Year: 2024
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FG Clears Air Over Widespread Report on Reason Behind Maiduguri Massive Flood
The Federal Government has shed more light on the reason behind the devastating flood in Maiduguri debunking the widespread report that the natural disaster was caused by the collapse of Alau Dam in the state. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev, made the clarification at a briefing in Abuja on Friday.…
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Student loan beneficiaries lament delayed allowance
Punch Newspaper Beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s student loan scheme across the country have lamented the delay in the payment of the August monthly stipend. Some of the students, in separate interviews with our correspondent, expressed their disappointment in the payment delay. The PUNCH reports that students can choose to apply for upkeep loan apart…
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Major Takeaways From Harris-Trump Debate
The incumbent vice president of the United States of America, Kamala Harris who also doubles as President candidate in the forthcoming elections in USA and the ex president Donald Trump slugged it out over immigration, abortion, Israel, and their respective approaches to policy and performance in their pivotal presidential debate, as the nation barrels toward…
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Why Borno is experiencing worst flood in 30 years
Daily Trust The collapse of Alau Dam that has been allegedly filled to capacity for the past one week is the cause of the flood in Borno State. Daily Trust had reported how thousands of residents fled their homes following a devastating flood in parts of Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The last time the dam…
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Ajaero’s arrest saga: DSS succumbs to pressure as NLC plans showdown
Punch Newspaper The Department of State Services has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. He was released a few minutes before the 12midnight ultimatum issued by the organised labour. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, announced his release in a tweet on…
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Why DSS Operatives Arrest NLC President, Ajaero – Source
Tribune Online More facts are emerging on possible reasons the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The NLC President was picked up by DSS operatives on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on his way outside the country…
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Release Ajaero Before 12am or…. NLC Blows Hot
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a Monday midnight to the Federal Government to unconditionally release its President, Joe Ajaero, or face dire consequences. NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting for Tuesday, 9am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released. In a communiqué at the end of its…
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Man Arrested in Jigawa For Inserting Scissors, Spoon Into 8-year-old Girl Private Part
Operatives of Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old man, Bashir Umar for inserting a pair of scissors into the genitals of an eight-year-old girl in Dutse LGA of Jigawa State. The state’s police spokesman, DSP Lawan Shi’isu Adam, said that the victim was lured into a restroom at a table water company where…
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Tinubu Likely To Dissolve Cabinet This Week
Sunday Tribune Baring last-minute change of decision, President Bola Tinubu is likely to dissolve his cabinet this week. The dissolution, a top source close to the corridors of power told the Sunday Tribune, “is to pave the way for the injection of fresh minds that can bring the needed vitality to the cabinet.” The president,…
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REVEALED: Why Ngelale Resigns as Tinubu’s Spokesman
FIJ NEWS Ajuri Ngelale, the broadcast journalist who made a name for himself with his eloquence and sonorous voice, did not resign as special adviser to the president on media and publicity to tend to a “vexatious medical situation” in his family as he claimed, FIJ can report. Instead, FIJ understands, he was fired by…