President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Saturday to attend the one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Given the growing threat of terrorism in the sub-region, […]
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Cleric offers free tickets to 20 willing returnees Air Peace airline yesterday suspended further evacuation of Nigerians in South Africa until the remaining voluntary returnees have been cleared and released by the host government. The chairman, Allen Onyema, said the airline would deploy staff and equipment to South Africa once it receives approval from the […]
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, UK and Northern Ireland chapter, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order a full scale judicial enquiry into the invasion of Ebonyi State Governor, Mr David Umahi’s house in Abuja. It said that the probe of the invasion, alleged to have been carried out by security operatives would ensure that the perpetrators […]
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Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday held that the Alliance for Democracy cannot file additional evidence against Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the ongoing proceedings challenging his victory in the March 9 governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, Sanwo-Olu, All Progressives Congress and INEC’s resident electoral commissioner were listed as respondents […]
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Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi on Thursday, effected a minor cabinet reshuffle while appointing a new commissioner. He made the disclosure during the weekly State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting, stating that Mr Uchenna Orji, Commissioner for Human Capital Development had become the new commissioner for Information and Orientation. “The commissioner for Education (Dr Stephen Odoh) […]
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Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will be buried early next week in his village and not at a national monument for liberation heroes, his family said on Thursday. The family of Mugabe, who died in Singapore last week, and Zimbabwe’s government have been at odds over whether he would be buried in his homestead in […]
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The launch of Roadmap on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal and Neonate Mortality in Nigeria by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, supported by Health minister, Ehanire, and other stakeholders at the 62nd NCH in Asaba. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday decried the “rising and unprecedented” rates of maternal and […]
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Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The jihadist uprising which started in 2009 has killed more than 27,000 people, displaced some two million, and spilt over into neighbouring countries, sparking a dire humanitarian crisis. The International Committee […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has hailed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement which dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, had affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is the winner of the February 23, 2019 presidential election. The […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected Wednesday’s verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal upholding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23, 2019 election. The party in a statement described the judgement by the five-man panel as ‘’subversion of justice and direct assault on the integrity of our nation’s justice system”. According to […]
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