Antonio Guterres (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas, demanding global “action to end this godawful nightmare”. Addressing a peace summit in Cairo as the war raged into its third […]
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Troops of 5 Brigade Operation HADIN KAI deployed at Damasak have reportedly eliminated six Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), terrorists and injured several others in a failed ambush at Binduldul General area along MSR Maiduguri – Gubio – Kareto – Damasak Road. It was gathered that the troops achieved the feat on […]
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Group under the auspices of YouthHub Africa has called on the government and all stakeholders promoting the interest of the girlchild to adequately equip them to be leaders and change-makers in the fight against climate change. YouthHub Executive Director/Co-Founder, Rotimi Olawale made this call Friday in Abuja at an event to commemorate the international day […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu welcoming the Resident Electoral Commissioners to a meeting at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja… yesterday. PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ATEKO The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday in Abuja, said it would deploy 46,084 staff for the conduct of the November 11, 2023, governorship polls in Imo, […]
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As the world continues to commemorate the 2023 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which began on Sunday, October 1 and will end on Tuesday, October 31, OMIKO AWA writes on the prevalence of the disease in Nigeria and how the government and other stakeholders can help the patients and also curb the spread of the ailment. […]
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• Say More Factories May Close Down• Naira Slide ContinuesDespite Policy • Ban Was Ineffective, Current Move Good For Economy — Experts Local manufacturers and farmers in the country have expressed fears that the unbanning of 43 items initially placed on the foreign exchange prohibitive list by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is capable […]
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Spokesman for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has lamented that the Supreme Court turned deaf ears to the several pleas made by the party. The apex court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the petitions filed by the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, against […]
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Kwara State House of Assembly ● As Police nab five suspects Cheering news has come for the family of a serving lawmaker in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon Lawal Ayanshola Soliu, as his abducted wife and two children have now regained their freedom from the kidnappers’ den. According to competent sources, the victims, […]
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The European Union (EU) is to disburse 150 billion Euros in four years by 2027 through its Global Gateway Initiative to Nigeira and other African countries to enhance infrastructure in over eight sectors. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known during the launch of the Global Gateway initiative on Thursday in […]
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Fuel Scarcity: Again, NNPCL, marketers disagree over supply as queues spread By theconclaveng – October 20, 2023 02 There was a disagreement between oil marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday over the supply of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, as queues by motorists for the commodity in filling stations grew […]
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