The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, has stated that the non-governmental organisation (NGO) regulation bill is being passed in the interest of Nigerians. On Thursday, Chidi Odinkalu, former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), launched a campaign against the bill, saying the proposed law would affect religious bodies, […]
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Puerto Rico was on Friday battling dangerous flooding after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, as the death toll there jumped to 13 and authorities rescued nearly 700 people from high waters. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello called Maria the most devastating storm in a century after it destroyed the US territory’s electricity and telecommunications infrastructure. […]
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The non academic staff of Nigerian universities have provided reasons for suspending their strike for one month. The staff, members of three unions, NASU, SSANU, and NAAT, announced the suspension of the 11 days old strike on Thursday. Sam Ugwoke, the national president of the Joint Action Committee of three unions, announced the suspension at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday addressed the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Amongst other things, he spoke on democracy in Africa and the need for international assistance in curbing the spread of ISIS in the Lake Chad Basin. Below is the full text of the address: Mr. President, Fellow Heads of […]
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Over 90 per cent of deaths recorded in Nigerian hospitals are due to poor attitude of health workers. Thomas Agan, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), said this during an interaction with journalists on Tuesday in Calabar. He said some health workers were not taking the lives of patients seriously, […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has taken his threats against North Korea over its nuclear challenge to another level on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy’’ the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.’’ In a hard-edged speech to the UN General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait […]
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Addressing world leaders at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari says the frontiers of democracy, good governance is expanding in Africa. He urged the international community to come up with strategies and mobilise effort to stop the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) from […]
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Kogi state is ready to flood the markets with rice and fish by December following the mass production of the products by the state-owned Omi Agricultural Development Centre. The centre situated in Yagba-West Local Government would be out with “Confluence’’ rice, Mr David Apeh, Special Adviser to Gov. Yahaya Bello on Agriculture and Rural Development, […]
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Nigeria’s premier gateway, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday became the first airport in the country to be certified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The development makes the airport the first to be certified, out of the 22 airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The certificate was formally […]
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The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, has announced a conditional suspension of its nationwide strike and has directed lecturers to go back to work on Tuesday (today). The suspension of the strike which started on August 13, was announced at the end of a meeting with top government officials […]
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