Tag: nigeria
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Terrorists kill teacher, abduct NECO students in Borno
Admin The Borno State Police Command has deployed security operatives to Lassa community in Askira/Uba Local Government Area following the abduction of an unspecified number of students writing the National Examinations Council examinations by suspected terrorists. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the attackers stormed the school at about 9 a.m. on Monday, shooting sporadically…
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Baby girl, 8 others die in Lagos building collapse
Editor No fewer than nine people, including a baby girl, were feared dead while 26 others were rescued after a three-storey shopping mall collapsed on Old Ojo Road near Alakija Bus Stop along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Satellite Town, Ori-Ade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The building, which housed several businesses, including generator…
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Nigerian migrants returning from South Africa face the same economic issues they left behind
Admin When the flight carrying hundreds of Nigerians fleeing South Africa landed in Lagos last week, the first feeling of passenger Iniebong James was one of relief. Then came worry. Nearly two weeks after his return to his homeland, James, 52, is trying to settle back into the life he left 10 years ago when…
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ADC officially picks Rotimi Amaechi as Atiku’s running mate
Editor The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has picked former Rivers State Governor and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as its vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, pairing him with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on what party leaders describe as a “unity and rescue ticket.” Announcing the decision, ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam…
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Masai Ujiri challenges government, Nigerians to prioritise infrastructure maintenance
Pius Ayinor Masai Ujiri, co-founder of Giants of Africa and President and Alternate Governor of the Dallas Mavericks, has called on the various levels of government in Nigeria and institutions to pay greater attention to the maintenance of public facilities in the country. The former D’Tigers player said more attention should be paid to keeping…
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Fubara withdraws from Rivers APC governorship race, says he’s not a coward
Admin Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced his withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election in the state. Fubara made this known in a statement personally signed on Wednesday, saying he would support whoever emerges as the party’s candidate, The Nation reported. The governor said his decision followed extensive consultations with his…
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Bandits behead abducted Oyo teacher
Admin One of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Michael Oyedokun, has been killed. Oyedokun was beheaded in a new video allegedly released by the terrorists on Sunday. The video obtained by our correspondent on Telegram on Monday showed that the teacher was gruesomely killed…
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Tinubu’s men cuddle terrorists on innocent graves
Tunde Odesola Mother tongue is sweet. I know because mine is. The honey in the mother tongue oozes from its picturesque encapsulation of nature’s simplest wonders to life’s most complex pursuits, passing down wisdom from generation to generation, like no other tongue. The sweetness of mother tongue is the reason why teaching, learning and research…
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Nigerian military: Death on battlefield, crumbs on payroll
Tunde Odesola Tigrine is the name of a rocky downhill village located in a cheerless valley. Tigrine is ruled by King Tiger, aka Oba Ika, who sits resplendent on the ancient throne of Wiked Kingdom. Though the aborigines of Tigrine village are humans, they call themselves tigers because they disembowel without swords, using ‘a pa…
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ADC demands resignation of INEC chair, national commissioners
By Admin The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for the immediate resignation of the Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, accusing the electoral body of undermining democracy and interfering in political parties’ internal affairs. The ADC made the demand on Thursday at a world press conference addressed in Abuja by…
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