The president-general of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the organisation will continue to protect the interests of Igbos across the world.Iwuanyanwu, who stated this yesterday when he addressed newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, however, said the socio-cultural organisation will not come to the aid of
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has rejected the call for state police.According to him, Nigeria is not mature for state police.Egbetokun stated this on Monday at a national dialogue on state police organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja.The theme of the dialogue is ‘Pathways to Peace:
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The Leaders of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, commonly known as Sunday Igboho, along with Ola Ademola, have written an open letter to Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, requesting the formal initiation of negotiations for the Yoruba region’s peaceful secession from Nigeria.The letter, dated
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President Bola Tinubu has opened the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja.In a statement on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, informed us that a high-level summit, organised by Nigeria in collaboration with the United Nations
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The federal government is expecting a fresh $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World Bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB).The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this during a press briefing at the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings
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The emir of Dutse, Alhaji Hameem Nuhu Sanusi, has flagged off a special round of a polio vaccine campaign targeted at reaching over 1.5 million children in Jigawa State.The ceremony took place at his palace after he personally administered the vaccine on some children and assured the general public that
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President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Mr. Tunde Onakoya on setting a new world chess record and sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity at the square of global acclaim.Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Saturday,
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The late former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, was buried on Saturday at his Igboukwu country home in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.Ezeife, who was the state governor from January 2, 1992, to November 1993, during the aborted Third Republic, died at the Federal Medical Centre,
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Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have raided supermarkets in the nation’s capital, Abuja, seizing fake products valued at ₦50m.The raids were carried out on popular supermarkets, including Sahad Stores and H-Medix in Wuse 2 and Gwarinpa, in the outgoing week.“The enforcement team
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The Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has visited Okuama, the Ughelli South Local Government Area community where seven soldiers were killed in the state on March 14.The governor was led Saturday by the Commander of the 63 Brigade, Brig. Gen. Unachukwu Ugochukwu and the new Commander of the 181 Battalion,
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