Owo Church Attack: ‘They shot choirmaster in my front’, survivor narrates as she marks birthday A Non-Profit Organisation, Ogundare Foundation, has offered to give scholarship to no fewer than 20 children of victims of the Owo massacre at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State. During a condolence visit to the Olowo of […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Photo; Facebook/INECNIGERIA The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied extending the deadline of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), describing the report that it has agreed to extend the deadline by 60 days as false. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Aishatu Jibril Dukku, had […]
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Kaduna, Nigeria’s “Centre of Learning,” is host to many military institutions and formations, including the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 Division, Nigerian Army. The military presence notwithstanding, many schools, like communities in the state, have been attacked by bandits and remain crippled, Abdulgafar Alabelewe reports. Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji; Nigerian Air […]
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Show us the pipelines we vandalised in Niger Delta, IPOB demands The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his call on the United States, United Kingdom and other members of the international community to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The President had, on […]
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• Like presidential candidates, VP nominees can only withdraw from the race voluntarily • Suggestion that a VP candidate can be substituted at will is erroneous, position elective, not appointive • 2010 Electoral Act where political parties could substitute candidates repealed in 2022 amended Act Senior lawyers, yesterday, weighed in on the concept of ‘placeholder’ […]
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The Federal Government has said the fixed pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) remains N165 per litre as stipulated in the petroleum product pricing template. The government also advised Nigerians against panic buying of PMS, also known as petrol, saying that the country currently had over two billion litres of PMS in various depots. […]
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Motorists queue at a filling station NNPC mum as fuel scarcity worsens in states NMDPRA moves to Lagos to restore official price There are indications that the challenges confronting the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) may not abate for as long as the price of crude oil is above $100. Sources at the Nigerian […]
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Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls Mary Dauda (L) and Hauwa Joseph (R) sit with their babies at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 21, 2022. Nigerian troops have found two of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram jihadists eight years ago, the military said on June 20. Presenting the two hostages before […]
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Ozekhome, Sagay, Akpata seek better deal for judiciary, prudent management of funds The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has responded to a protest letter sent to him by 14 Justices of the Supreme Court, denying allegations of uncaring attitude leveled against him by his brother Justices in the apex court. In […]
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Rules out fuel subsidy removal ‘Western countries implement fuel subsidy ask Nigeria to remove it’ Defends CBN interventions, says only its Board can sanction Emefiele for alleged infraction Proscribe IPOB, stop shielding its leaders, President urges Western govts Buhari dumps Amaechi, Akpabio, others, sends new ministerial nominees to Senate President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out […]
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