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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says the Bakassi Deep Seaport project will be funded without the state taking any loan facility. Otu said that the project, a flagship of his administration, though not conceptualised by his government, would change the economic landscape of the state and that of the country at large. The governor…
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Top US and Russian diplomats were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war. Both sides played down the chances that the first high-level meeting between the countries since US President Donald Trump took office would result…
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Gunmen have abducted one Abubakar Sadiq Ujmar, a staff of Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State. According to the Spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in the early hours of February 17, 2025, at about 0130 hours, a gang of unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers encroached upon the…
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has mourned the passing of Chief Senator Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, a revered elder statesman and national leader, lamenting that a mighty iroko has fallen. Chief Clark died peacefully in Abuja on Monday, February 17, 2025, at the age of 97, surrounded by family and loved ones. The announcement…
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A US judge temporarily refused on Monday to block Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing Education Department student data, in a minor legal victory for the world's richest man in his blitz on public spending. The drive by Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash outgoings deemed wasteful or contrary to…
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Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has passed away at the age of 96. His family confirmed his death in a statement signed by his brother, Prof. C. C. Clark, and his son, Penawei Clark, on behalf of the children. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the…
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The United Nations on Tuesday reported deadly clashes in northern South Sudan which killed civilians and left a peacekeeper wounded. The oil-rich but impoverished nation, which only achieved independence in 2011, is plagued by instability with frequent clashes and political infighting. Fighting broke out between the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPSF) and "armed youth"…
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Turkish police have detained 282 suspects in a nationwide swoop on outlawed Kurdish militants, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday. The arrests came amid fresh efforts for peace to end a four-decade conflict. Peace talks, frozen for nearly a decade, began after a hardline nationalist party unexpectedly offered an olive branch to jailed Kurdish…
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The Ogun State Police Command has issued a warrant for the arrest of controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, following his involvement in a violent attack on government officials. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, February 5, during an enforcement exercise by Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development officials. The…
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