“With 22 months to the end of its lifespan, the Wike administration has revived its plan to eject civil servants from government buildings and quarters in the Government Reserved Areas (GRAs) to pave way to sharing those buildings amongst the administration’s top politicians”, said Senibo Chris Finebone, the Convener, Peoples Rights Protection Initiative. Mr. Finebone who […]
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Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have eliminated scores of Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the ongoing clearance operations around Lake Chad region. The Chief of Military Public Information, Col. Muhammad Dole, said this in a statement on Sunday in Ndjamena Chad. Dole said the renewed vigour and resilience […]
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A goal by Romelu Lukaku on his second Chelsea debut and a strike by defender Reece James earned the Blues a comfortable 2-0 win at London rivals Arsenal on Sunday. It was Chelsea’s second victory in as many games at the start of the 2021 /2022 English Premier League (EPL) season. An almost unstoppable Lukaku […]
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The freed 15 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, on Saturday reunited with their parents. The children, who appeared frail, weak and malnourished, reconnected with their families amid tears on Sunday. The parents were prevented from speaking with journalists by officials of the Baptist church. Israel Akanji, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, said 63 […]
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The campaign organization of factional governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra State, Chukwuma Umeoji, has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to publish Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the party. Umeoji said that INEC’s action is relevant and contempt of valid order of Owerri […]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government will not rest until social media platforms are regulated. The minister, in an interview with NAN in Washington, on Wednesday, said the dangers of fake news on social media must be taken seriously. Mohammed also explained that the online media report that he “sneaked […]
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Nine students have been abducted in Sakkai area of Katsina state, following an attack on the community by gunmen. The spokesman of the Katsina state police command, Isah Gambo, confirmed the incident to newsmen, on Wednesday. The students were said to be returning from the Islamiyya school in the area, when they ran into the […]
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Afghanistan president, Ashraf Ghani, has resurfaced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he has been received on “humanitarian grounds”. Recall that Ghani had fled Kabul, the country’s capital, last Sunday after Taliban fighters surrounded the city. In a Facebook post after his departure, Ghani said he believed “countless patriots would be martyred and the city […]
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Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called out Gov. Nyesom Wike, as the real Jonah onboard the ship of the People’s Democratic Party, absolving the party’s national Chair, Prince Uche Secondus, of any wrong-doing. In a statement made available […]
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Imagine if your mobile phone could be used to spy on you, listen to your conversations and send information and images from your device to a third party? This is not an imagined, dystopian future, it is the story of the Pegasus spyware put on mobile devices by clients of Israeli spyware software firm NSO. […]
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