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Native Doctors Rally Against Soludo’s Alleged Witch-Hunt

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Native Doctors Rally Against Soludo’s Alleged Witch-Hunt

Native doctors and traditional medicine practitioners, including Ndi Dibia and Ezenwanyi, in Anambra State have protested against what they claim is selective justice by the state government. They claimed that the use of Agunaechemba security operatives was a witch-hunt, anti-traditional faith, and a violation of their constitutionally-backed fundamental rights to practice the religion of their choice. The native doctors, who gathered...

APC Chairman In Ondo, Nelson, Killed By Kidnappers After Ransom Payment

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Northern Group Urges APC To Grant Automatic Tickets To Lawmakers

Nelson Adepoyigi, the abducted chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, has been killed by his captors after they received a ₦5 million ransom. Reports indicate that Adepoyigi was shot dead after the kidnappers, who had initially demanded ₦30 million, were only able to secure a ₦5 million payment. The individuals who delivered the ransom were also...

” I’m Laying Foundation For Good Governance In Rivers” – Ibas

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'' I’m Laying Foundation For Good Governance In Rivers'' – Ibas

Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), says his administration is laying a solid foundation for good governance in the state, driven by strong institutions, a results-oriented public service, and sustained capacity building. Ibas stated this on Monday in Port Harcourt while declaring open a 4-Day Transformational Leadership Training Workshop for Sustainable Development, organised by the Rivers State Government...

Sudan Crisis: Fountain University Offers Admission To Displaced Nigerian Students

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Sudan Crisis: Fountain University Offers Admission To Displaced Nigerian Students

Fountain University in Osogbo, Osun State, announced on Monday that it has made provisions in its existing programmes for Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan due to the country’s ongoing civil war. In a statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Taoheed Alimi, the administration stated that it recognized the students’ difficulties and was providing educational assistance to them...

Akwa Ibom To Build Songhai Model Oil Palm Factory

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ASUU Suspends Planned Strike In Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Éno, has declared that his administration would establish a Songhai Model Oil Palm Mill in Ibekwe Akpanyah in Mkpat-Enin Local Government Area of the state. Éno announced this while speaking at a special church service to mark the 75th birthday celebration of Apostle John Okoriko and the 49th anniversary of the Solid Rock Kingdom...

Tinubu Dissolves Boards Of All Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, Government-owned Companies

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Tinubu Has Started Well As Nigeria’s President – Bode George

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest. The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of...

Rep. Onuigbo Chairs GLOBE COP27 Legislators Summit In Egypt, Urges Integrated Action To Address Climate Change (Photos)

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Rep. Onuigbo Calls For Reorganisation Of The United Nations

Rep. Sam Onuigbo, Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State and the Head of Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE International) in Africa says the world must explore means of integrating actions on combating or mitigating climate change, biodiversity governance, desertification and land degradation, with addressing critical Sustainable Development Goals such as poverty, food...

Violence Has No Place In Democracy, Tinubu Condemns Assassination Attempt On Trump

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President Tinubu Taking Right Steps, Nigerians Must Be Patient – CAN

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday condemned an assassination attempt on former US President, Donald Trump, describing the attack as distasteful. Trump, the Republican candidate for the November election, was rushed off stage when gunshots were fired at a campaign rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania, in a shocking incident that will fuel anxiety in the run-up to the 2024 election. A...

Kanu Agabi Becomes Nnamdi Kanu’s Lead Counsel

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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Offers N1million Challenge To Law Students

A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Godwin Agabi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has been appointed as the lead counsel to the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. ABN TV leant he replaces Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN). A family source announced the appointment of the new lead counsel on...

“Dangote Refinery Petrol Production Affecting European Markets” – OPEC

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Dangote Refinery Suspends Petrol Sales In Naira

OPEC says the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and its efforts to ramp up petrol production are impacting the Premium Motor Spirit market in Europe. The 650,000-capacity Dangote refinery, which began operations in January last year, started producing PMS in September, years after the country had relied solely on importation for its fuel needs. Since it started production, the refinery has exported petrol,...

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