Chief of Defence Staff Major General Leo Irabor addresses troops at the theatre command operations Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, on January 31, 2021. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP) The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko […]
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An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygiene (INHP) wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit against the Ebola virus disinfects the premises of the CHU of Cocody following the passage of a first Ebola patient, in Cocody on August 16, 2021. – Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on August […]
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Akinwonmi, Nazif claim chairmanship position Nazif fixes emergency NEC meeting for Friday Akinwonmi postpones NWC meeting indefinitely The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened yesterday, as two contenders emerged for the acting chairmanship of the main opposition party a day after a Rivers State High Court suspended its embattled national chairman, Prince Uche […]
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Ambassador of Cuba to Nigeria, Clara Escandell (right) on a courtesy visit to Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (left) Cuba has developed five COVID-19 vaccines with two already approved by the medical authority of the country, the Ambassador of Cuba to Nigeria, Clara Escandell, has said. Escandell made this […]
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the whereabouts of no fewer than 10 per cent of Borno’s residents are unknown due to activities of insurgents. The governor, who backed the reintegration of surrendered insurgents, said it was time to end the war. He spoke to journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at […]
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The Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Nigeria-British Business Forum, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo. Photo credit: NAN Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Nigeria-British Business Forum, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, has told the Nigerian Government to leverage fast on the $4 billion education fund raised at the just-concluded Global Education Summit, held in London. President […]
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The National Security Adviser, Major Gen Babagana Monguno (retd.), has said that Nigeria’s territory will never be used as a haven by any group of secessionists or terrorists to destabilise another friendly sovereign country. He said this on Tuesday during his speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth session of the Cameroon-Nigeria transborder security […]
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Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, was on Tuesday factionalised with the emergence of two acting national chairmen. The two Deputy National Chairmen of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi (South) and Senator Suleiman Nazif (North), in separate announcements on Tuesday, claimed to be the party’s acting National Chairman. The PUNCH gathered that while Akinwonmi […]
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By Kayode Komolafe In fewer than 24 hours that Governor Aminu Bello Masari justified his call on the people of Katsina state to take up arms in self-defence, some “unknown gunmen” attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy in the neighbouring Kaduna state yesterday, killing two officers and abducting another in the tragic event. It was as […]
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Residents of Gwara and Kono-Boue communities in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, fled the area after gunmen suspected to be cultists killed six persons in the council. It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering about seven, invaded Gwara community in the morning, shot indiscriminately and left three persons dead without any challenge. […]
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