Omokri faults U.S. talkshow host on alleged killing of Christians Genocide and other forms of security crisis in troubled parts of the North are not due to religious factors, the Federal Government said yesterday. It said the allegations that terrorists in the country are waging a systematic genocide against Christians are “false, baseless, despicable, and […]
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A human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over the handling of the kidnapping and trafficking of a five-year-old girl in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
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Behind the noise of politics and economic debates lies one of Nigeria’s most pressing crises: the slow but steady collapse of its healthcare
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The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old man, Dahiru Ali, for allegedly defiling multiple young girls in Potiskum Local Council of the state.
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At least 19 people, including a police officer, were injured during protests against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Congress over the weekend, authorities and human rights advocates said Sunday.
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‘Zenon never traded in petrol, could not claim subsidy’ ‘Umar Sani’s claims mischievous, baseless’ Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Femi Otedola, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the full report by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede panel carried out under the Goodluck Jonathan administration on the controversial fuel subsidy regime. In a statement yesterday, Otedola insisted that
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has not taken any position on the zoning of the presidential ticket, its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said yesterday. He also dismissed the statement by National Coordinator Obidients Movement Dr. Yunusa Tanko, on broken promises as untrue. Obidient Movement is a group supporting the presidential ambition of former Anambra
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Nigeria has secured enhanced funding commitments from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to operationalise the second phase of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ). With the development, the programme will extend to 24 states from seven and the Federal Capital Territory. The approval was granted after Vice President Kashim Shettima met with AfDB President Sidi
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Former police chief dies few hours before his 89th birthday Benin royal family member, others mourn The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday mourned a former chairman of the commission, Parry Osayande, a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG). The retired police officer died early yesterday in Benin, the Edo State capital, less than 24 hours
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery (DPR) yesterday described the strike call by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on its members as act of lawlessness and sabotage against the country and its people. The refinery accused the leadership of the association whipping up sentiments under the pretense of protecting PENGASSAN members to
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