Pakistani
9 Nov
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 25 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, police said Saturday. The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta. "Fourteen army personnel are among the 25 confirmed dead," said Muhammad Baloch,…
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Two Pakistani women have been sentenced to death for murdering their madrassa teacher, whom they accused of committing blasphemy, police said Wednesday. Blasphemy is an incendiary charge in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations of insulting Islam have provoked deadly vigilantism. Police said the "three female students allegedly slaughtered their local female cleric over blasphemy…
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The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, has empowered 800 out-of-school adolescent girls across four selected local government areas in the state. Hajiya Zainab Abdulkarim, Acting Director, Planning, Research and Statistics (DPRS), Department of Girl Child Education and Child Development, disclosed this in Katsina while presenting the fourth quarter…
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The National Population Commission (NPC) has begun a study to determine the causes of maternal and child mortality in Nigeria and tackle the scourge. The Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Kwarra, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja during a media conference. According to him, the 2024 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) Study which is being…
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Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko-Irese in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, has in the last two years secured about N285m in research grants, both in cash and credits, from "strategic partnerships." The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the university, Fransisca Oladipo, who disclosed this to newsmen at the weekend on the institution's campus to…
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The Arewa Professionals for Democracy and Development (APDD) has cautioned former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over his recent criticisms on the loan request from President Bola Tinubu. The National Assembly had approved a $2.2 billion foreign loan request from President Tinubu, a development that was greeted with many reactions from Nigerians. Faulting the loan, Atiku…
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The Bayelsa State Government has banned all tribal and ethnic-based traders' associations operating in Swail and other markets in the state. Consequently, the State Commissioner of Police has been directed to enforce the order by arresting any person or group of persons who continues to parade themselves as members of such associations at the various…
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No fewer than 65,848 women have benefitted from the Kaduna State Government's Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme under the present administration, Governor Uba Sani has said. He made the disclosure during the launch of the Women Economic Empowerment Policy at the Women Economic Empowerment Summit, held at the Umaru Musa Yar’adau Murtala Muhammad Square, Kaduna. The…
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The Police on Friday arraigned two men —Oyewole Gboyega, 46, and Adeyemi Rotimi, 34 —at an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing. The defendants, who were of undisclosed addresses, was charged on two counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing, which they pleaded not guilty to. The prosecuting counsel, Cpl. David Adepoju, told the court…
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Nigerian artiste, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has set a new Spotify record for the biggest streams by any song. The superstar’s recently released album titled “Morayo” has claimed the number 1 spot on the Apple Music Nigeria Chart, with all his tracks dominating the charts. READ ALSO:The women behind Zimbabwe’s striking hut painting…
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The heads of navies and coastguards of the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) countries are set to converge on Abuja for the 2024 symposium on maritime environment. The symposium is to be hosted by the Nigerian Navy, in partnership with the European Union and the French Navy. This is contained in a statement by the Director…