Security agents, parents, youths clash over freed Zamfara schoolgirls

Published March 5, 2021 Maiharaji Altine , Gusau The Zamfara State Police Command has deployed more personnel to Jangebe town following rising tension as a result of the clash between the parents of the freed schoolgirls and security agents .In the clash , which occurred on Wednesday , one person was said to have died […]

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If coup plotters are pardoned, why not bandits – Gumi

Published March 5, 2021 Godwin Isenyo , Kaduna RENOWNED northern Islamic scholar , Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said if government could pardon coup plotters that committed treasonable felony, there was nothing wrong extending the same gesture to bandits . The Islamic cleric, while responding to the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna on Thursday , said […]

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Political thugs earning more than professors – Peter Obi

Published March 4, 2021 Tony Okafor , AwkaA former governor of Anambra State and the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general elections, Mr Peter Obi , has described Nigeria as a sad irony where political thugs earn more than professors .Obi stated this on Wednesday during the presentation of a […]

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We can’t restock, scarcity worsening, lament petrol marketers

Published March 4, 2021 NAN Oil marketers on Wednesday said the scarcity of petrol in many parts of Nigeria was not abating because of the difficulty currently faced by filling stations to restock their tanks with products .It was gathered that the recently introduced Customer Express e-payment platform introduced by the Pipelines Product Marketing Company […]

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Gumi should withdraw his unpatriotic, devisive utterances –CAN

Published March 4, 2021 Friday Olokor , Abuja THE Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the utterances of an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi with a call on him to immediately withdraw a statement credited to him .The organisation said since bandits were being pampered with money while the Presidency had refused […]

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We survived 30-month civil war, food blockade won’t affect Igbo – Ohanaeze

Published March 4, 2021 Raphael Ede, Enugu THE apex Igbo socio -cultural organisation , Ohanaeze Ndigbo , on Wednesday , said the food blockade to the south by some northern groups would not affect the South -East .It recalled that the region survived 30 months of food blockade by the Federal Government during the civil […]

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ONDO ASSEMBLY APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF THIRTEEN SPECIAL ADVISERS FOR GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU.

The Ondo State House of Assembly has given Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN accelerated approval to appoint Thirteen Special Advisers for his second term in office. This followed a letter of request addressed to the Speaker, written by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale. Members of the Ondo State House Assembly […]

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Gbajabiamila: Reps Working On Six Bills To Improve Food And Health Sectors

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, began a two-day public hearing on six bills, which the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, said will improve Nigeria’s food and health sector.Gbajabiamila noted that the Legislative Agenda of the 9th House outlined the ambitions the lawmakers hold regarding reform and overhaul of the country’s health care infrastructure.He said, “We expect […]

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Ram Costs N1million In Lagos As Cattle Traders’ Strike Bites Harder

The ongoing strike by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria has caused a rise in the prices of animals in Lagos and other Southwestern states.Recall that the food and cattle dealers had on Thursday embarked on a strike, blocking all ‘borders’ between the North and South in protest for the killings […]

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