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Eight Months After Abduction Of Passengers, FG Says Abuja-Kaduna Rail Services’ll Resume Nov 28

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The federal government has said the Abuja-Kaduna rail services will resume operations November 28, 2022. This is coming eight months after the service was suspended due to terrorists attack on the line. A source within the Idu rail station disclosed this to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. Terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, kidnapping 168 passengers and killing...

Ututu Community In Aba Honours Chief Dan Okeke, Endorses Him For Reps

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Ututu Community In Aba Honours Chief Dan Okeke, Endorses Him For Reps

The Ututu development Association Aba branch last weekend celebrated its first Annual Ututu Day/Award ceremony where it honoured and endorsed the APC candidate for House of Representatives, Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke for the 2023 election. It was a colorful event as all the Ututu sons and daughters in Aba and beyond were present to celebrate ututu cultural...

Fuel Scarcity Will Linger Till January – Marketers

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Fuel Scarcity Will Linger Till January - Marketers

The frequent appearance of queues of desperate motorists at filling stations in search of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, could affect the Christmas and New Year festivities, oil marketers stated on Friday. It was also gathered that oil marketers were now free to sell petrol at any rate as the Federal Government was no more restraining them from...

I Feel Pity For Next Cross River Governor — Duke

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Mr Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River, has said that he felt sorry for the next governor of the state, revealing that such individual would be faced with an uphill task to reinvent governance in the state. He made the remarks at the inauguration of 1,080-member campaign council of the charter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in...

Atiku Vows To Name, Shame Oil Thieves If Elected President

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2023: I Will Restructure Nigeria In 6 Months - Atiku

There will no longer be a hiding place for oil thieves and their accomplices, no matter how highly placed in the country if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) takes power next year. This was the pledge of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, when he interacted with a broad spectrum of corporate Nigeria under the aegis of Business Dialogue...

PDP Governors, Others Storm Osun As Adeleke’s Inauguration Holds Today

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How I Want To Be Addressed – Governor Adeleke Reveals

Today, Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke would be inaugurated as the sixth civilian governor of the state, alongside his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi. The venue of the swearing-in ceremony, Osogbo Township Stadium, yesterday wore a new look. Speaking on the dignitaries invited to grace the inauguration, the Chairman of the Inauguration Committee, Bunmi Jenyo, said that guests from different...

Honour Your Words, Free Nnamdi Kanu – HURIWA Tells Buhari

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Have Mercy On Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze Begs Buhari

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has told President Muhammadu Buhari to free Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Civil rights advocacy group’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement on Sunday, challenged the President to be a man of his word by leaving the judiciary to decide on Kanu’s fate without any...

Aisha Yesufu Carpets Buhari’s Wife Aisha Over Twitter User’s Arrest

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Social activist, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, for allegedly ordering the arrest and detention of Aminu Muhammed over an alleged defamatory social media post. Muhammed, who is a final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, had in June tweeted in Hausa “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi” loosely...

Clashes: Chief Dan Okeke Urges Ohafia Youths To Sheath Their Sword

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Arochukwu/Ohafia Fed Constituency: Any Candidate Better Than Me Should Be Voted For — Chief Okeke

The APC candidate for House of Representatives, Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Dan Okeke has appealed to the youths in Ohafia to sheath their sword as he has initiated efforts to restore lasting peace in the community. This follows an incessant crisis between the community and the military which according to him has led to the loss of lives on both...

Sen. Kalu Hails Bishop Onuoha On Election As Christian Council Of Nigeria President

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Sen. Kalu Hails Bishop Onuoha On Election As Christian Council Of Nigeria President

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has congratulated the Anglican Archbishop of Owerri Diocese, the Most Rev. David Onuoha on his election as the National President of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), describing it as a welcome development. Acknowledging the contributions of Onuoha to the spread of Christianity across the...

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