The Coalition of Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders of Nigeria, CENYLON, has commended the Federal Government for finally declaring the bandits who have been unleashing havoc on several parts of the country as terrorists. It praised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for taking the bold move which it believed is a big step in the ongoing […]
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There are still people in Nigeria who live mainly by the written word. That is the lot of Nyaknno Osso, who was our pioneer librarian at the old Newswatch. After 50 years as a librarian, Osso is not about to retire. He is now at the centre of an information revolution, trying to gather biographical […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian universities and scientists to intensify research efforts to develop vaccines that can tackle the COVID-19 and its variants, which are afflicting the world. His call is coming on the heels of the new more contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has triggered global alert as more cases were recorded […]
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More countries record cases, reintroduce travel bans World Bank okays $5.8b vaccine cash for Nigeria, others The new COVID-19 variant known as Omicron has triggered global alerts as more cases have been recorded in some European and Asian countries. But the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the latest strain has not been discovered […]
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Social media platform Twitter has agreed to all the conditions laid out by the Federal Government regarding its operations in Nigeria, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus, said yesterday. The minister, who is also a member of a committee, set up to review the operations of the platform since its ban on June […]
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The police have arrested a top immigration officer, Abdullahi Usman, over his alleged role in the raid on the house of Justice Mary Odili. It was learnt that he would be charged this week along with a banker, lawyer, a fake police officer, a journalist and seven others. Two soldiers who allegedly took part in […]
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By Alade Rotimi-John Ordinarily, it is inexplicable how-why the Buhari government has been reluctant, shy or has found it difficult to categorise or declare as terrorists the marauding bands of utterly despicable roughnecks terrifying the entire northern Nigeria landscape. The government somehow curiously understands the necessary nexus between the origin, philosophy and operational methods of […]
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Eggs Nigerians have expressed worry that ever-rising prices of protein-rich foods in the country will, if not checked, compound malnutrition and worsen infant/nursing women morbidity and mortality rates. Eggs, beans, milk, beef, chicken, pork and other protein-rich foods have become more expensive and non-prioritised among many poor households in the country. A market survey showed […]
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For all the gains that the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has achieved by mounting safety guidelines against the coronavirus pandemic, its reluctance to policy review is unscientific and rather rash on the Nigerian public. Lately, the health protocol has become unnecessarily prohibitive and ludicrous on air travellers, with errant airport officials and the system […]
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To probe Ngige, Moghalu over alleged sponsorship of chairman’s suspension Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has vowed to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the winner of the November 6, 2021, Anambra State governorship election. State Chairman of the […]
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