Senator Okey Ezea, representing Enugu North senatorial District in Enugu State is dead.Ezea was elected under the Labour Party, and he is the only remaining member in the National Assembly from Enugu State.According to reports, Ezea passed on Tuesday in Lagos State while receiving treatment.A reliable source who spoke to
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US Senator Jim Risch of Idaho has condemned Nigeria over the recent abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State, saying the country has repeatedly failed to protect its students from attacks by jihadists and criminal gangs.In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, Risch highlighted that schoolchildren, particularly girls, remain prime
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In a move to prevent a reoccurrence of the drama that played out on Tuesday, the Police have shut down the Wadata Plaza headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) till further notice.Police personnel are also stationed there to enforce the closure while staff have been sent away from the
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President Bola Tinubu said the killing of Nigerian military personnel on duty and the recent kidnapping of school children in Kebbi State has caused distress for him and members of his administration.Presidency sources revealed that the President, who is billed to attend the G20 Summit in South Africa from today,
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A security, intelligence and investigation expert, Yahuza Getso, has blamed the attack by bandits on the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, on the failure of the authorities to act on intelligence.Getso said the inaction by the authorities to act on intelligence provided before the
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A group of 44 federal lawmakers drawn from various geopolitical zones has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to exercise his executive powers and facilitate the release of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.The legislators, who have come together under the platform Concerned Federal Lawmakers for National Unity, conveyed their
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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has presented permanent and pensionable appointment letters to 400 newly recruited Mathematics teachers across the state’s secondary schools.According to a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the governor said the recruitment is a direct response to subject gaps affecting performance and
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Nigeria on Tuesday expressed concerns over the decision of the U.S. to exclude it from participating in the U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj’s event on the alleged Christian genocide.The chargé d’affaires at the permanent mission of Nigeria to the UN, Syndoph Endoni, said the decision to exclude Nigeria from the discussion,
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The police command in Kwara has confirmed bandits’ attack on the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Oke Isegun, in Eruku, Ekiti LGA on Tuesday, saying at least two people were killed and one other wounded.In a video circulating online, the armed bandits stormed the church, shooting sporadically with worshippers scrambling for
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