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2025

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Joy As FCTA Secondary School Receives Ultra-modern ICT Laboratory

News

It is an axiom that government alone cannot provide everything that the citizens need. It is a related axiom that when organizations and persons with capacity see that a government is doing its bit, then they partner with it to extend the frontiers of visible service delivery and fruits of democracy to the citizenry. So it was with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) as it received donation of a well equipped 20- person-capacity West African Examinations Council (WAEC)-standard Information Communications Technology (ICT) laboratory for one of its secondary schools. There was jubilation among staff and students of the remote…

Feb

27

2025

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Bodija Explosion: Makinde Receives Relief Fund Cttee’s Report

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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has received the report of the Committee on Management/Disbursement of Bodija Explosion Relief Fund, noting that the state government will look into the recommendations and implement them as appropriate. Governor Makinde, who was represented by the Deputy Governor who also doubles as Chairman of the Relief Fund Committee, Barrister Abdulraheem Bayo Lawal, said the event that led to the setting up of the committee was sad and avoidable. He noted that the state government responded to the explosion by putting in place several measures, including emergency services and post-explosion support services.…

Feb

27

2025

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Babangida’s Truths and Half-Truths (1)

Opinion

Babangida’s truths and half-truths: Almost 60 years after, Ndigbo are still being made to pay a steep price for a crime – Igbo Coup – they never committed. The flip side is that ultimately, Nigeria is worse for it. Is anything likely to change even with Babangida’s uncommon candour? I doubt! But for summoning the courage to say this inconvenient truth, while the likes of Gowon are still playing the ostrich, even if it changes nothing, Babangida has done Nigeria a good turn. By IKECHUKWU AMAECHI To be sure, there is no earth-shaking revelation in General Ibrahim Babangida’s 420-page autobiography…

Feb

26

2025

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UPDATE! Abduction: JS Tarka Varsity In Benue Shut

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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Following the abduction of four female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Benue State, authorities of the university have ordered the immediate closure of the institution for one week. A statement from the institution signed by the Registrar, Dr. John David, said the decision to close down the university, whose Vice Chancellor is Professor Isaac Itodo, was arrived at after consultations with relevant agencies and stakeholders. The contrived mid-semester break, according to the university management, was a clear demonstration of solidarity with students and parents affected by the abduction. The management also announced the…

Feb

26

2025

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UPDATE! Abduction: JS Tarka Varsity In Benue Shut

BREAKING

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Following the abduction of four female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Benue State, authorities of the university have ordered the immediate closure of the institution for one week. A statement from the institution signed by the Registrar, Dr. John David, said the decision to close down the university, whose Vice Chancellor is Professor Isaac Itodo, was arrived at after consultations with relevant agencies and stakeholders. The contrived mid-semester break, according to the university management, was a clear demonstration of solidarity with students and parents affected by the abduction. The management also announced the…

Feb

26

2025

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Ex-Gov Obiano’s Trial: Witness Denies Knowledge Of N860m Allegedly Lodged In His Account

Entertainment

The Tenth Prosecuting Witness, PW10, Udochukwu Okparache, in the ongoing trial of former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that he was not aware of a total sum of N860m ( Eight Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) lodged in his company`s account by the Anambra State government. Okparache, a general contractor and owner of Youdooh Ventures Limited, made the disclosure while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, stating that when he inquired from his account officer to confirm to him what…

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26

2025

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South-East PDP Re-elects Odefa Chairman As Court Okays His Expulsion

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By Felix Durumbah, Abuja, and Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Confusion dogged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria's South East (SE) region as it elected a new Zonal Executive to man the party's affairs in the region, with Chief Ali Odefa re-emerging Zonal Chairman. The election, which took place on Wednesday, February 26, came on a day that the Federal High Court,Abakaliki, Ebonyi State -also in the region -validated Odefa's expulsion from the party for anti-party activities. Justice Hilary Oshomah affirmed the decision of the party's Oguduomwor Ward Executive Committee (Exco) in Onicha Local Government, Ebonyi State, which had booted Odefa…

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26

2025

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Gunmen Kidnap Four Female Students Of JS Tarka Varsity

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By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Gloom enveloped the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Benue State, as four female students of the institution were abducted by gunmen. The students were abducted from within the university premises between 8:30pm and 9pm on Tuesday, February 25 this year. The university was formerly known as Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM). A university source told Peopleandpolitics.net that the students were going for night studies when they were kidnapped between their hostels and the North Core area of the school campus where they were heading to. The source named the victims as Emmanuella Oraka, Fola,…

Feb

26

2025

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Pogu Rallies Middle Belt Youths To Unite

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna President of Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr Bitrus Pogu, has described the Middle Belt region as Nigeria's economic strength and melting hub,urging unity among its component parts to reap benefits. He stressed that only unity, especially of the youth of the region's 15 states, can enable them tap into the economy for development. Pogu took the position in Abuja, the nation's capital, when he received a delegation of United Middle Belt Youths Movement (UMBYM) led by its leader, Capt. Brent Kane, and the acting National President of Indigenous Ethnic Youth Leaders of Nigeria (IEYLN), Comrade Augustine…

Feb

26

2025

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Muslim-Muslim Ticket Has Failed, Shari’ah Council Laments, As APC Pats Tinubu

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By our reporter The Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to office in 2023 has failed to yield expected benefits for Muslims. This was the view of the Supreme Council of Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN). The assessment came at a time the Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) passed a vote of confidence on President Tinubu, who,in accepting the glowing verdict, said he is a happy man now as, according to him, his administration's policies are working well. The SCSN, going by literature available on its website, was incorporated in 2005…