80-year-old, 4 others killed, 3 kidnapped in Kaduna Catholic priest killed in Niger At least 10 persons have been killed by bandits in an attack on Janbako, a community in Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State. A source said a large number of the outlaws on motorcycles invaded the community 10.30 am yesterday shooting […]
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Ogun State Police Command has advised the general public especially those who lost their vehicles/motorcycles to thieves or abandoned to report at State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, for identification and claims. The vehicles and motorcycles are: one Honda car with Reg. No: EY 93 LND 22; one unregistered Toyota Avensis; one Toyota Highlander […]
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Acting Canadian High commissioner Nicholas Simard has said his country is willing to support Nigeria with $10 million in its battle against insecurity. Simard, who said this when he visited the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, in Abuja, stressed the need to build the capacity of personnel of the Police Force, among other […]
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Schools nationwide are set to resume for educational activities today for first and second term academic calendar across the country. The Federal Government, through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Control, announced in December that schools should not reopen for the second term, following the second wave of Coronavirus. But, states last week forced the Federal Government to […]
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Elder statesman and All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande, on Sunday unfolded plans to meet Yoruba leaders over the 2023 presidential race. He is expected to discuss with them the entreaties by eminent Nigerians that the national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, should declare his intention to run for president. Akande’s decision to meet […]
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By Kemi Ogunsanya Not since World War II have so many countries around the world witnessed educational institutions go into a lockdown at the same time and for the same reason as we have experienced in the past few months. Never could one have imagined that disruption so intense and fierce would hit the Education sector! None could have visualised […]
Continue ReadingBy Kemi Ogunsanya Not since World War II have so many countries around the world witnessed educational institutions go into a lockdown at the same time and for the same reason as we have experienced in the past few months. Never could one have imagined that disruption so intense and fierce would hit the Education sector! […]
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By Emmanuel Ikechukwu Igbo The most important feature of a political party is the existence of an ideology that expresses its vision and mission with respect to the acquisition and utilization of political power for the purpose of governance. It also identifies the values, ethos, myths, symbols, etc, that drive the behavior of its members and mirror its institutional image. In a […]
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Troops swiftly regained a military base in Borno State from combined forces of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram at the weekend. The terrorists, wielding machine-guns mounted on trucks, seized Marte – a town 93 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital – and the military base there on Friday night. […]
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Ogoni cleanup Clean-up a scam, says, Osarojiji Blame HYPREP for the delay – Akpobari Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region and some politicians, including Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have differed sharply and significantly over the continuing stagnation of the Ogoni cleanup exercise. This is just as the people continue to cry out about contaminated […]
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