their destination in Yenagoa…yesterday; Photo: NAN Challenge threatens Nigeria’s rice self-sufficiency Farming communities completely cut off from urban areas Expect worse food inflation next year, experts warn The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading points to a slower inflation rise, but experts have dismissed the data as deceptive, […]
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Photo/facebook/GovernorNyesomEzenwoWikeCON Two decisions of the Rivers State Government lately have put the entire state in very poor light to the point of the ridiculous. It is difficult to not read arbitrariness, vindictiveness, whimsicality and impulsiveness into these decisions. The first decision is of the legislative arm, working in concert with the executive arm, to reverse, […]
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