Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).According to a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a brief plenary session on Thursday, Ubah’s defection was due to irreconcilable differences in the YPP.Ubah, however, did not
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Nigeria has deposited its instrument of ratification for the African Union (AU) Convention on cross-border cooperation.The director-general of the National Boundary Commission (NBC), Mr. Adamu Adaji, made this known in a statement signed by the commission’s head of information, Mrs. Efe Ovuakporie, in Abuja yesterday.Adaji, who said that the instrument
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About 60 million Nigerians are having mental-related issues, medical director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Aishatu Armiya'u has said.According to her, child abuse and broken marriages are behind the rising cases of mental health.She stated this at an inter-school debate and quiz competition organised to mark 2023 World Mental
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A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and the vice chancellor of University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Prof AbdulRasheed Na’ Allah and others have mentored students from selected schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to become good future leaders.The mentorship programme was organised by the University
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To encourage academic excellence, the Edo State House of Assembly has honored 15-year-old Master Ajagun Ovoita Gold from Ososo in Akoko-Edo local government area, who scored 335 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and obtained eight A1s in the recently released West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).While
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Abductors of the students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) have demanded the sum of N80 million as ransom for their release from captivity.Four students of the institution were abducted from their off-campus residence in the Angwan Kare area of Keffi town on Monday night.The affected students include Rahila Hanya
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A six-year-old boy, Friday Oshodi, has been buried alive for allegedly stealing N1,000 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.The incident took place on Tuesday in Apamsede Community, near the 12 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army, Lokoja.The victim was buried alive by his biological brother in a bushy area close
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