THE House of Representatives led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has urged relevant federal agencies to implement stringent measures against the rising cases of homicide and femicide in Nigeria. During Tuesday’s plenary, the lawmaker representing Andoni/Opobo–Nkoro federal constituency in Rivers State, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, alongside three others, moved a motion highlighting the alarming …
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RESIDENT doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, under the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), have commenced an indefinite strike due to prolonged power outages affecting parts of their residential quarters. The ARD secretary, Uthman Adedeji, stated that while electricity was recently restored to UCH after more than 100 days of blackout, some residential areas …
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REAL Madrid are weighing a shocking exit from La Liga as tensions escalate over refereeing standards within the Spanish top flight, according to reports from Sports. This ongoing dispute intensified following Jude Bellingham’s controversial red card during the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Osasuna last weekend. In the …
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THE attention of the Anambra State Government has been drawn to the misrepresentations of the unambiguous provisions of the new Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025 and its express demands on the citizens and residents of the state by some town criers. A town crier, in a misleading statement, was …
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THIRTY-five years after the establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 commissioned the first barracks that will provide office and residential accommodation for officers, men and women of the anti-narcotics body. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the first NDLEA …
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Deputy Senate President in the 9th assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described the passing of Chief E. K. Clark, as the end of an eventful era characterised by the distinguished role of some leaders who fought assiduously for the building of a Nigeria anchored on justice, fair play, equity, and …
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A reckless driver has killed Oladipo Ademuyiwa, a professor of Biochemical Toxicology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) in Ogun State. Reports said that the professor was killed by the driver on the newly rehabilitated Kemta-Somorin Road in Ogun State on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Ademuyiwa, in his …
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Global testaments: Zulum’s policies, programmes and projects are credible milestones to Borno rebirth Dauda Iliya OFTEN, the beginning of the year is typically devoid of splendour and fanfare following the festive season. However, this was not the case for the Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, as he began the …
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri Nigeria’s former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Hon. Tanimu A. Tahir as his Special Assistant on Youth Engagement and Strategy. A young Tahir who hails from Marama town, Hawul local government area of Borno state was one time the Special Assistant (SA) on Media Affairs …
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THE Queensland government is set to unveil the venue plan for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games on March 25, bringing an end to more than 1,200 days of uncertainty surrounding the event. Brisbane was awarded the Games in 2021, but political disputes, especially concerning the main stadium and …
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