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The NEPL/Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) over the weekend said its investment in the education sector underscores its unwavering commitment to elevating education in its host states and communities. Speaking during the launch of the 5th edition of its transformative Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP), Director of External Affairs & Social Performance at Seplat Energy,…
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Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The exchange came as Kyiv mounts its offensive in Kursk and as Russia eyes more eastward at Ukrainian towns. It also came on Ukrainian Independence Day. Both countries…
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EXECUTIVE Director, Voices of Disability Initiative (VDI), Catherine Edeh, has called for increased rights awareness and inclusion for Persons Living with Disability (PWD), especially women and girls, to improve their quality of life. She made the call at a three-day review meeting of the five-year strategic plan of VDI, in partnership with Amplify Change, in…
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Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has threatened that the Southeast will embark on a month-long lockdown of government offices in the region if Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is not released. Ekpa, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the decision was reached during a virtual…
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The Nasarawa State Police Command, on Friday, said it arrested one Hauwa Sani for hiding 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition in a gallon of palm oil, alongside a two-year-old child in the state. The command’s spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, revealed this in a statement posted on X on Saturday. According to the statement, the suspect was…
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YIAGA Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has urged the strengthening of State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to minimise the influence of state governments in their operations. Mr Samson Itodo, Executive Director, of the CSO, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja that the move would contribute to credible local government…
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Former Senator Dino Melaye has said it is the end of the road for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleging that the party’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, and the National Organizing Secretary, Umar Bature, have destroyed the party. Melaye said this in a post he shared on his X account on Saturday, bemoaning the crisis…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged youths in the South-East region of Nigeria not to participate in the British army recruitment, warning that it is a deceptive plot to use and discard them. The pro-Biafran group said the warning became imperative because many African soldiers who died in defense of Britain during World…
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The Special Adviser to Niger State Governor on Political Matters and Strategy, Mohammed Nma Kolo, has congratulated Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State on his victory in the Supreme Court judgment for Kogi governorship election petition. Nma Kolo, in a statement in Minna, issued to The Guardian shortly after the apex court ruling, described the…
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Popular poet and playwright, Williams Shakespeare once described the world as a stage and each person plays his part and leave. Just like yesterday, August 24 makes it 10 years that a phenomenal and quintessential preacher, the president and founder of Gospel Apostolic Church (GAC) worldwide — late Rev. Samuel Akinbode Sadela, left this ephemeral…
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha'u Ahmed has announced the rescue of a prospective corps member, Solomon Daniel Bassey, who was abducted on August 17, 2023. Bassey was the last of eight corps members rescued following their kidnap on August 17, 2023 by suspected terrorists on their way to…