President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said some female lawmakers who visited him at the presidential villa in Abuja, were a threat to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s position. The president said this while reacting to a request by the women who asked for the slot of vice- president in subsequent elections in the country. The women under […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Christian leaders in West Africa to counsel “their brothers in Christ” over the threat issued on the continued detention of Leah Sharibu, the Christian among the schoolgirls abducted in Dapchi, Yobe state. Although the federal government has promised to secure her release, parents and the loved ones of […]
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world is “one mechanical, electronic or human error away from a catastrophe that could eradicate entire cities from the map.” Guterres made this known while announcing a bold new vision for global disarmament to help eliminate nuclear arsenals and other deadly weapons warning, the world is just […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of 58 universities operating illegally in Nigeria. In a bulletin dated May 14, the commission said certificates obtained from any of the institutions are invalid. The commission said certificates obtained from the institutions will not be recognised for the purposes of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), employment […]
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A High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has granted bail to the former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang and another accused person. The former governor, Jang, is standing trial for misappropriation of state funds during his tenure in office. The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, had in 2016 established and constituted […]
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The Nigerian community in the U.S. have protested against the racial bias incident against a Nigerian, Lolade Siyonbola, a graduate student at the Yale University. The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians, OAN, in a letter addressed to the President of Yale University, Peter Salovey, and signed by OAN President, Solomon Bakare, demanded strong actions […]
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The Federal Government, states and local governments shared N701 billion as revenue for the month of April, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Isa-Dutse said the amounts shared were the outcome of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. Giving a breakdown of the revenue accrued in April, […]
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A shameful video of the protesters who stormed the office of Amnesty International in Abuja on Wednesday, has emerged online. In the video, the protesters were seen struggling for N500 (five hundred naira) hours after the exercise. Earlier, the protesters were on a massive protest at the Abuja office of Amnesty International, where they accused […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will arraign a former PDP governorship candidate in Edo, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu; an ex-deputy governor of the state, Mr Lucky Imasuen, and three others on Thursday. The accused, according to the commission’s spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, will appear in a Federal High Court in Benin City […]
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Gunmen have abducted 44 passengers along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state. According to witnesses, the victims were kidnapped on two different occasions — Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The female victims were reportedly stripped before being taken inside the bush. In the Wednesday incident, 21 people said to be traveling in three Golf vehicles from […]
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