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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Allen Onyema, Chairman of West Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has raised alarm over an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines operating the Nigeria-UK route, as part of a conspiracy to allegedly frustrate it out of international operations.Air Peace commenced direct flight operations from Lagos to Gatwick Airport in London on
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The governor of Bauchi State, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has approved a Sallah gift of N10,000 to all categories of civil servants in the state and local government services, to cushion the economic hardship during the Sallah celebration."In his continuing efforts aimed at improving the welfare of the civil servants in
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The federal government has extended the public holidays for the Eid-el-Fitr celebration to Thursday.Announcing the extension in a fresh statement yesterday, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, said, “The federal government has approved Thursday, April 11, 2024, as an additional public holiday to celebrate this year’s
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In commemoration of the Ramadan Iftar with the Muslims, governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has instituted a N200 million interest-free loan and appointed Alhaji Ibrahim Iliya as his special assistant on Arewa Matters.At the special meeting with leaders of the Muslim community in the state, where he broke
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