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Ndume urges President Tinubu to lift ECOWAS sanction on Niger Republic

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Ndume urges President Tinubu to lift ECOWAS sanction on Niger Republic

Bode December 27, 2023

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has condemned in strong term the sanction announced on the Republic of Niger. Senator Ndume also called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a matter of urgency to...

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3 inmates escape from correctional centre in Ogun

Bode December 26, 2023

Three inmates of the Correctional Centre in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun have escaped from custody. The escapees scaled the fence of the facility and bolted away on Saturday, Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Ogun, Mr Victor Oyeleke confirmed in Abeokuta on Tuesday. He...

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Tinubu to governors: We must collaborate to ensure peace, stability

Bode December 26, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has said the federal and sub-national governments have the mutual responsibility of ensuring the country’s peace and stability. Speaking during a meeting with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at his residence in Lagos on Tuesday, the president reiterated his condemnation of the latest...

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Bishop Kukah urges leaders to be truthful, formidable in solving challenges

Bode December 26, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Dioceses, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah, has advised leaders to remain truthful and fine-tune formidable actions in solving the nation’s challenges. Kukah gave the advice in an interactive session with newsmen as part of Christmas celebrations on Tuesday in Sokoto. He said Nigeria as...

General Superintendent (GS), Christ Redemption Bible Church, Ikosi Ketu Lagos, Prophet John Oluwadare

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Nigerians, Nigeria will experience new glory in 2024 – Prophet Oluwadare

Bode December 26, 2023

The General Superintendent (GS), Christ Redemption Bible Church, Ikosi Ketu Lagos, Prophet John Oluwadare, said that Nigerians will experience new glory in year 2024. Oluwadare said this on Tuesday while hosting not less than 300 widows, where he distributed food items to them as part of activities to...

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By-elections: PDP holds primaries January 8

Bode December 26, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Jan. 8, 2024 for the conduct of its primaries for the by-elections holding February 2024. The party in a timetable and schedule of activities for the party primaries issued by PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, also fixed Dec. 28, 2023...

Mass burial for the victims of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Plateau State

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CAN condemns killings of 96 persons in Plateau on Christmas eve

Bode December 26, 2023

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted to the death of over 96 persons and destruction of 221 houses, according to police report. CAN President, Rev. Daniel...

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Tinubu condemns Plateau attacks, directs security agencies to fish out perpetrators

Bode December 26, 2023

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. President Tinubu condemned the gruesome act in a statement issued by...

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50,000 soldiers involved in counter-terrorism, separatist operations nationwide – COAS

Bode December 26, 2023

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, stated on Tuesday that more than 50,000 soldiers are presently involved in several peacekeeping operations across the country. The internal security operations include counter-terrorism efforts in the North East, separatist operations in the South East, and combating oil theft...

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FRSC cautions motorists on speed

Bode December 26, 2023

The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has emphasised the need for motorists to obey speed limits, to reduce crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the festive period. Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Anthony Uga, made the appeal in an interview with the News...

Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya

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Northern Governors condemn attacks on Plateau communities

Bode December 26, 2023

The Northern Governors Forum on Tuesday condemned the Christmas eve attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The forum described the attacks as reprehensible and heinous. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, chairman of the forum expressed the disgust on behalf of...

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Recruitment: PSC denies requesting N2,000 for screening of police constables

Bode December 26, 2023

By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has debunked a trending social media publication requesting candidates seeking recruitment as Constables in the Nigeria Police Force to pay N2,000 for screening. The Commission’s spokesman, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, debunked the report in a statement issued in...

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NAF hits 6 illegal oil refining sites in Rivers State

Bode December 26, 2023

By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, on Dec. 23, destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Director, Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air...

President Bola Tinubu and SGF George Akume

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Akume is one of the most reliable citizens Nigeria can boast of – Tinubu

Bode December 26, 2023

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, as he celebrates his 70th birthday. The president in a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, commended Akume for his consistency and perpetual dedication to...

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2 die, 6 injured in Boxing Day accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Bode December 26, 2023

Two persons died while six others sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. Mrs Florence Okpe, Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the lone accident involving a Toyota bus carrying eight persons. She attributed the accident to over speeding and...

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Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default

Bode December 26, 2023

Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial...

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Gunmen kill 96 persons, raze 221 houses in Plateau – Police

Bode December 26, 2023

Gunmen attacked 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau on Christmas eve; killed 96 persons and destroyed 221 I’ll. The assailants also destroyed eight vehicles and 27 motorcycles, police spokesman in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, stated on Tuesday in Jos. “On Dec. 24,...

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Gazans hunt for bodies as Israelis also count cost, mull ceasefire

Bode December 26, 2023

Israel’s war cabinet is to discuss a proposal from Egypt to end the Gaza war, according to the Jerusalem Post newspaper. This is coming as Palestinians and Israelis continue to count the cost of the conflict. While Gazans searched for bodies after the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health said...

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Tragedy as 4 dead, 59 injured on Kaduna-Abuja expressway auto-crash

Bode December 26, 2023

The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command says four persons died and 56 others sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the road traffic crash occurred at Sabon...

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No crisis rocking Nigeria Governors’ Forum – Official

Bode December 26, 2023

By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja -. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said no crisis is rocking the forum or its secretariat. The secretariat said this in a statement issued by its Director, Legal, Mr Chijioke Chuku, for the management of the forum, in Abuja on Monday. Chuku was...