Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia has disclosed that 37,412 households have been displaced by the sustained herders’ attacks on farmers in the state.The governor who disclosed this during a visit by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Dr Matthias Schmale also said a total population of 2,124,000
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Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to resume their meeting with the federal government negotiation team over the recent removal of petroleum subsidy.The meeting is taking place in the office of the Chief of Staff to
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The National Vice Chairman (North-west), Salihu Lukman, resigned on Wednesday.Mr Lukman announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the Acting National Chairman of the party, Abubakar Kyari.His resignation came the same day the APC chairpersons in the seven states of the North-west zone endorsed a former governor of Kano
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President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, in Abuja appealed to the organised labour to avail him more time to consider their grievances before embarking on any nationwide strike.This is just as indication emerged that the Federal Government may enforce the court order restraining the organised labour from embarking on a strike
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected the use of political solution approach in handling the case of Nnamdi Kanu, the acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).UNITY TIMES reports that the upper chamber, which resolved to condemn the “sit at home” in totality as well as the nefarious
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World leaders have reacted to an apparent coup attempt in Niger on Wednesday, after President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by the Presidential Guard in the capital Niamey.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with the Nigerien president "earlier this morning and made clear that the United States resolutely
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The immediate past Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism in Nigeria, Lai Mohammed, has been appointed as Special Advisor to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili.The appointment was announced during the opening session of the 66th UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) currently underway in Mauritius.Mohammed
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The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has directed the immediate withdrawal of Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel from 37 squadrons across the country.The directive was contained in a police signal dated July 26, 2023, and signed by a COMPOL Mobile – a senior officer from the rank of
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The factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Simon Ekpa has written to the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) to a impose visa ban on Enugu State governor Peter Mbah.Ekpa who is based in Finland has called for the visa ban on Mbah over an
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Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking a 14-day extended detention order for the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.The DSS based its application on purported new evidence it had discovered.The
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