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Women Hold One Million Rally in Abuja To Appreciate Buhari Over Release Of Kankara Schoolboys
Nigerian women in their hundreds, on Monday, thronged the streets of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, singing and jubilating in appreciation of President Muhammadu Buhari for the safe return of over 300 schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina State. The group, under the aegis of Women For Buhari (WFB), said they are proud of the president for…
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11 NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19 in Taraba
Eleven National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members undergoing orientation in Taraba have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Innocent Vakkai, the Chairman of the COVID-19 Technical Committee in Taraba, announced this on Monday at a news conference organised by the state Ministry of Information and Orientation in Jalingo. He said that the victims were currently…
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CBN Withdraws Operating Licenses of 42 Micro Finance Banks (Full List)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn the operating licenses of 42 microfinance banks (MfBs). The affected banks have been shut down. The affected banks are: Hedgeworth MFB, Utako, Abuja; Future Growth MFB, Utako, Abuja; Bagwai MFB, Bagwai LGA, Kano; Ere City MFB, Oriade LGA, Osun State; Cafon MFB, Garki II, Abuja; Akcofed MFB,…
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Man Who Will Be Interviewing A Lady Who Insulted Him During #Bbnaija Reveals What She Should Expect After Interview
A man who will be interviewing a lady who insulted him on Twitter months ago has promised to remind her of it during the interview. The Twitter user said the insult came during an argument over Big Brother Naija. He said the lady called him a “black lips poor boy” and told him his father…
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Police, Army ‘Fight’ Over Rescue Operation of Islamiyya Students in Katsina
From Agaju Madugba, Katsina and Molly Kilete, Abuja Controversy, yesterday, dogged the reported fresh abduction in Katsina State as the military and the police gave contradictory account of the number of persons rescued and how the operations were undertaken. While the police authorities pegged the number at 84, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said 39. Both,…
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Nigeria @ 60: 1960 IN RETROSPECT & THE CALL FOR INTROSPECTION
By Kayode Joseph Adewale ‘This is a wonderful day, and it is all the more wonderful because we have awaited it with increasing impatience, compelled to watch one country after another overtaking us on the road when we had so nearly reached our goal. But now we have acquired our rightful status, and I feel…
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Dynamic OF Nature & Humanity by Adewale Kayode Joseph
Boom! It is 12 0′ clock twenty twentyJanuary 1st splendour parties plentyProphecies emanating from the sacred alters Unalloyed they call themEvents in the golden year revealedHossanah jubilation rent the cross domicileUn-observing of the coming dynamics. The heavenly bodies remains the sameClimate change becomes a clicheOf meteorologist oddity and relicsSummer on a transitional expectationsFor the reign…
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COVID-19: Countries Ban UK Flight Over New Strain of Virus
European countries banned flights from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control”. As the World Health Organization urged its European members to strengthen measures against a new variant of Covid-19 circulating in Britain,…
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Five Takeaways From Safe Return of 344 Kankara Schoolboys
By Garba Shehu The safe return of all 344 boys kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State would be celebrated in any decent part of the world where empathy overrides cheap politics. And for a good cause. The outpouring of sighs, cries of relief and joy over the return of the…
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COVID-19 Vaccines: WHO Warns Against Comparing National Approaches
As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with some countries winning and others losing, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Dr. Mike Ryan, Director of Emergencies, was responding to a question about public concern…