How I escaped death, journalist recounts ordeal after Atiku’s convoy attack

A journalist who works for Arise TV, Mary Chinda, has narrated how she escaped death by a whisker alongside journalists from other media houses at the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential rally that took place in Maiduguri on Wednesday. The convoy of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, reportedly came under attack by suspected thugs, as […]

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Senate President’s media aide, Mohammed Isa dies

Malam Mohammed Isa, the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media died on Friday, an official has said. Mr Ola Awoniyi, the Special Adviser on Media to Senate President said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that Isa died while undergoing treatment for injuries sustained after an autocrash on Minna-Suleja Road […]

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Troops neutralise notorious Kaduna bandits’ commander

Kaduna State Government, yesterday, said security forces have ambushed and neutralised a notorious bandits’ commander known as ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ responsible for terrorising Kaduna-Kachia road, Chikun and Igabi local councils. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, said the security agencies reported his death to the state government, confirming […]

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Withheld Salaries: ASUU, CONUA may close ranks against FG

Why Govt Must Pay Full Salaries, By Ndume Esele, NECA Ex-DG Differ On Pro-rata Payment ‘Education Vote Declines From 10.79% to 5.39% Under Buhari’ NASU, SSANU Seek Inclusion In IPPIS Conversation With the insistence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) that the Federal Government must pay […]

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Nigeria needs government that will reverse prevailing hardship, Bishop declares at Akeredolu’s mother’s burial service

By Banji Ayoola Anglican Bishop of Owo Diocese, Dr. Stephen Fagbemi declared on Saturday that Nigeria needs a government that understands the economy, that will reverse the biting hardship in the country and tackle the prevailing insecurity across the land. He made this declaration in a sermon which he delivered  at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, […]

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Oyo 2023 budget: Education has 2nd largest allocation – Adeniran

The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, has affirmed that Education has the second largest allocation in the proposed 2023 Budget presented by his Principal, Governor Seyi Makinde. Speaking on a live programme on the State’s Broadcasting station recently, Adeniran said with a budget of N58.213 billion, the Government has […]

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Slash lawmakers’ salaries to pay ASUU, Ndume tells FG

The senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has urged the Federal Government to slash the salaries of NASS members by 50 percent to give it to the Academic Staff Union of Universities so as to meet their pressing demands. He stated this during an interaction with newsmen in Maiduguri on Thursday, […]

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