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Jan

22

2025

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Ekweremadu’s Wife Released From UK Prison, Returns To Nigeria

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Mrs Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is back in Nigeria. A source who craved anonymity revealed that Beatrice, who was sentenced to five years in UK prison, was released and has returned to the country on Tuesday. She was earlier reported to have returned to her home in Aninri Local Government of Enugu State but sources day she landed in Abuja and has remained in the nation’s capital. Senator Ekweremadu, the wife and one Dr Obinna Obeta were sentenced to prison by a UK court for their involvement in organ harvesting. Ike, Beatrice and…

Jan

21

2025

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Tinubu Meets Wike,Fubara,Ogoni Leaders Over Resumption Of Oil Production, Rivers Crisis

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By our reporter A crucial meeting is underway involving President Bola Tinubu, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara,and several Ogoni leaders at Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria's seat of power. Both Wike and his political godson and successor, Gov. Fubara, have been at loggerheads since late 2023 over control of the soul of the oil-rich South-South state. However, it appears the meeting has to do with the Federal Government's bid to resume oil production in Ogoniland. It could be a case of using one stone to kill two birds as Tinubu may use the…

Jan

21

2025

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Panic In Volatile Kaduna As Transformer Explodes Thrice, Catches Fire

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Fresh tragedy was averted in Kaduna State on Monday, January 20, when an electricity transformer that residents described as "consistently troubled", and which serves Ungwan Boro area of ECWA Hausa community in Kaduna,the state capital, exploded thrice and burst into flames. Some panic-stricken residents initially believed the loud explosions came from bombs in the volatile North-Central state capital,which had been the scene of ethno-religious fighting and bloodletting in the past. The explosions immediately threw the community as well as the popular De Jays hotel in the area, both of which had experienced outage since the previous…

Jan

20

2025

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Minutes After Being Sworn In, President Trump Attacks Biden

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Minutes after being sworn in, President Donald Trump harshly criticized his predecessor Joe Biden for failing to manage border security and other crises that occurred on his watch. “We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad. It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens, but provide sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world,” Trump said. “We have a government that has given unlimited funding to…

Jan

20

2025

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Donald Trump Inaugurated As 47th US President

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President Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. He is only the second ever to be elected to serve two non-consecutive terms. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to Trump as now-former President Joe Biden looked on in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Trump refused to attend Biden's inauguration four years ago after falsely claiming for weeks that he had only lost to the Democrat as a result of widespread ballot fraud in the 2020 election.…

Jan

15

2025

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Borno Terror Attack: 66 Allegedly Buried In Mass Grave

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By our correspondent It was a sombre downpour of tears as bodies of scores of victims killed in last weekend's terror attack by Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP) militias in Dumba,near Baga, Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State,were buried in a mass grave in Baga in the North-Eastern state of Nigeria on Tuesday evening, January 14. The dead comprised mostly farmers and fishermen even as many persons were reported missing after the attack. The Borno State government had,in a statement, confirmed 40 dead,but independent sources said the death toll from the attack was much higher,with some…

Jan

15

2025

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Muslims, Christians Feared Killed,Villages Burnt Down, Churches, Pastor’s House Razed, Several Persons Missing As ISWAP Terrorists Hit 3 Chibok Communities

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Three villages in Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State lie in ruins with many persons feared dead and more missing following another devastating series of attacks by terrorists believed to belong to the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). At least three churches,including an EYN church, a pastor's house and an unspecified number of residential buildings also were reportedly burnt down by the rampaging terrorists. ISWAP is affiliated to the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent group. The attacks took place about 2am on Monday,locals said. Recall that Chibok was the scene in April,2014 of…

Jan

13

2025

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2027: ‘Evildoers Recruiting Bandits,Kidnappers To Resume Bloodshed In Kaduna, No Vacancy in Govt House’

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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has revealed plans by those it called "conflict entrepreneurs" to plunge the North-Western state into fresh rounds of blood-letting, ahead of the 2027 general elections. It said the unidentified personalities were recruiting and funding bandits and kidnappers to trigger renewed bloody crises in the state in order to disparage the accomplishments of the State Governor,Uba Sani, who,it noted, had restored relative peace, security and calm to flashpoints across the state in just over a year of his assumption of duties. The state government reminded people of the state and others of the unrelenting…

Jan

10

2025

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Makinde Approves Owoade As New Alaafin Of Oyo

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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan A new Alaafin of Oyo has been formally approved by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade, after thorough consultations and divinations, had been recommended by the Oyomesi (kingmakers) and approved by the governor. According to the commissioner, a statement to this effect had been issued by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ademola Ojo, who said the announcement had put to rest all the social and legal bickerings that had ensued since the demise…

Jan

06

2025

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Weeks After Being Moved To Another Ministry, Kano Commissioner Quits

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By our reporter Less than a month after surviving a cabinet reshuffle which saw him being moved to another beat, Kano state Commissioner for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Mohammed Diggol, on Sunday threw in the towel. Diggol, who was moved from the Transportation Ministry to Monitoring and Evaluation only last month (December,2023), decided to resign. He had been Transportation Commissioner from the inception of the Governor Abba Yusuf administration in 2023 till December last year. The heavily-populated North-Western state of Kano is controlled by the opposition New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP). The party's presidential candidate in the 2023 poll…