A 34-year-old student of the Nasarawa State University, Emmanuel Akiko, has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the Nasarawa Housing Estate on the Makurdi-Jos Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Wednesday, gathered that the assailants, who came in their numbers around 10pm on Saturday, gained access into the estate through […]
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Security experts have said correctional officials cannot be absolved from the incessant attacks on the correctional centres in the country. The experts, in separate interviews, insisted that it is impossible for attacks to have taken place without the connivance of some officials. One of them, Jackson Ojo, said, “Before you can have a jailbreak, there […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Months after the Nigerian digital currency, the eNaira, was announced, they still have not told us what exactly it can achieve that is not already possible. From everything they have said so far, eNaira seems like a duplication of existing efforts in the electronic banking sector. After an initial false start and […]
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Climate-change By Olamide Francis Climate change has become a global challenge with far-reaching catastrophic consequences. Not just in sub-Saharan Africa and countries in South Asia or the Antarctic, but in cities in America like New York, in Germany and in London, where 2021 summer was marred by flash flooding and various consequences of heatwaves. It […]
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By Abdu Rafiu If I may borrow the expression by Allah-De in his frustration over unending power outage: “I am not done with ECN…” Allah-De now of blessed memory was a tireless and celebrated columnist. For the uninitiated and the younger generation, ECN means Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, the sole generator of electric power, sole […]
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Raphael Ede examines the killings in the South-East and the impact of the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra on the economy of the zone The orgy for destruction of lives and property following the violent crackdown on Biafra secessionist groups has continued to spread sorrows and anguish in families. Between February and […]
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•We won’t bear liability for losses caused by e-currency website, CBN warns The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will not bear any liability for any interruption, loss of revenue or loss of services arising from the use of the eNaira website. This is just as the eNaira speed wallet disappeared from the Google Play […]
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Cooking gas cylinders The Chief Executive Officer of Ecogas Energy Resources Limited, Chief Shina Luwoye, has said the surge in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) in Nigeria is a threat to the domestic market, which has seen significant growth in consumption in recent years. Luwoye attributed the price hike to the introduction […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has said the rendition of its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in Nigeria will not weaken its cause, but would rather destabilise the country. It said by ‘kidnapping’ and ‘renditioning’ Kanu, the country committed an international crime, adding, “The world doesn’t need any further proof that IPOB is a peaceful movement.” The […]
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The Nigerian Army, yesterday, turned down the request by Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State to discourage southern governors’ call for the ban of open grazing. In his remarks at the five-day 3 Division Operations Planning Cadre at the Gombe International Hotels, the governor condemned the position of his southern counterparts on the controversial issue […]
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