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Why Hungarian Prime Minister Orban visited

Flying Eze — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:05:33 +0000

Two months later, the leaders of China and Hungary met again. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, who had just visited Ukraine and Russia, called his visit to China...

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Biden vows to stay in race and beat Trump in defiant speech

Flying Eze — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 04:31:26 +0000

US President Joe Biden vowed to stay the course in his re-election bid and defeat Donald Trump in a defiant speech on Friday, as questions continue to swirl ove...

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France ends ugly campaign and draws breath before historic vote

Flying Eze — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 04:17:44 +0000

France’s rushed and sometimes violent election campaign is over, brought to an end with stark appeals from political leaders ahead of Sunday’s pivotal vote. Cen...

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South Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in for second term

Flying Eze — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:33:47 +0000

South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to secure a majority in parliament in last month...

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Israeli PM scraps war cabinet after key departures

Flying Eze — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:22:08 +0000

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, a widely expected decision that follows the departure of centrist oppositio...

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UN 'shocked' at Israeli hostage rescue's impact on Gaza civilians

Flying Eze — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:57:30 +0000

The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked”; at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held...

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Four US college instructors stabbed in public park in China

Flying Eze — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:44:50 +0000

Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed by an assailant at a public park in a rare attack on foreigners. Th...

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Czech PM blames failed arson attempt on Russia

Flying Eze — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:41:04 +0000

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, has said a failed arson attack that took place in Prague last week was "very likely" organised and financed by Russia. Spe...

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CNS tasks military personnel on dedication, commitment to duty, professional knowledge

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:28:33 +0000

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has urged students of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, AFCSC, Jaji, and all other milit...

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We’ve reduced number of road crashes in Enugu – FRSC

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:26:23 +0000

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Enugu State Command, has said that it has succeeded in reducing road accidents in the state between January 1 and November...

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Rivers crisis: Concentrate on your work, leave Wike to God – Primate Ayodele to Fubara

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:24:36 +0000

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has urged Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to concentrate on his work and lea...

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APC laments incessant attacks on Zamfara communities

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:22:09 +0000

The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has bemoaned the ongoing attacks on communities in the state, lamenting the state government’s...

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NASS demands more budgetary allocation for FERMA

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:20:22 +0000

The National Assembly has advocated increased budgetary allocation for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, for better roads. This is contained in a sta...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Thursday morning

Amaka Esther — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:18:26 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, approved the exemption of tertiary institut...

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Airlines to pay passengers for delay, cancelled flights in 2024 – Keyamo

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:14:19 +0000

he Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has said regulators will force airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights from Jan...

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2024 budget: ASUP seeks upward review for education

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:12:18 +0000

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has urged the Federal Government to include an upward review of education budgetary provisions in the 2024 appro...

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Group urges Akwa Ibom govt to domesticate National Energy Transition Plan

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:10:58 +0000

Media Advocacy Group on Energy Transition (MAGET) has called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to domesticate the National Energy Transition plan. It also urged...

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Human trafficking: Collaboration with partners yielding good results – NAPTIP

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:04:12 +0000

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has praised all of its partners in the battle against human trafficking, saying that...

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Rivers crisis: Intrigues, twists as Wike, Fubara resume fight

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:01:38 +0000

The political crisis rocking Rivers State assumed a different dimension on Monday after what seemed like a short interlude, with 27 out of the 32 members of the...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Wednesday morning

Amaka Esther — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:57:14 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The ailing Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, is returning to Germany for further trea...

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Organ harvesting: Nigerian government vows strict measures

Amaka Esther — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:55:26 +0000

The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Development, Prof. Ali Pate has assured that a decisive action will be taken to combat criminal activities in hea...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning

Amaka Esther — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:39:59 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The organized Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government...

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Motorists stuck in traffic, passengers stranded as military blocks Keffi-Abuja road

Amaka Esther — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:31:45 +0000

Hundreds of civil servants and self-employed workers are stranded by the roadsides following the partial barricade of the ever-busy Keffi -Abuja road by the mil...

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Media must hold govt accountable, any attempt to gag journalists will fail – Reuben Abati

Amaka Esther — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:25:39 +0000

Veteran journalist and former presidential spokesman Reuben Abati has said the media is duty-bound to hold the government accountable, emphasizing that it is “a...

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Pay us severance package, our colleagues are dying – Obiano’s aides tell Soludo

Amaka Esther — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:21:14 +0000

Aides of former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano have called on the incumbent, Prof Chukwuma Soludo to pay their severance packages. The aides made t...

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FG moves to tackle bottlenecks in quest to eradicate torture

Amaka Esther — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:00:46 +0000

As part of the efforts to eradicate torture in the country, the Federal Government says appropriate measures have been put in place to checkmate lapses in legal...

