Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya
12 Oct
The NESG/AFAF National Art Competition is generating immense excitement as its grand finale approaches on Sunday, October 13, at Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
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With heavy hearts, President Bola Tinubu on Friday led mourning Nigerians to the Military Cemetery in Abuja, for the burial of the late Chief of Army staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja who died on 5 November, 2024. Vice President, Kashim Shettima, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas,…
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A non-governmental organization, ElectHER, has stressed the need for more female electoral officers and female security officers to be deployed for elections in order to boost the confidence of women in their participation in the electoral process. According to ElectHER, female voters often feel intimidated by a male-dominated security presence during elections. While presenting the…
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The First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Friday commissioned the upgraded runway of the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport. Mrs. Tinubu is in the state to take part in the grand finale of the Ebonyi Womens Day Celebration, an annual event that celebrates the women of the state. Commissioning the runway, the First Lady, commended the…
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The Nigerian military presented Alice Loksha, who had been a health worker for the UN children's agency UNICEF in the northeast of the country, to reporters at a military base in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Loksha was taken on March 1, 2018 when fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group…
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered Friday a large-scale inspection of tuck shops and informal corner stores after the deaths from food poisoning of more than 20 children, some linked to an agricultural raticide. In a televised evening address to the nation, Ramaphosa said shops implicated in deaths of the children would be closed immediately…
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Paul Pogba's Juventus career is over after the Serie A club announced on Friday that the France midfielder's contract had been terminated even though his doping ban was cut to 18 months on appeal. Pogba will be able to return to competitive football in March after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) chopped last…
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Friday, commiserated with Super Eagles’ number one goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, who lost his father in the morning of Friday, 15 November 2024. The South Africa-based Nwabali announced the sad news on his Instagram page on Friday morning. In a statement, the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, said: “We…
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Ukraine said Friday it had arrested an army officer accused of passing information about secret military operations to Russia. The SBU security services said the accused, a lieutenant colonel, was recruited by Russia before its 2022 invasion and "activated" earlier this year "to pass on plans for the Defence Forces' combat operations behind enemy lines."…