THE 2023 Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has urged the Nigerian Government to use borrowed funds to create jobs and improve the standard of living in the country. Obi noted that it was alarming that government borrowing reached a staggering N121.86 in the first quarter. He disclosed that …
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PDP Fixes Dates For Ward, LGA, State Congresses In Imo
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the commencement of the exercise to elect new leaders of the party from the ward to the state level. This is following the recent shakeup in the state leadership of the party that sparked the mass resignation of members. The announcement was made …
Read More »Police Crack Down On Pro-Palestine Protest, Arrest Six Shi’ites In Abuja
OPERATIVES of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police command arrested six members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, in Abuja during a pro-Palestine demonstration. The protesters, including Ishaq Haruna, Nura Attahir, Ali Muhammad, Abba Abdulkareem, and Abubakar Hamidu, were detained at the SARS Police Detention Facility …
Read More »Over 71,000 Nigerians Obtained Canadian Citizenship Within 19 years – Canada
Immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada (IRCC) says over 71,459 Nigerians obtained Canadian citizenship between 2005 and 2024. IRCC is a department of the government of Canada responsible for matters relating to immigration to the North American country, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The number places Nigeria in the 10th position on …
Read More »Bandits Strike Abuja Town, Kill One Person, Kidnap Four Others
A band of terrorists on Sunday morning invaded the Guto area of Bwari Area Council in the nation’s capital, Abuja, reportedly killing one person and abducting four others. A report by Vanguard said that the attack which began around 12:30am on the fringes of Guto and Piyawe communities, soon got …
Read More »New Minimum Wage May Push States Into Bankruptcy — NGF Report
AS the nation awaits the new minimum wage promised to be sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, the burden of implementing the minimum wage may make many states bankrupt. The Federal Executive Council, at its meeting last Tuesday, stepped down a memorandum on the report of the …
Read More »British Airways Boeing 777 Flight Aborts Takeoff, Blocks Gatwick Airport Runway
A significant disruption occurred at London Gatwick Airport on Friday afternoon when a British Airways Boeing 777 aircraft aborted takeoff, causing a halt in operations. The plane, bound for Vancouver and scheduled to depart at 11:40 am, was already accelerating on the runway when the pilots applied the brakes, bringing …
Read More »Silhouette of Reality, By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq
It was Norman Cousins that said : The Tragedy of life is not that we die , but what dies inside us why we live* Life is a complex milliue.Beyond the razzmatazz and laughs , lie the reality of debauchery. Never you take anything for granted .Still water runs deep …
Read More »UK Government, British Airways Sued Over 1990 Kuwait Hostage Crisis
PASSENEGERS and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday. People on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala Lumpur-bound plane when it landed in the Gulf …
Read More »Police Foil Kidnap Attempt In Abuja, Rescue Two Persons
THE operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have foiled an attempt to abduct two persons by gunmen in the Bwari area of Abuja. The police rescued the two female victims after the gunmen invaded the Guto village in the Bwari area of the nation’s capital on Sunday, …
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