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Oyo: Makinde presents N434.2bn 2024 budget to State Assembly

Amaka Esther — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:58:13 +0000

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday, presented a N434.2 billion 2024 Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. T...

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‘Alia not fit to be leader’ – Benue Rep, Agbese removes gov’s portriat from office

Amaka Esther — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:54:55 +0000

The Deputy spokesman of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese has ordered the immediate removal of Governor Hyacinth Alia’s portrait from his office. Agbe...

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Nasarawa Assembly passes N8.2bn 2023 Supplementary Budget

Amaka Esther — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:51:58 +0000

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed the N8.2 billion 2023 re-adjustment/supplementary budget into law. The Speaker of the House, Danladi Jatau, anno...

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ASUU bemoans mass resignation of lecturers in public varsities

Amaka Esther — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:49:42 +0000

The ASUU chairman said bad and delayed pay, unpaid allowances, bad infrastructure, lack of respect for the academic community, and a seemingly vanishing hope ar...

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Don’t politicise DSS – Olowu warns mischief makers

Amaka Esther — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:54:35 +0000

Osun monarch, Olowu of Kuta, Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude Makama, has warned against politicising the activities of the Department of State Services, DSS. He adv...

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Alawo stool: ‘We won’t issue staff of office’ — Adeleke

Amaka Esther — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:53:34 +0000

News of plan to issue a fresh staff of office to the Alawo of Awo, Oba Taiwo Adegboye, has been debunked by the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke. Governor A...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Monday morning

Amaka Esther — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:49:27 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all 38 chairmanship and 177 councillorship se...

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Fuel Subsidy: FG to commence disbursement of N125bn grants to SMEs, manufacturers

Amaka Esther — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:48:03 +0000

The federal government says it will soon commence disbursement of funds under its N125 billion Presidential Palliative Programme, targeted at alleviating the im...

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Students should be given grants, not loans – ASUU insists

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 12:56:47 +0000

The Bauchi zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has reiterated its desire to reject students’ loans. It opted for grants to enable students f...

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Subsidy removal: Hardship bites harder as Nigerians await palliatives

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:16:14 +0000

Six months after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy, the hardship occasioned by that decision is yet to abate. This is also as the cit...

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Budget: Ex-presidents, former VPs, others receive N13.8bn maintenance allowance

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:11:32 +0000

The Federal Government has set aside N13,805,814,220 for the maintenance of former presidents, vice presidents, chiefs of state, Chiefs of General Staff, retire...

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‘Igbos pioneers of modern Lagos, Ohanaeze won’t defend illegality’ – Iwuanyanwu

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:08:12 +0000

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has cautioned Igbos erecting structures without approvals in Lagos State. Iwuanyanwu said Oh...

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Immigration boss orders investigation into passport racketeering

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:06:36 +0000

Mrs Caroline Adepoju, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has ordered an investigation into allegations of passport racketeering again...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning

Amaka Esther — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 11:02:38 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, has said the National Work...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Saturday morning

Amaka Esther — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:39:07 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday directed commercial banks to bar customers without Bank...

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Nigerians will soon see effects of 2024 budget – Presidency

Amaka Esther — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:35:23 +0000

The presidency has assured that Nigerians will begin to see the effect of the 2024 budget within the shortest possible time. Senior Special Assistant on Nationa...

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NSCDC denies alleged killing of students in FCT school

Amaka Esther — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:33:14 +0000

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday, denied media reports that its operatives murdered two children at a secondary school in Gwarin...

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NAFDAC shuts medicine stores, pharmacies for selling banned substances

Amaka Esther — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:31:18 +0000

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday closed two medicine stores and a pharmacy in the Lagos neighborhoods of Id...

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Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Friday morning

Amaka Esther — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 11:28:14 +0000

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on A...

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Bandits abduct eight persons from Kaduna community

Amaka Esther — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:54:43 +0000

Eight persons were abducted when bandits stormed the Dan-Honu II community in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A new couple wh...

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NAF targets illegal refining sites, boats in air raids

Amaka Esther — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:52:39 +0000

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe destroyed multiple illegal refining plants and interrupted oil theft activities in R...

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End dispute with host communities – FG orders Chevron

Amaka Esther — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:50:21 +0000

The Federal Government has directed Chevron Nigeria Limited to resolve disagreements over the composition and designation of the Host Communities Trust Fund bet...

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Austrian, Nigerian govts to collaborate on transport infrastructure – ICRC

Amaka Esther — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:48:13 +0000

The Austrian government has explored a collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria on transport infrastructure and other Public-Private Partnerships (P...

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Benue: COAS assures Gov Alia of troops’ commitment to tackling insecurity

Amaka Esther — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:45:17 +0000

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army troops to decisively tackle security chal...

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