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Feb
11
2025
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ASUU Thumbs Up Gov Over Land Allocation For Mass Housing

ASUU Thumbs Up Gov Over Land Allocation For Mass Housing

News
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna University teachers in Kaduna State University (KASU) have expressed gratitude to the State Governor, Uba Sani, for approving land for their Academia Mass Housing Estate project. They took the position under their umbrella Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, disclosed that ASUU, in a letter dated January 23, 2025, said that the project will ‘’enhance staff welfare and provide civil servants with an opportunity to own homes through a rent-to-own/mortgage financing scheme.’’ The letter, signed by the president of KASU-ASUU Multipurpose Cooperative…
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Feb
11
2025
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Islamisation Plot Rattles South-West Region

Islamisation Plot Rattles South-West Region

Opinion
The South-West region was caught in frenzy situation in October 2024 when the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and the National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), in what is regarded as a devious move, jointly inaugurated the Islamic Sharia Legal System in Ado Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State. The two Islamic bodies had also code-named the Sharia Legal System “the Independent Arbitration Panel”. The inauguration of the Sharia Panel thus berthed the Sharia Law administration in the South-West geopolitical zone. Lending support to the Sharia law operation in the entire Yorubaland, the Nasrul-lahi-li Faith Society (NASFAT) said the…
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Feb
10
2025
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Court Jails Fake Bureau De Change Operator in Lagos

Court Jails Fake Bureau De Change Operator in Lagos

Economy, News
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, convicted and sentenced one  Faruk Umar to six months imprisonment. The convict, alongside others, was arrested on August 26, 2024, following credible intelligence on the activities of illegal Bureau De Change operators at the Eko Hotel area of Victoria Island, Lagos. He was subsequently arraigned by the Lagos Zonal  Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on fraudulent foreign exchange transactions. The charge reads: “That you, Faruk Umar, sometime in August, 2024 at Eko Hotel Area,…
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Feb
09
2025
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Soludo’s Security Initiative And Obiora Okonkwo’s Senseless Criticism

Soludo’s Security Initiative And Obiora Okonkwo’s Senseless Criticism

Entertainment
By SHEDDY OZOENE The recent abduction and subsequent murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Onitsha North Constituency I, has cast a somber shadow over Anambra State. Azuka was kidnapped at gunpoint on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Onitsha. After several agonizing weeks for his family and friends, his decomposing body was discovered near the Second Niger Bridge on February 6, 2025. It is the second of such gruesome killings involving members of the State’s House of Assembly, as Hon. Okechukwu Okoye from Aguata constituency was murdered under similar circumstances…
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Feb
08
2025
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Calls For Oyebanji’s Second Term, Reflection Of Ekiti People’s Confidence -Commissioner

Calls For Oyebanji’s Second Term, Reflection Of Ekiti People’s Confidence -Commissioner

News
By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Commissioner for Information in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria, Taiwo Olatunbosun, has described calls by many Ekiti indigenes for Governor Biodun Oyebanji to seek re-election in 2026 as "a reflection of the confidence that Ekiti people have in his leadership." Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on a radio programme tagged 'People's Platform', the Commissioner noted that the people of Ekiti State on different political, social and religious platforms, had been calling on Oyebanji to seek re-election following what the Commissioner described as his sterling performances in the last two years of his administration. Olatunbosun, who stated…
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Feb
07
2025
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None Of 30 Proposals For New States Met Constitutional Provisions, March 5 Is Deadline -Deputy Speaker

None Of 30 Proposals For New States Met Constitutional Provisions, March 5 Is Deadline -Deputy Speaker

News
By Felix Durumbah Agitators for creation of additional states in Nigeria have more home work to do. This is because their proposals for 30 new states have not met the required constitutional provisions. These much were disclosed by Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu, on Friday, February 7, in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. In a statement issued by his media office, the Deputy Speaker said the 30 proposals fell far short of Section 8 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended),which deals with State and Local Government (LG) creation, boundary adjustment and similar matters. Contrary to media reports (not…
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Feb
07
2025
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Abia Govt, Landowners Raise Joint Technical Committee To Resolve Concerns Over Proposed Airport Project

Abia Govt, Landowners Raise Joint Technical Committee To Resolve Concerns Over Proposed Airport Project

News
By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State government and land owners housing the proposed Abia airport project have agreed on certain previously contentious areas in a bid to get the project off the ground. Consequently, they have inaugurated a joint technical committee to make further progress on the project. This followed a crucial meeting between the government and community leaders, village and compound heads of land owners as well as the technical team of the Nsulu Airport Land Owners Forum, held on Thursday at Government House, Umuahia, the capital of the South-East Nigerian state. In a communique signed by Chief of…
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Feb
07
2025
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CAPPA Tasks FG, States To Prioritize Healthy Food Policies To Fight Cancer

CAPPA Tasks FG, States To Prioritize Healthy Food Policies To Fight Cancer

Health
By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu A group, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has tasked both federal and state governments in Nigeria to develop and implement comprehensive healthy food policies targeted at reducing the exposure of Nigerians to certain foods. It listed these as ultra-processed foods, tobacco, excessive sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and salt consumption, saying these constitute high-risk factors driving the country’s alarming cancer burden and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). CAPPA noted that cancer has remained a major public health issue in Nigeria, with an increasing number of new cases and deaths. It said Nigeria records over 120,000 new cases…
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Feb
07
2025
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Blackout: Kaduna Govt Intervenes As Homes, Businesses Suffer Over Kaduna Electric, Workers’ Standoff

Blackout: Kaduna Govt Intervenes As Homes, Businesses Suffer Over Kaduna Electric, Workers’ Standoff

News
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has intervened in the ongoing industrial dispute between electricity distribution firm, Kaduna Electric, and its workers’ union, which resulted in outage in all its franchise states for five days. The state's Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, who hosted the meeting at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Thursday, pleaded with the union to restore electricity to consumers as soon as possible because the outage has impacted negatively across all sectors. Dr Balarabe implored the management and the union to find a common ground to ensure the resolution of their differences, as the lack of…
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Feb
07
2025
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How German Govt Is Dehumanising Nigerian Migrants -CSOs

How German Govt Is Dehumanising Nigerian Migrants -CSOs

News
By Prosper Okoye Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have raised the alarm over alleged human rights violations against Nigerian migrants being deported from Germany. During a press briefing in Abuja,the Nigerian capital, on Thursday, February 6, the groups, including the Civil Society Network on Migration and Development (CSOnetMADE) and the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse, and Labour (NACTAL), called for urgent government action to address flaws in the deportation and reintegration processes. Recounting a recent incident, National Coordinator of CSOnetMADE, Dr Emeka Obiezu, lamented the inhumane treatment of a Nigerian deportee, Bright Obasuyi. He recounted: "On 22 January 2025, a plane…
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