Over 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in various camps in Cross River State need urgent assistance, the Red Cross Society has said. They were displaced by communal conflicts. A representative of the Red Cross Society in the state, Dr Asuquo Enoch, spoke yesterday on their plight when he addressed participants during
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The Nigerian Army has fixed a date for the burial of 17 soldiers killed by gunmen who were on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State.In a statement on Tuesday, the Army noted that the soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State will be buried on Wednesday, March 27,
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The Kano State High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Ummukalthuum Buhari.Recall that Quangrong allegedly killed his erstwhile girlfriend, Buhari, following a misunderstanding.UNITY TIMES reported that Quangrong was accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend,
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The Adamawa State government has released N2.4 billion for the payment of WAEC and NECO registration fees for qualified candidates in the state.The press secretary to the governor disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola yesterday.He said that the amount would cover the examination registration fees
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has spent over N23 billion on funding research across Nigeria.Its assistant director of research and development (R&D), Dr. Hadiza Ismail, disclosed this at a validation workshop on “Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West Africa,” which was held at the Fund’s headquarters in
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Nadeem Anjarwalla, one of the two Binance executives detained in Nigeria for alleged tax evasion and other offences, has escaped from lawful custody, Premium Times reported.According to the report, Mr Anjarwalla, 38, escaped on Friday, 22 March, from the Abuja guest house where he and his colleague were detained after
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The Federal Government has donated 100 trucks of rice, 44 trucks of sorghum and four trucks of maize to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy.Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, Director-General, Media and Publicity to Kano government, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Kano.He said Dangote Foundation also supported
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The European Union and UNICEF, through their newly launched Education and Youth Empowerment in the North-West Nigeria programme is to enroll 500,000 out-of-school children in the region.The Ambassador of the European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, stated this while addressing journalists shortly after meeting Governor Ahmed
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South African Multinational Corporation and mobile telecommunications provider, MTN, reportedly experienced a significant decline of 7.3 million active subscriptions in January 2024.Recent industry data indicated that this drop occurred as a result of complying with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s directive to deactivate SIM cards that were not linked with
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Kaduna Governor Uba Sani has clarified that 137 schoolchildren, not 287 as widely reported, were abducted from Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area.The schoolchildren were abducted from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, Kuriga, on Thursday, March 7.The Governor spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.Sani
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