Northwest Governors’ Forum yesterday urged a collective front against bandits and other criminal elements in the zone. They made the call on a day youths, under the aegis of the “North/South Alliance and Take It Back Movement” staged a protest in Abuja against insecurity in the North. Northeast governors had on Tuesday met in Damaturu, […]
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A philanthropist, Kenneth Imansuangbon, has urged well-meaning Nigerians to fight hunger. He noted that it was imperative for highly-placed persons to touch lives with their resources, to give the less endowed a sense of belonging. Imansuangbon, chairman of Pacesetters Group of Schools in Abuja, hails from Ewohimi in Esan Northeast Local Government of Edo State. […]
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• Bill seeking women empowerment, gender equality hits wall Senate has approved $5,803,364,553.50 and a grant component of $10 million under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. The approval followed consideration of a report by the Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Clifford Ordia, in his presentation, said $2,300,000,000 would […]
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Catholic priest joins presidential race on APC platform The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has expressed disappointment at what it described as “the begging posture” of some Igbo leaders and politicians for support for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. Hitherto led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since June this year, the group […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo-led Committee for the Goodness of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to accord the issue of constitution review the urgency it deserves. Speaking yesterday at the end of a two-day meeting, the forum admonished the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to mobilise strongwill, vision and action in the reform process to […]
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• Critics overheating polity, says minister The Federal Government yesterday faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s score card in the last six years. It disagreed with the former leader’s remark that the President has nothing to offer in office, particularly on the worsening insecurity that has upset the country. The government […]
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Men carry goods from a depot after a tanker truck exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, December 14, 2021. At least 75 people were killed when a gas tanker truck exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on December 14, 2021 morning, a local official said, with overwhelmed medics saying the toll was set to rise. Richard […]
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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) • Boko Haram would have declared Islamic State in Nigeria, FG flays critics • Bandits kill Kaduna lawmaker, gunmen kidnap Imo monarch • Buhari should show empathy to Nigerians, says Obasanjo’s committee • Govt insensitive to people’s plight – Rafsanjani • Police […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The trumpet is blaring, but life goes on. Scary headlines roared in many parts of the world in the last one week or so to which a great many would appear not to have given heed. Many dismiss them as the usual daily and periodic occurrences. Not even with the frequency and […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has declared that only the Peoples Democratic Party can rescue Nigeria and place it on the path of economic prosperity and sustainable development. He stated this when he received members of Atiku Support Group, led by Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who were on a courtesy visit at the Government House, […]
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