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As the world marks World Suicide Prevention Day, Nguvu Change leader, Aisha Bubah, has stressed the need for Nigeria to decriminalise suicide attempts in the country.
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Renowned climate scientist and environmental consultant, Prof. Jimmy Adegoke says Nigerians in diaspora can help the country navigate its development challenges. Adegoke called on the Federal Government to collaborate with these Nigerians to develop the country under president Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The professor spoke at a media chat following the send-off dinner hosted…
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The Odua Peoples Assembly (OPA) has expressed full support for the Department of State Services (DSS) regarding the arrest of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero, deeming it both lawful and essential for national security. Deputy Speaker of OPA, Hon. Adeyemi Olamide Shola, defended the arrest, saying that it is crucial to uphold national…
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A pregnant woman has been trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, police said on Tuesday. The woman, identified as Karsini, was trying to protect her family’s rubber plantation from the elephants in Muara Lakitan district in South Sumatra when they charged at her on Sunday, local police chief…
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The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) on Tuesday condemned the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. It also expressed worry over the DSS siege to the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic…
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The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has called on menfolk to support the effort at curbing sexual and domestic violence in the state. The Executive Secretary of DSVA, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, made the call on Monday at Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area, during the ‘Eko Men Walk Against Sexual…
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Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, Senator Oji Uzor Kalu (Abia North), and Senator Sunday Karimi (Kogi West) have emerged winners
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A top EU court on Tuesday delivered two major victories for Brussels by ruling against Apple and Google in separate legal sagas with billions of euros at play. The decisions give a boost to the bloc's outgoing competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, who had suffered a series of setbacks in EU courts against her decisions. READ…
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The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to remit N3.602 billion to the Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Rep. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, who gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, said that the remittance demanded by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC). Salam…
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The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol over the Olympic athlete, the Kenyan hospital treating him said Tuesday. Police said that Dickson Ndiema Marangach assaulted Cheptegei in her home in western Kenya on September 1. The mother-of-two sustained 80 percent burns and died last week.…
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Justice Faustina Kola-Olalere of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Port Harcourt Division, has declared the dismissal of Dr. Williams Abomaye-Nimenibo from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as wrongful and illegal. The court has ordered the NNPC to pay Dr. Williams Abomaye-Nimenibo N24.6 million in unpaid salaries for his suspension period, N600 million in exemplary…