Abdullahi Ahmed
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Interior, Abdullahi Ahmed, has urged Nigerian youths to suspend the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests and embrace dialogue with the government. In a statement issued to journalists by his Special Assistant on Media, Sardauna Francis, on Monday, Ahmed said the call was due to incidents of looting and…
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President Bola Tinubu's former campaign spokesman in the south east, Denge. Dr. Josef Onoh has told the Kaduna state politician, Senator Shehu Sani, that the south east zone's refusal to join in the bandwagon hunger protest is a protest against Nigeria instead of the Tinubu administration. Onoh said that the adamant in the region was…
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, is facing another round of criticism for allegedly saying that "those who want to protest can go ahead while we are eating." The Coalition for Parliamentary Democracy (CPD) on Monday said such a comment has further angered the protesters, a development, it observed, has become a threat to…
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Despite the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Kaduna metropolis, there was a heavy fight between hoodlums in Tudun Wada, Kaduna, and the security operatives on Monday, as the youths continued to emerge in large numbers, destroying properties and looting shops. Meanwhile, it was the intervention of the military that restored sanity in the area…
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Amidst the continuation of hunger protests in parts of the country on the fifth day, President Bola Tinubu on Monday met with his security chiefs, including heads of paramilitary agencies, where he expressed displeasure over the flying of Russian flags by protesters. This came as the National Security Council took exception to the subliminal push…
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The spokesman for the Department of State Services (DSS), Dr Peter Afunanya, said the intelligence and security agencies uncovered and exposed plans by subversive groups and vandals to hijack the nationwide protest. Afunanya said this during the monthly news conference organised by the Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC), hosted by the DSS, on Monday…
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Hurricane Debby landed in Florida Monday bringing high winds, pouring rain and 25 tightly wrapped packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million. Debby, which hit the state's northern Big Bend region as a Category One hurricane but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, washed the trove of drugs ashore along Florida's southernmost…
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the successful disbursement of N20,000.00 monthly stipends to 20,371 students. Particularly, the agency said the disbursement is for the month of July and would cover applicants in six tertiary institutions. A statement on Monday by NELFUND Director of Finance and Accounts, Ibom Uche, said the 20,371 beneficiaries…
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A study has found that a man's facial hair can significantly impact how he is perceived by others. The research, conducted by a team at McMaster University, revealed that clean-shaven men are considered up to three times more trustworthy than those with beards. In fact, a mere 13% of participants in the study viewed facial…
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Hoodlums in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, the second-largest town in the state, have vandalised the government lodge, the country home of the immediate past deputy governor, Senator Baba Tela, and burned the local government secretariat. According to residents of the area who spoke with The Guardian, the hoodlums vandalised the politician’s…
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In a surprising turn of events, the Nne Nne duo, consisting of Nneamaka and Chinne, have claimed the Head of House (HoH) title in the second week of Big Brother Naija’s “No Loose Guard” season. The niece-and-aunt pair, who also held the HoH position in the first week, took over from the Mbadiwe Twins. Though…