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Fifteen-year-old Mary Uke Ashia has emerged as the winner of the sixth season of Nigeria Info’s ‘I Beg to Differ’ debate tournament.The SS3 student of Wellspring College in Lagos defeated 16-year-old Minanengyofori David of New Hall International in the final round on Thursday, December 21, 2023, to win the N1 million star prize.Ashia scored an aggregate of 406.5 points to David’s 385 after two rounds of debates on the topics ‘AI is a threat to human existence’ and ‘Hamas is responsible for the genocide in Gaza, not Israel’. She described the I Beg to Differ (IBTD) debates as electrifying.

A spokesman to President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the death of Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu, who died on Wednesday aged 67 after a prolonged illness, is survived by his wife Betty and four children. A senior government official in Ondo State disclosed. Akeredolu died at about 2:00 am on Wednesday at a German…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured depositors of the safety of the money in their bank accounts. The CBN gave this assurance in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Hakama Sidi-Ali on Wednesday. Sidi-Ali said the CBN noticed reports in certain media outlets about a recommendation for the Federal government to take over…

President Bola Tinubu has declared that the federal and sub-national governments have the mutual responsibility of ensuring peace and stability nationwide.

The Rivers Elders And Leadership Forum has said Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s  Christmas  message  that the implementation  of the peace agreement  between him and the  Minister  of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike

Education Minister, Prof Tahir Mamman, has attributed staffing shortfall in Nigerian universities to the ‘Japa syndrome,’ as thousands of academics flee the nation in search of better opportunities abroad.

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said that elements of religious disharmony must be resisted by residents and other stakeholders, for peaceful celebration of the Yuletide.

Added to the economic slowdown and cash crunch challenges that took the shine off the 2023 festive period, sluggish payment digital channels have compounded the woes of Yuletide.

Igbo youths, yesterday, raised the alarm over growing intake of methamphetamine (Mkpuru mmiri) and other hard drugs among youths and called for collective action.

Medical Director, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, has advised Nigerians to take care of their mental health, saying if it is destroyed, a lot of efforts would be needed to fix it.

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift economic, trade and other sanctions on Niger Republic.

All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by Kano State government functionaries to pilfer N8,080,190,875.13 from the state’s purse.