Stop harassing Christian clerics, HURIWA tells agency Youth wing of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned the purported invitation of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning, apparently over his comments in recent times. SOKAPU National Youth Leader, Isaac John Sirjay, […]
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The internet. Photo Shutterstock Some 1.23 million new telecommunications subscribers joined the networks between October and November 2021 in Nigeria. This pushed the country’s teledensity from 100.56 per cent to 101.20 per cent during the period. According to the latest subscription statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), released at the weekend, users of the […]
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Photo: Pixbay • Planned one million gas-powered vehicles elusive as subsidy removal looms • Major independent marketers desert scheme as autogas sells for N400/litre • FG sets aside N250b for vehicle conversion, to begin pilot scheme in 12 states In December 2020, when President Muhammadu Buhari promised Nigerians, especially labour leaders, that an autogas policy […]
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• We’re not aware of the conversation, says VP’s spokesman • Rev. Waive urges VP to join the race as group explains why Southeast will support Osinbajo • Daniel, Obanikoro, GNI want Southwest leaders to streamline aspirants A week after the Director-General, Tinubu Support Groups and former House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin, disclosed that […]
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The Special Adviser on Sports and Cinematography to the Governor of Cross River State, Prince God’swill Edward, has declared his intention to succeed Governor Benedict Ayade in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Already, the Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders of Nigeria (CENYLON), which is the national umbrella body of all Ethnic Nationalities […]
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Basma bint Saud, 57, a royal family member . Photo: AFP Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said on Saturday. Basma bint Saud, 57, a royal family member long seen as a proponent of women’s […]
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Senior Advocates of Nigeria, civil society organisations and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have said President Muhammadu Buhari should be ready to account for his actions when he leaves office next year. Their views came as a response to the President’s statement during his interview on Channels Television on Wednesday that anybody who asks him […]
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Since Friday last week when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, crisis may have started brewing between the Presidency and the National Assembly over what was described as ‘worrisome changes’ and inclusion of new provisions totaling N36.59 billion in the budget by the lawmakers. President Buhari, […]
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Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. It said names of schools that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education that private and public schools should resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, was being compiled and “disciplinary […]
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By Victor Emmanuel Uwah If Christ were to be for money sold, His price would have been much more than gold, That if few men could afford to buy Most would in their sins and darkness die. But God in His Omniscience had known That if men must for their sins atone, He had to […]
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