Category: News
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What Happened at Kuriga, Kaduna Before Abductions of Students by Bandit Terrorists
Channels TV After singing the national anthem, students were just about to settle into their classes when the gunshots rang out. Then chaos erupted. It was around 8:00 am on Thursday when dozens of gunmen dressed in military uniforms rode on motorbikes into the school grounds in Kuriga, a quiet agrarian village 100km outside Kaduna.…
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26-year-old Nigerian Invents Water-powered Generator
A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Emeka Nelson, built a generator that operates mainly on water. Nelson invented the water-powered generator despite lacking formal education or engineering certification. The inventor said the generator has a maximum capacity of 1000 Watts and a voltage ranging between 220 and 240. It also has the potential to challenge conventional power-generating…
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Fake Degree: FG Begins Probe of 107 Varsities
The Federal Government has commenced the probe of private universities established in the last 15 years. The move was made following an investigative report by Daily Nigerian journalist, Umar Audu, uncovering certificate racketeering in Benin Republic and Togo. It was gathered that no fewer than 107 private universities were established in the last 15 years.…
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Fake News: Nigeria Not Excluded From Dubai Tourist Visa as Erroneously Claim – Official
Cable News Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), says Nigeria is not excluded from its 5-year multiple-entry tourist visa. A social media post announcing the city’s visa category stirred claims on the internet. In a video posted to his Instagram page last week, Rizwan Sajan, Indian businessman and founder of Danube Group, an international…
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FG Postpones Launch of Students Loan Indefinitely
The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Tuesday. In June 2023, President Bola Tinubu signed a bill to start a Students Loan Fund that would give interest-free…
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Senate Explains Alleged N3trn Padding in 2024 Budget
Senate on Tuesday explained that the N3trillion alleged to be padded in 2024 budget was actually statutory transfers to first line charge agencies of government not domiciled in the ministries. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity Sen.Yemi Adaramodu gave the explanation, while speaking with journalists on the suspension of Sen. Abdul Ningi over alleged…
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Again, Bandits Kidnap 60 Residents In Fresh Kaduna Attack
Channels TV At least 60 persons have been reportedly kidnapped by bandits at Buba village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred early Tuesday , while the villagers were asleep. The police authorities have not confirmed the attack but the Councilor representing the ward, Abubakar Buda, told Channels Television that…
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Senate Suspends Ningi For Three Months Over Budget Padding Claims
The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber. A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh…
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Nigeria’s V.A.T. Too Low – European Union Declares
The European Union has declared Nigeria’s Value Added Tax, VAT, rate of 7.5 per cent as low and inefficient. Massimo De Luca, Head of Cooperation and Delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, gave the verdict at the 4th Session of the Steering Committee of the Support Programme for Fiscal Transition in West Africa…
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Kidnappers demand N40trn, 11 Hilux vans, 150 bikes ransom for Kaduna residents
The Nation Newspaper Kidnappers have reached out to the families and Kaduna community for a ransom of N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for their abducted kinsmen. Bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in Chikun Local Government area kidnapping 16 residents. The Nation recalled on the following day,…