With the PIB Act being effective following its approval on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government may soon scrap subsidy on petroleum products, implying that Nigerians may start paying higher prices for the products any time from now. It was gathered on Monday that the government’s position on fuel subsidy would form the […]
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Activities were grounded on Monday in Southeastern Nigeria despite the suspension of the sit-at-home order in the region by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, which initially ordered the exercise to press for an unconditional release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But the group has made a U-turn and threatened to recommence from […]
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The United States has given conditions for recognising a Taliban government in Afghanistan. US Department spokesman, Ned Price, said on Monday that the US would only recognise a Taliban government in Afghanistan if it respects the rights of women and shuns, denounces extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda. “Ultimately when it comes to our posture towards […]
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Despite the suspension of the sit-at-home initially ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the South east states of the country to press for the unconditional release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, many people remained indoors in the region on Monday for fear the unexpected might happen to them. The group […]
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Police Inspector General, Usman Baba on Monday ordered the deployment of two Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF), a Police Surveillance Helicopter and two cells of Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to Plateau State. He described the deployment as part of the ongoing coordinated efforts at restoring public order in Rubuka and its environs, following the […]
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Students, lecturers and othere stakeholders in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) have reacted to the recent online video that went viral over the alleged poor condition of Nkrumah Hostel in the institution. The people bared their minds on the issue in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Monday. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law, implying that he accepts the three per cent allocation to petroleum hosting communities which had stalled the passage of the bill in July after over a decade. This came weeks after the National Assembly passed the bill amid heated debates This was […]
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Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle Two staff and a student of Zamfara College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, Zamfara State,who were among the kidnapped victims in the school have escaped and returned to the college. Deputy Provost of the College, Ali Atiku, disclosed this to reporters on Monday. He said, “Two staff and […]
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Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday described the death of the member of the House Representatives, representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency, Hon Adedayo Omolafe, as shocking and devastating. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde, to the governor the governor described the death as too difficult to accept; […]
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People run from a tear gas shot by Nigerian police officers during a mass looting of a warehouse that have COVID-19 food palliatives that were not given during lockdown to relieve people of hunger, in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 26, 2020. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Endemic poverty, hunger and acute misery have struck […]
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