Tag: Crisis
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Cost of living crisis: A personal story – By Azu Ishiekwene
I was going through some old files in my closet the other day when I saw some documents and receipts that absolutely cracked me up. Among the browning, time-worn papers was the receipt from a private primary school for the payment of my first daughter’s fees. It was a middle-class school that charged N5,000 naira…
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UN Security Council discusses crisis in Middle East as violence, deaths increase
The UN Security Council on Friday discussed the situation in the Middle East against the backdrop of escalating violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the relentless bombardment in the war-ravaged enclave. José Javier De La Gasca, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Ecuador,
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Fubara thanks Tinubu for “fatherly intervention” in Rivers crisis
Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his “fatherly intervention” in the political crisis that rocked the state recently.
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Israel-Hamas: Security Council rejects resolutions by U.S., Russia
On Wednesday, China and Russia vetoed a draft resolution sponsored by the United States, while a second Russian-backed resolution failed to secure sufficient votes. The Security Council failed to reach a compromise over any unified response to address the crisis in Gaza and Israel.
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WAR: Crisis escalate as Israel bombs more than 200 targets in Gaza
More than 200 targets have been hits by strikes from Israel, Weapon depot and facilities belonging to Islamic Jihad a separate Palestinian Islamist group were also not left out, the Israeli military said on Tuesday. Recall that hundreds of Palestinian attackers crossed the border into Israel on Saturday.
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Adventist Church seals off headquartres over leadership crisis
The Seventh Day Adventist Church on Saturday sealed off its Abia North Conference at Umuoriehi, in Umuahia North Local Government Area, over leadership crisis rocking the headquartres. The church leaders sent the worshippers out of the church premises and locked
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MURIC calls for probe into religious crisis in FUNAAB
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has tasked the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the religious crisis at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), to save it from total collapse.
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Nasarawa Assembly crisis: Two factions fail to reach agreement
The two factions in the lingering leadership crisis in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly have failed to reach an agreement as to who leads the assembly as the 7th Speaker. The meeting between the two factions of Daniel Ogazi
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Mbaivur/Mbasombo crisis: Benue Speaker calls for ”ceasefire”
Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly, Mr Hyacinth Dajoh, has appealed to people of Mbaivur and Mbasombo in Ikpayongo axis of Gwer-East Local Government Area to sheathe their sword and allow peace to reign, Dajoh made the call in Makurdi during a meeting with stakeholders from
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Norway donates $4.5million to support food crises in Northeast Nigeria
The Norwegian government has commited $4.5m to support food crisis in Northeast region of Nigeria. This comes as an addition to the $24 million granted earlier. The fund will be used to expand food security, nutrition, and sustainable livelihoods in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and Taraba states. The Norwegian Government has committed an additional 4.5 million…