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The Federal Government has taken significant steps to enhance security and improve living conditions in Unity Schools. To this end, and to ensure the safety of students and staff, it has allocated N20 billion for perimeter fencing in all 118 Federal Unity Colleges. This is in addition to setting aside another N20 billion to…
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The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has charged stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State to give President Bola Tinubu winning votes during the 2027 general election. Nnaji, who gave the charge during a meeting of the party's stakeholders he convened at his country home over the weekend,…
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The Calas Vegas band has won the 2024 Carnival Calabar, Africa's biggest 12km street party in Cross River. The band, which won in 2023, has done it again, beating six other competitive bands: Passion 4, Freedom, Bayside, Masta Blasta, and Seagull, to emerge as the overall winner. Seagull band came second, while Bayside…
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The Kwara North Development Commission (KNDC) has threatened to sue Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over his recent announcement to fund Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) projects worth over ₦250 million. The governor, however, dismissed the allegation as an attempt to destabilize the existing peace and harmony across the state, recalling that he had once…
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The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked. According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible…
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A shark attack off Egypt's Red Sea coast killed one tourist and injured another, the country's environment ministry said on Sunday. "Two foreigners were attacked by a shark in the northern Marsa Alam area, which led to the injury of one and the death of the other," a ministry statement said. The Egyptian…
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Social activist and former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has faulted those accusing President Bola Tinubu of appointing mainly Nigerians of the Yoruba extraction into key positions, saying they were quiet when nepotism was rife during the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, also said that…
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A Russian man detained for organising travel tours for LGBTQ people has died in pre-trial detention, rights groups and Russian state media reported Sunday. Andrei Kotov, the director of travel agency Men Travel, was charged last month with taking part and organising "extremist" activities, in the Kremlin's broad crackdown on anyone deemed not to have…
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Deputy speaker of the house of representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has praised president Bola Tinubu for his dedication to the Igbo ethnic group, declaring him the first leader to "remember the Igbo" since the civil war. Speaking at an empowerment programme in Ndoki, Ukwa East, on Saturday, Kalu said the South East Development Commission (SEDC) is…
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A former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, over the weekend, called for the creation of more medical universities to address the dearth of medical personnel in the country. Akande made the call while speaking with journalists shortly after a facility tour of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, Osun State. …