A revered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government to support splinter groups among bandits as a way to end mass abductions of school pupils. Gumi, who spoke in a telephone interview on Wednesday on the abduction of 200 Islamiyya schoolchildren in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, said many […]
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The Federal Government yesterday rejected the labelling of the country as a failed state by the United States Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). It described such a verdict on Nigeria because of its security challenges as “preposterous.’’ Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed spoke in an interview in Abuja Also yesterday, Special Assistant to […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday reflected on the state of the nation and concluded that Nigeria is not where God has created her to occupy in the comity of nations. He lamented that rather than being a land flowing with milk and honey, it has regrettably become a “land flowing with bitterness and sadness”, urging […]
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Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje, on Thursday called for military intervention in the state, saying bandits had taken over its forests and converted them to hideouts. The governor added that the bandits were gathering in Falgore Forest and might be planning to carry out attacks. He said this at a meeting with the service chiefs […]
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A Nigerian, Aisha Akinola has broken records as the first African to become a Sabbatical Officer at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. A sabbatical officer is a students representative. Akinola currently serves as the Vice President, Welfare in the Scottish University’s Student Association. While chatting with our correspondent, Akinola said her mother motivated her to […]
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At least, 48 pupils of private and public primary and secondary schools who won prizes in both international and national competitions while representing Ondo state were rewarded by the government. Some of the beneficiaries of the award included Abiodun Ayomide of Cabataph Schools, Akure, who emerged the overall best pupil in the 2020 Common Entrance […]
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THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is […]
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan Constitution makes it illegal to write new constitution — Senate deputy president New constitution only way to address national crises, says Ezekwesili The National Assembly has said it will be difficult to repeal the 1999 Constitution and enact a new law for Nigeria, noting that there are stringent conditions for achieving […]
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A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. It was gathered that the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange behaviour. “In the process […]
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The All Progressives Congress has said plots by unpatriotic Nigerians to bring down the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari are bound to fail. National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, said this at an event organised by the APC Professionals Forum, at the APC National Secretariat, in […]
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