Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu left; a corps member holding a ring as he knelt to ask the female soldier to marry him The National Youth Service Corps on Tuesday broke its silence on a corps member who made a marriage proposal to a female soldier saying the Nigerian Army will […]
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In this report by Dogara Bitrus, a 26-year-old woman, Hussaina Saleh, recounts how she was kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 and taken to Sambisa forest; her escape from the insurgents and self-development efforts at an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Borno Following the closure of internally displaced persons’ camps in Maiduguri by the Borno […]
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The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said the COVID-19 pandemic is not politically motivated but real. Kumuyi spoke on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists during a briefing to mark the commencement of the church’s six-day global crusade. The crusade, tagged, ‘The Great Miracle Explosion,’ would be held […]
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Aisha Buhari with President Muhammadu Buhari after a trip from Turkey on Sunday Amid pregnancy rumors, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has ordered all members of her staff to proceed on an indefinite leave. This was announced in a terse statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Health […]
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Christmas shoppers at Oja-Oba Market in Akure … yesterday. Photo: Stephen Olajide Local markets and supermarkets in Ondo State brimmed with shoppers yesterday as the state government paid workers part of their outstanding salaries few days to Christmas as it earlier promised. Investigations across the state showed a general increase in sales as traders generally […]
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the opening of plenary on Tuesday, read the communication from President Muhammadu Buhari on his rejection of the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill. The letter, dated December 13, 2021, which was received by the House on December 21, 2021, was […]
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Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the opposing People’s Democratic Party, for “politicking” with the rising cases of banditry in the North; calling it “callous and insensitive to victims and troops”. This is as it said the activities of bandits, insurgents and other criminal rings had their roots in PDP’s “shabby handling” […]
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The Japanese Ministry of Justice said three prisoners were executed on death row on Tuesday which is the first execution in Japan since December 2019. According to the Xinhua/NAN agency report, this was the first execution under the Prime Minister Fumio Kishida administration. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who killed seven of […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed its preference for the deployment of technology in managing Nigeria’s complex electoral process, saying it is better than the best manual process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs said with its Automatic Biometric […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday explained why he withheld assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which he has returned to the National Assembly. His explanation was contained in letters read in the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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