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Oondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has urged the Nigerian Army to prosecute the soldiers who were arrested over alleged rape of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) student. In a statement issued yesterday in Akure by Commissioner for Information and Orientation, ...
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15 persons die, others missing in Niger State boat accident
About 15 persons have been confirmed dead, while many others are still missing in a boat mishap that occurred in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. A source revealed that the victims were returning from Wara Market at a ...
Read More »Christian Aid unveils database for humanitarian responses information
A non-governmental organisation, Christian Aid Nigeria has launched the Humanitarian Intervention Repository (HUIREP) for collection and management of information from disaster and humanitarian interventions in Nigeria. The HUIREP platform is a web database that would enable government, partners and other ...
Read More »Court sentences school proprietress to one-year jail for N5m fraud in Borno
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced one Josephine Udeh to a one-year jail term for obtaining N5.059 million by false pretence. The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
Read More »IMN backs down on agitations for El-Zakzaky’s release, suspends demonstrations
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites have announced a temporary suspension of their protests against the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. A statement by its Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, disclosed that the ...
Read More »Be careful with Arewa pastors, Fulani Christian leader tells Buhari
National Leader of Fulani Christian Association of Nigeria (FULCAN), Reverend Buba Aliyu, has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to be wary of activities of Arewa pastors. He lamented that recent pronouncements of the Arewa pastors, a non-denominational initiative for ...
Read More »Don’t use Nigeria to test regional supremacy, group tells Iran, Saudi Arabia, insists El-Zakzaky’s IMN fake Shiites
A Shiite non-governmental organisation, AlThaqalayn Cultural Foundation has cautioned the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against using Nigeria as another testing ground for their struggle for regional supremacy. It’s Secretary-General, Hamzah Muhammad Lawal, told newsmen ...
Read More »Witnesses renounce President Buhari’s certificates at election petition tribunal
The controversy surrounding the academic qualifications of President Muhammadu Buhari continued as witnesses distanced themselves from the certificates tendered in court. The first witness and official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Osidehinde Adewunmi, denied knowledge of the Cambridge ...
Read More »Professionals urge President Buhari to work with experts
The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) has said that the Next Level agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration may be difficult to achieve if indigenous professionals in the country are not carried along. The body of professional ...
Read More »Nigeria risks status of failed state, totalitarianism, HURIWA warns
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned that the nation risks falling into totalitarianism and a failed state should the present government be left alone and not compelled to discharge its obligations to the citizenry. In a ...
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