Kaduna, Nigeria’s “Centre of Learning,” is host to many military institutions and formations, including the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 Division, Nigerian Army. The military presence notwithstanding, many schools, like communities in the state, have been attacked by bandits and remain crippled, Abdulgafar Alabelewe reports. Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji; Nigerian Air […]
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Show us the pipelines we vandalised in Niger Delta, IPOB demands The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his call on the United States, United Kingdom and other members of the international community to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The President had, on […]
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• Like presidential candidates, VP nominees can only withdraw from the race voluntarily • Suggestion that a VP candidate can be substituted at will is erroneous, position elective, not appointive • 2010 Electoral Act where political parties could substitute candidates repealed in 2022 amended Act Senior lawyers, yesterday, weighed in on the concept of ‘placeholder’ […]
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The Federal Government has said the fixed pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) remains N165 per litre as stipulated in the petroleum product pricing template. The government also advised Nigerians against panic buying of PMS, also known as petrol, saying that the country currently had over two billion litres of PMS in various depots. […]
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Motorists queue at a filling station NNPC mum as fuel scarcity worsens in states NMDPRA moves to Lagos to restore official price There are indications that the challenges confronting the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) may not abate for as long as the price of crude oil is above $100. Sources at the Nigerian […]
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Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls Mary Dauda (L) and Hauwa Joseph (R) sit with their babies at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 21, 2022. Nigerian troops have found two of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram jihadists eight years ago, the military said on June 20. Presenting the two hostages before […]
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Ozekhome, Sagay, Akpata seek better deal for judiciary, prudent management of funds The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has responded to a protest letter sent to him by 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, denying allegations of uncaring attitude leveled against him by his brother Justices in the apex court. In […]
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Rules out fuel subsidy removal ‘Western countries implement fuel subsidy ask Nigeria to remove it’ Defends CBN interventions, says only its Board can sanction Emefiele for alleged infraction Proscribe IPOB, stop shielding its leaders, President urges Western govts Buhari dumps Amaechi, Akpabio, others, sends new ministerial nominees to Senate President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out […]
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Senator Folarin and Akande-Sadipe Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has embarked on reconciling some of the aggrieved members of the party in Oluyole Federal Constituency, Ibadan. Speaking during the APC stakeholders’ reconciliation meeting in Ibadan on Wednesday, a former Deputy chairman of the party, Hon. Lekan Adeyemo, said the meeting was […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The report about the shameful shabby treatment which is being meted out to the Justices of the Supreme Court has further exposed how low our country can go. There is hardly any institution that is held sacrosanct any longer, that is insulated and kept away from the ravaging waves of the rot […]
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