The launch of Roadmap on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal and Neonate Mortality in Nigeria by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, supported by Health minister, Ehanire, and other stakeholders at the 62nd NCH in Asaba. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday decried the “rising and unprecedented” rates of maternal and […]
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Nearly 22,000 people, mostly children, are missing as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The jihadist uprising which started in 2009 has killed more than 27,000 people, displaced some two million, and spilt over into neighbouring countries, sparking a dire humanitarian crisis. The International Committee […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has hailed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement which dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, had affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is the winner of the February 23, 2019 presidential election. The […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected Wednesday’s verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal upholding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23, 2019 election. The party in a statement described the judgement by the five-man panel as ‘’subversion of justice and direct assault on the integrity of our nation’s justice system”. According to […]
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The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State on Wednesday reacted to the tribunal judgment which validated the election of President Muhammadu Buhari as duly elected. The PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja seeking the nullification of the victory of Buhari in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the February 23, 2019 poll, is victory for Nigerians that elected him for a second term in office. “Good conscience fears no evil report,” he said in a statement by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina. He said he was not disturbed […]
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The body of Zimbabwe’s ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday to an honour guard in a country divided over the legacy of a former liberation hero whose 37-year rule was terminated by close allies over alleged misrule. Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who rose to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and governed until he […]
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The presidential election tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 presidential election. The tribunal chairman,Justice Mohammed Garba said the petitioners failed to prove their petition beyond reasonable doubt and the petition “is hereby dismissed […]
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Vice President Prof Osinbajo at Adamawa State for the launch of National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), in company of the Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri. Photo: Twitter/Ngr/President Amid protests that the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) projects might be used as rural garrisons and arms depots in future as launchpads by settler Fulani herders […]
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It was shock and disbelief in Ondo State as news broke that the abducted lecturer of the State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, OSUSTECH, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found dead. Okedayo, of the institution’s Department of Mathematical Science, and his driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Auchi – Igara Road in neighbouring […]
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