Tag: Nigeria
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GOOD NEWS! Nigeria Police emerge best at US training program in Jordan
Officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have excelled and emerged the best at the just-concluded US Special Program for Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) team mission at Amman, Jordan. The programme was conducted by the US Navy Seals and covered a wide range of topics, including several tactical drills and assessments, ensuring a well-rounded and…
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ALARMING! Nigeria records 1,580 human rights violations in March alone – NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday, revealed that Nigeria recorded 1,580 human rights violations across the six geopolitical zones in the month of March 2024 alone. The rights violations included killings, kidnapping, domestic violence , abductions, children’s right among others. According to the Commission, North Central topped the list of the complaints of human…
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HUNGER: Again, hungry Nigerians invade govt warehouse, cart away foodstuffs
Barely one month after Nigerians raided Abuja warehouse, residents of Kebbi State attacked a government warehouse in the Bayan Kara area of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, on Saturday night, looting food items. The looters also broke into some private facilities, overpowering the security forces on guard and making off with essential food items. The…
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President Tinubu to attend inauguration of Senegal’s president-elect, Faye
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The President’s trip is on the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other regional…
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Obi celebrates Easter with inmates, says, ‘we’re all prisoners in Nigeria’
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has admonished prisoners not to feel isolated and finished because everybody is in prison in Nigeria seeking the face of God for freedom and redemption. Obi who celebrated the Easter mass with prisoners at the Correctional Center in Onitsha, Anambra state told the…
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DEBO ADESINA: Asiwaju is here let’s just do it
By Amb Debo Adesina The times are tough. It is therefore just appropriate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shunned all forms of celebration of his 72nd birthday. He has great dreams. And a proverb says a man who wants his dream to come true does not sleep. That is a proverb Asiwaju has lived…
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President Tinubu names, Dangote, Elumelu, others in presidential economic team
In an apparent move to bolster the nation’s economic governance frameworks and ensure robust and coordinated economic planning and implementation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and the creation of the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce (EET). TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC)…
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Nigeria’s public debt stock increases to N97.34trn in Q4 2023 – NBS
Nigeria’s public debt stock increased from N87.91 trillion (114.35 billion dollars ) in the third quarter of 2023 to N97.34 trillion (108.23 billion dollars ) in the fourth quarter of 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Tuesday in its Nigerian Domestic
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Sad! Four trampled to death in stampede for free food in Bauchi
Four people have lost their lives in a stampede during an almsgiving zakat exercise for the poor in Bauchi State. The stampede occurred at the Shafa Holdings Company plc headquarters along Jos Road, on Sunday at about 10 am. Another individual, 17-year-old Naima Abdullahi, is currently receiving medical treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University…
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Playing squash thrice weekly has made me to remain fit-Obasanjo
Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that his impressive fitness is attributed to playing squash thrice weekly. Obasanjo made this known during a courtesy visit to Abia state governor, Alex Otti on Friday. The ex-president was on his way to attend the 61st birthday celebration of his former Special Assistant on Privatisation, Bishop Sunday Onuoha.…