The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has banned the shooting of movies in riverine areas and also suspended filmmaker Adanma Luke following the death of actor Junior Pope Odonwodo.Junior Pope was among the persons who drowned while returning from a shoot for a movie called “Another Side of Life” which
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Another fifty staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were sacked on Monday, adding to the long list of ongoing disengagements at the apex bank.The sacking under the leadership of CBN governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, cuts across 29 departments, it was learned.So far, 117 casualties have been recorded
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To end the lingering legal dispute between Bauchi State government and the chief imam of Dutsen Tanshi Jumma'ah Mosque, Dr Idris Abdul'aziz, the national security adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has brokered a peace pact between the two parties.It was learned that at the instance of the NSA, Bauchi State
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Stakeholders from African Union (AU) and Nigeria have developed a template to enhance the development of the national blue economy strategy in the country.This was the outcome of the three-day meeting held in Abuja from August 8 through August 10 , 2024.Earlier, at the beginning of the meeting, the minister
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Parents of the 91 remaining girls of the 2014 Chibok school abduction in Chibok, Borno State, have written to the wife of the president, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, seeking her intervention.The parents, in an open letter captioned: "Subject: A Plea for Justice and Remembering the Chibok Girls—A Letter to Her Excellency
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Lawyers to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) , Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have threatened to withdraw from his ongoing terrorism trial, if the Department of State Services (DSS) denied them full access to Kanu.Kanu has been in their custody for about two years.While addressing newsmen in
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Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara has said the stark reality of having 75 percent of primary schools in the state without teachers and 90 percent of such schools in dilapidated condition is very troubling.The governor said he became aware of the deplorable state of the primary schools when a firm,
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In the face of the current heatwave across the country, some stakeholders have challenged Nigerians to take measures towards reducing methane emissions in the environment.The stakeholders spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt at a one-day roundtable discussion on methane abatement in Nigeria, which was organised by the Environmental Centre for Oil
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor,AbujaIn the heart of Nigeria's southeast region lies a simmering cauldron of discontent, fed by the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). For two years, Kanu has languished behind bars, his trial stagnating amidst a backdrop of mounting insecurity
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The Kano State Government will on April 17, 2024, arraign the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, before the State High Court on an eight-count charge concerning on alleged dollar bribery, misappropriation and diversion of funds running into billions of naira.Ganduje is the immediate past
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