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Month: January 2024

Cleric urges Nigerians to pray against difficult times looming over Nigeria

The cleric urged the congregants to have “the oil of God in their lives”, as God’s advantage for them to overcome in 2024. Rev. Joshua Talena, the Senior Pastor of Shepherd House Assembly International, has urged Christians to pray against difficult times looming over Nigeria. Talena made the call during the Church’s service on Sunday…

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Police arrest 3 suspected cultists in Lagos

Hundeyin said that an investigation had begun and the suspects would soon be charged in court. The Police Command in Lagos State says its operatives have arrested three suspected cultists in the Ishashi area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN reports that…

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Demolished buildings in Enugu were kidnappers’ den – Govt officials

He explained that the Jan. 19 operation was based on an intelligence report about an illegal property that served as a kidnappers’ den at the Centenary City. The Enugu State Government has refuted trending videos of alleged indiscriminate demolition of property at the Enugu Centenary City, saying the originators of the video tried to de-market…

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Attack on schools will drastically reduce in 2024 – NSCDC boss

Audi further said some states – Benue, Nasarawa, Rivers, and Kano amongst others, had responded by providing coordination centres to promote safer schools. Dr Ahmed Audi, Commandant-General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says there are newly implemented security strategies to ensure that attacks on schools in Nigeria will be reduced to the…

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Borno gets first elected female LG Chairman

Results from other LGAs in Saturday’s election have started trickling in, with APC candidates in the lead. Hajiya Inna Galadima of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared Chairman-elect of Jere Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Galadima’s emergence automatically makes her the first female to…

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Protest over delegates accreditation stalls women journalists’ election

They argued that the new system would disenfranchise members as most media practitioners had no NUJ Identity card. The FCT chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), on Saturday, failed to conduct its election after delegates rejected the plot to use the NUJ Identity Card for accreditation. NAWOJ members, who had thronged the…

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8 leading UK boarding schools return to Abuja

Brooks said that Earlscliffe College already had around 10 students from Nigeria in the school. Plans are underway for eight leading UK boarding schools to return to Abuja with no fewer than 1,500 pupils currently studying at a range of preparatory, senior and sixth-form schools across the nation. This is contained in a statement made…

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Group commends Tinubu over FAAN relocation to Lagos

NAN recalls that FAAN headquarters had been relocated from Abuja to Lagos. Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has commended the Federal Government for relocating the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters to Lagos. Nnam gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…

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Police rescue, reunite kidnapped victims with family in Abuja

In another statement, Adeh said the command was aware of the news making the rounds about an alleged kidnap incident at River Park Estate in the early hours of Saturday. The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has rescued victims of the Jan. 2 kidnap incident in the Bwari Area Council…

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NUC vows to punish universities that exceed admission quota

The acting executive secretary said the commission had in the past sensitised universities and would continue to sensitise them to adhere to the quota given them. The National Universities Commission (NUC) said on Sunday in Abuja that it would continue to ensure that no university in the country violates the carrying capacity regulation. The Acting…

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