President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared on Sunday that with the hitherto abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi State now nearing completion, the project will have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians once designated as a free trade zone.The President further promised to fully harness the potentials of the Complex once
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Amnesty International has condemned the action of Nigerian government through the National Broadcasting Corporation over what it described as unrelenting quest to silence media organizations.UNITY TIMES reports that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Friday issued a last warning to Arise Television regarding their use of offensive and provocative language
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The Federal Government will restart the Tradermoni scheme in November with each beneficiary getting N50,000 to support their business.While the interest-free loan scheme for traders – started in 2018 – has been on hold for some time, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Mrs Betta Edu said the
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The NDLEA arrested a 67-year-old drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Oct. 3 for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.Chukwuemeka told NDLEA operatives that he engaged in the crime to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30
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Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, currently in Cotonou, capital of the Republic of Benin, on Sunday, said he is now free legally to leave Cotonou for Nigeria, his home country, after almost two years in the French-speaking African nation.Igboho, who spoke to the Nigerian
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has expressed its readiness to engage in negotiations with the Federal Government for the peaceful separation of Biafra from Nigeria, under the supervision of the United Nations through a referendum.The pro-Biafran faction claims that their peaceful campaign for Biafra’s independence commenced in 2012 without resorting
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The Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the N-Power program.Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, made the announcement while featuring on a TVC news program on Saturday.She said the decision was birthed by some irregularities within the scheme, noting that the government has launched investigation
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-Agency ReportsAt least 15 people have been killed and a further 40 injured after a series of powerful earthquakes struck Afghanistan.Multiple quakes hit western area of the war-torn country on Saturday, with the epicentre around 25 miles northwest of the city of Herat.The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded two quakes
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No fewer than 40 intending couples tested positive to Hepatitis B, HIV, sickle cell and pregnancy in the proposed mass wedding initiated by the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.Spokesman of Hisbah Board, Lawan Fagge, said this in a statement issued to newsmen.He said about 5,000 intending couples were screened
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of a letter in circulation signifying its decision not to participate in the appeal against the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgement.According to reports, the commission’s Head of Legal Department in Kano, Barrister Suleiman Alkali, who signed
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