Uzu Okagbue Pays Courtesy call to Anambra State APC Chairman

NewsNigeriaUzu Okagbue Pays Courtesy call to Anambra State APC Chairman

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 11, 2024

Mr. Basil Ejidike, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress – APC, on Thursday, received in visit, Uzu Okagbue, the Deputy Director Central, of Sir Paul Chukwuma Primary Campaign Council. During the visit to the party’s secretariat in Awka the Anambra State Capital, Uzu Okagbue commended the leadership of Anambra State APC under Basil Ejidike. Speaking on the party’s expectation for Anambra, as it concerns the national trajectory of the APC under President Bola...

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13 Repentant Boko Haram Escapes With Rifles, Motorcycles In Borno

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria13 Repentant Boko Haram Escapes With Rifles, Motorcycles In Borno

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2024

Thirteen repentant Boko Haram fighters co-opted to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in Borno state have escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the State government. The 13 are among thousands of former Boko Haram fighters and their families who had surrendered to the government. The “repentant” Boko Haram members and their families are being managed under the Borno Model, a post-conflict amnesty programme with a focus on deradicalization,...

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Flood: Borno State Gov’t Receives €1.2m Donation From Switzerland

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFlood: Borno State Gov’t Receives €1.2m Donation From Switzerland

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2024

In response to the flood disaster that ravaged some parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Swiss Federation has donated 1.2 million Euros to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund. Switzerland had previously supported the Borno Model in 2023 with about 700,000 USD. The Borno Model is a programme for the mass exit of armed Boko Haram insurgents and civilians trapped in the lines of conflict. Nicolas Lang, Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, announced...

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President Tinubu, Former Presidents To Attend Burial Of Iwuanyanwu

NewsNigeriaPresident Tinubu, Former Presidents To Attend Burial Of Iwuanyanwu

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2024

In a bid to ensure that the late President General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, elder statesman and business mogul Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, gets a befitting burial, the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has disclosed that adequate security has been put in place during and after the burial scheduled for November 1 at his country home, Atta, in the Ikeduru Council Area of Imo State. Prince Charles Amadi, chairman of the committee, who disclosed this on...

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NLC President Reacts To Latest Hike In Pump Price Of Fuel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNLC President Reacts To Latest Hike In Pump Price Of Fuel

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2024

Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has criticized the Federal Government over the latest increment in the pump price of fuel. Ajaero who stated this in his reaction on Wednesday lamented that the latest wave of increase has grossly altered the calculations of Nigerians when they were reluctantly coming to terms with their new realities. “It will further deepen poverty as production capacities dip, more jobs lost with multidimensional negative effects. “In...

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Fuel Prices Soar as NNPCL Ends Subsidy Role in Dangote Refinery Deal

NewsNigeriaOil & GasFuel Prices Soar as NNPCL Ends Subsidy Role in Dangote Refinery Deal

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 10, 2024

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, across its retail outlets nationwide. The development follows recent changes in the company’s role in petroleum distribution. In Abuja, the capital city, NNPCL fuel stations have raised the price of petrol from N897 per litre to N1,030 per litre amid long queues. In Lagos, the price of petrol has also surged from N885 per...

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FG Creating Local Government, An Aberration – Diri

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Creating Local Government, An Aberration – Diri

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 10, 2024

…Says It’s Time To Rethink Nigeria’s Federalism The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, harped on true federalism, faults Nigeria’s brand of federalism. According to him, a situation where only the Federal Government can create local government is an aberration. Governor Diri also noted that Nigeria was on the wrong path to development and needed to turn back. Delivering a lecture titled: “Rethinking Our Future: The Need For True Federalism and Economic Renaissance,”...

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Enugu Lawmakers Move Motion to Revitalize Veterinary School In Achi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Lawmakers Move Motion to Revitalize Veterinary School In Achi

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 10, 2024

In line with the Enugu State Government’s zero tolerance to moribund assets in the state, the Enugu State House of Assembly has moved a motion urging the state government to revitalize the Veterinary School-Farm School, Achi in Oji River Local Government Area. The motion on notice (HM/05/2024) sponsored by Osita Eze, Chairman Committee on Education, Science, and Innovation, member representing Oji River constituency and twelve other member states; “This historic institution, one of the oldest...

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Tinubu Hails Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu On Her Election As UICC President 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Hails Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu On Her Election As UICC President 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 9, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a renowned pediatrician with distinguished career in public health and former First Lady of Kebbi State, on her election as President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Tinubu in the congratulatory message on Wednesday signed by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, underscores the historic significance of Dr. Shinkafi-Bagudu’s election on October 8 as the first African and the fifth woman...

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Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Pioneering AI in Protein Research

EducationNewsNigeriaThree Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Pioneering AI in Protein Research

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 9, 2024

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their groundbreaking discoveries in the field of advanced technology, particularly artificial intelligence, AI, in predicting protein structures and creating new ones. The award was announced on Wednesday, recognising Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google DeepMind, alongside David Baker from the University of Washington. Hassabis and Jumper were honoured for their use of artificial intelligence to predict the structure of millions of proteins,...

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