Says free, compulsory education is panacea to child abuse Officials search for parents of some students Police hand over freed inmates to Kaduna government for rehabilitation President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the alleged torture and child abuse of students at an Islamic centre at Rigasa, Kaduna, which the police raided on Thursday. Over 300 […]
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The police in Lagos on Sunday said they have uncovered a suspected baby factory and rescued 19 pregnant girls. The police stated that they acted on an intelligence report and swooped on the operators at their base on 14 Adisa Street, Ayanwale area of Ikotun. Police spokesman, Bala Elkana, said two suspects had been arrested. […]
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Almost five weeks to the November 6 governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi States, a major tragedy has afflicted the Independent National Electoral Commission with the death of its Resident Electoral Commissioner for Taraba State, Alhaji Baba Abba Yusuf. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy, a terse statement issued on Sunday by […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says over 100,000 candidates who met admission requirements have so far been offered placements into Nigerian universities for the 2019/2020 academic session. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Spokesman for JAMB, said on Sunday in Lagos that the board hoped to utilise 80 to 90 per cent of the available spaces for […]
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Senator Biodun Olujimi’s capacity to sustain her political career is remarkable. She has been active since 1999 when she was an ally of the senior Saraki, the late Chief Olusola Saraki. She was the national Publicity Secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) until 2003 when she joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
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Despite efforts to tame rough edges within the All Progressives Congress (APC), to soften the grounds for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s second term bid, there is still a minority within the party that is bent on denying him the ticket of the party by whatever means. There are cracks within the ruling party, and as ingenuous […]
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Mother of former Nigeria coach and football star, Samson Siasia, who was kidnapped ten weeks ago, has been released. Mrs Ogere Siasia, 76, and two others were seized back in July in Bayelsa, southern Nigeria, where kidnappings for ransom are frequent. Siasia, who had pleaded for help last week, told the BBC he was ‘relieved’ that his […]
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Being echoes of a Reporter’s recent furtive shuttle in the Garden City’s belly of thunder By Yinka Fabowale Until just a fortnight ago, the one and only time I ever visited Port Harcourt was exactly 23 years ago. Then I was a love-struck bachelor gone in search of my fiancé who was doing her national […]
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Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed what transpired between him and the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, over xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals residing in South Africa. Obasanjo, who said he paid a courtesy call on the South African leader recently, said Ramaphosa, agreed that his country had indeed erred […]
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A retired Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Aliyu Bisala, and 81 other civil servants were on Friday recognised for their outstanding performance by the acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Folasade Yemi-Esan, at a dinner and award ceremony held to mark the end of the 2019 civil […]
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