Running mate of MKO Abiola in the 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, says he decided to work under the military government of Sani Abacha because of “national interest.” Kingibe, who served then as minister of foreign affairs, had been described as a traitor. He was accused of abandoning the struggle after the election was […]
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, has said that over 70 million people have globally been displaced by war, violence, sometimes combined with poverty or climate change. Grandi who spoke at a special forum at the ongoing 108 sessions of the International Labour Conference said as a result of being displaced, […]
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Children in Nigeria spend more time than others in over 10 countries watching videos and listening to music online, the latest report by a global cybersecurity company, Kaspersky Lab, has shown. However, children from other African countries like South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria, were among the frontrunners in their visits to sites for music and […]
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It came as an unlikely political bolt. And a rumour took false currency that President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed the idea of state police, and that would mean dramatic pirouette in the position of the number one citizen on that matter. But it might well be. What triggered the speculation was President Buhari’s order that […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has degraded another Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) hideout in the Sambisa Forest, in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted […]
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Controversy intensifies INEC to review party registration guidelines as EU faults polls ‘How Buhari’s non-assent to Electoral Bill undermined commission’ Rights body calls for Mahmood’s resignation The recently released report of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on the 2019 general elections continued yesterday to attract different interpretations. While the Independent […]
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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said the scheme will communicate to corps members when the payment of N30,000 new allowance takes off. Ibrahim spoke in Abuja, the nation’s capital, at a workshop/training on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for desk officers of the NYSC. When asked when the […]
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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, is billed to address a global conference on anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism today in London, the United Kingdom (U.K), Army’s spokesman Col. Sagir Musa said. In a statement, the spokesman said the COAS will deliver a keynote address on a topic, titled: Nigeria’s Unique Counter-Insurgency – A […]
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Nigeria’s cocoa will soon regain its glory in the country and beyond, the new leadership of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) under Mr. Adeola Adegoke has said. Adegoke, who was elected CFAN National President at the weekend in Akure, the Ondo State capital, spoke after his election victory. There were delegates from 13 […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday urged men to love and honour women. He reminded men that women are not subordinate to them. According to him, women are created equal with men. The Vice-President stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after celebrating this year’s Fathers’ Day at Aso Villa Chapel in Abuja. He was joined […]
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