President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred posthumous national honours on environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the Ogoni Nine.This is coming nearly 30 years after their execution under the military regime of General Sani Abacha.Tinubu, who spoke during a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark
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Air Peace has described Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s allegations as “deliberate falsehood” and accused him of lying about the airline’s operations.In a statement released following the senator’s Wednesday press conference in Abuja, Air Peace denied allegations of extortion and poor customer service made by Oshiomhole, challenging the lawmaker to provide evidence
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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has lamented the state of Nigeria’s democracy, saying the country no longer qualifies to be regarded as a democratic nation.Obi, in a speech commemorating Democracy Day on Thursday, said the core elements of democracy are absent in the current system of
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has granted state and partial pardons to 66 inmates serving various prison terms at the Maiduguri Maximum Custodial Centre.Zulum made the announcement on Thursday during a visit to the facility as part of his engagements to mark the 2025 Democracy Day celebrations.The governor also commuted
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that over 400,000 Nigerians, including youth corps members, would in July benefit from consumer credit being anchored by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP).Tinubu gave this pledge in his maiden State of the Nation address he delivered before a joint session of the National
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