A school in Niger Republic with a population of 800 has been thrown into mourning after a fire outbreak killed 20 children. Twenty School children have died after their classrooms caught fire in Niger’s capital, Niamey. The school located in the Pays Bas area has a population of 800 students. According to Reuters, the cause of the …
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Seven years after Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents, the Presidency last night said that the release of the remaining girls still with their abductors is a work in progress. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba …
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The Police have killed four suspected sea pirates and arrested one in Oron waterways in Akwa Ibom. The Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), SP Macdon Odiko, confirmed this in a statement he released to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday. He stated that the policemen acted on credible intelligence reports and embarked on a sting …
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More than 1 million devout Hindus took a dip in the river at the holy Indian city of Haridwar on Wednesday even as several regions in the country struggled with a shortage of oxygen and beds to meet the needs of a rising number of Covid-19 patients. The ritual bathing in the Ganga is a …
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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command, says it foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facility, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area. Mr Richard Ogbebor, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command in a statement in Benin disclosed that the attempted jailbreak occurred from …
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Garba Shehu The Presidency has reassured parents and concerned citizens that the missing students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, remain constantly on the minds of government as they are always on the minds of their parents. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, gave the reassurance in a …
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Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the principle of fairness must be applied by leaders in addressing challenges in health, the economy, and other issues. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the vice president spoke at a virtual forum organised by a leading American Christian University, …
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Alhaji Kazeem Rabiu, Chairman of Egbe-Idimu Community Development Committee (CDC), Wednesday, inaugurated the N250 million Trust Fund to support the government in its developmental drive. The fund, he said, was borne out of the need to complement the effort of government in education, security and infrastructure. Rabiu told the NAN in an interview at the …
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Akpabio By Omeiza Ajayi The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has described as null and void the purported proclamation of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as leader of the party, saying by law, the state chairman is the head of the party caucus in the state. …
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